Attention: Due to planned electrical repairs, Hunt Library will be closed from June 17-21. The building will reopen for normal hours on June 22. Sorrells Library will be open as usual on June 17-18, and closed for the Juneteenth holiday on June 19.
It is my great pleasure to welcome new and returning students, faculty and staff to Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, your destination to access a wide range of specialists and services that can advance your research, teaching and learning at the university.
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Have you ever wanted to learn a skill, but haven’t found the time? Interested to learn more about library resources, straight from a librarian? This semester’s workshops at the University Libraries offer numerous opportunities to connect with resources to support your teaching, learning and research needs.
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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries welcomes all new and returning students, staff, and faculty to the start of the fall 2022 semester!
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For generations, scholars of early modern Europe have faced a stubborn problem: thousands of books and pamphlets were printed without names, masking the identities of those who produced them. These anonymous works — often politically or religiously controversial — left behind few clues about their origins, creating gaps in the historical record.
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This spring, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries introduced a new workshop series designed to help researchers write better, more sustainable code — not by turning them into software engineers, but by giving them practical tools to make their research more reproducible and maintainable.
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As new graduates begin their lives and careers beyond Carnegie Mellon, they retain access to many resources and programming opportunities at the University Libraries. From browsing stacks in physical locations to virtually touring exhibits and attending events, here are all the ways alumni can stay connected and continue to benefit from the Libraries’ offerings.
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More than 60 visitors joined the Libraries Student Advisory Council (LSAC) at their end-of-year showcase on Wednesday, April 22. “Journey to This Spot: Mapping Everyday Life at CMU” celebrated the ways maps and other depictions of spaces tell stories of where people gather, what they do, and how they live, inviting the CMU community to trace paths from dorms to class, see how their peers use spaces in different ways, and see how time of day and changing seasons affect familiar views.
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At the University Libraries, students help staff Hunt Library, the Posner Center for Special Collections, and Sorrells Library. Students offer support in a variety of different areas: interning in the Sustainability Studio, assisting in the University Archives, sitting at the front desk, and helping with the Libraries’ many events.
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On CMU’s campus, students experience the University Libraries in many different ways — through study, research, collaboration, and discovery. The following reflections are drawn from student voices featured in Libraries stories over the past year.
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Lucia Shen is spending their fifth year on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus exploring new ideas and enjoying interdisciplinary work, especially by creating a website to bring current students and alumni closer to the University Archives.
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