Kelvin Smith Library
May 01, 2024
Maximize your success during finals week with extended library hours and resources.
Extended library hours
From today until May 9th, KSL will be open 24 hours a day for those with a CWRU ID, with overnight access available on the first floor after midnight. View specific hours here.
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April 30, 2024
Recent alumnus Samuel Nemeth, PhD (GRS ‘24, musicology), spent nearly 3 ½ years writing his dissertation titled, “‘Ces Magnifiques Instruments: Sound, Power, and Romantic Orchestral Technologies, 1789–1869”—and when it came time to defend it—he could think of no better place than his second home on ...

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April 29, 2024
Join KSL and UH&CS for a finals wellness break. There will be food, a make your own tea bar, rock painting, chair massages, coloring, socializing , and more!
Stop by, KSL Dampeer Room, located on the 2nd floor, anytime between 11am and 2pm on Tuesday, April 30 to enjoy a nice break from your studi...

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April 25, 2024
The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education will host the 2024 Teaching and Learning Colloquium Wednesday, May 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Kelvin Smith Library, Room LL06.
During this event, Nord Grant recipients and Glennan Fellows will share how their projects improve stude...

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April 24, 2024
Explore the university’s rich history through digitized yearbooks, images, and commencement activities in the online archives and a special pop-up exhibit.
From student yearbooks and commencement programs to historical images of previous Legacy Week celebrations and activities, Digital Case, CWRU’s...

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April 23, 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the Kelvin Smith Library's Student Book Collecting Contest!
The winners were:
First place, graduate students: Thomas Eley, My Tea Journey
First place, undergraduate students: Michael Brough, Multifaceted Aspirations
Second place: Kendyl Biondich, Bought in Ohio
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April 23, 2024
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to join Kelvin Smith Library, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Arianna Papai, a painting student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, for a blackout poetry crafting event Friday, April 26, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on the libra...

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April 22, 2024
Join Kelvin Smith Library for the Freedman Fellows forum and reception celebrating the progress (and results) of the 2023–24 student and faculty fellows today (April 22) from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship.
Enjoy refreshments, celebrate accomplishments of peers, hear ...

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April 22, 2024
We’ve almost made it to the end of the semester! Take a break at Kelvin Smith Library today (April 22) anytime between 12:30 and 2 p.m to visit with therapy dogs from the Alliance of Therapy Dogs.
All members of the university community are invited to visit.
View the event information on CampusGro...
April 17, 2024
Join Kelvin Smith Library, Flora Stone Mather, and Arianna Papai, painting student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, for a blackout poetry crafting event on Friday, April 26 from 12:45 - 2 pm near Cramelot Cafe on the first floor of KSL.
April is National Poetry Month, and we invite you to tell y...