Prior to arriving at Carnegie Mellon, many first-year students have never before encountered an academic library. And in the frenzy of navigating new classes, new friends, and a new city, they may not think to explore the resources the University Libraries makes available to them at the beginning of their academic journey.
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Special Collections, CMU’s repository for rare books, manuscripts, and early calculating devices and cryptographic machines, is a unique campus resource that illuminates the history of science and technology. Thanks to an $8 million commitment from the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, the University Libraries is transforming the Posner Center into a dedicated Special Collections library, updating and expanding the space in order to engage the CMU and greater Pittsburgh community on a wider scale.
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KiltHub is a comprehensive institutional repository maintained by the University Libraries and hosted on the figshare platform, where Carnegie Mellon University researchers and their collaborators can share the scholarly outputs and research data produced in the course of their research. KiltHub curates, collects, preserves, and provides open access to this material as part of the Libraries' commitment to open scholarship and collaboration. We’re highlighting the download and upload numbers from March and April, along with the most-downloaded article across both months.
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At the University Libraries, faculty and staff bring diverse backgrounds and interests to their roles, elevating the Libraries’ culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and lifelong learning and curiosity. We asked Community Collections Processing Archivist Crystal Johnson a few questions about her work, to find out more about the inspiration behind her contributions to the campus community.
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The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries community was saddened to hear that Julia Parsons, a 1942 general studies graduate of Margaret Morrison Carnegie College and US Navy code breaker during World War II, passed away on April 18, 2025 at the age of 104 years old.
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More than 100 visitors joined the Libraries Student Advisory Council at their end-of-year showcase on Tuesday, April 22. “Living History: Tracing CMU Culture Through Student Organizations” celebrated the history and impact of student organizations on campus, inviting the CMU community to engage with primary sources and other historic materials that tell the story of how these groups have helped shape the culture of the university.
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In October 2023, we welcomed our second Open Science Postdoctoral Associate, Kristen Scotti, after she completed her PhD in Materials Science & Engineering at Northwestern University. Now, like her predecessor in the role Chasz Griego, Scotti is transitioning to a full-time role in the Libraries as a STEM Librarian supporting the Math, Physics, and Statistics & Data Science Departments. To mark the occasion, we asked Kristen a few questions about what she did in her postdoc and how she plans to bring her experience in that position to her new role.
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At Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, we celebrate the many contributions of the faculty and staff who make the Libraries the destination for scholarly information, creative inquiry, and intellectual collaboration across disciplines, propelling the significance, reach, and impact of the university.
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At the University Libraries, more than 30 students are part of the team that keeps facilities open and services available for the CMU community. These students staff the circulation desks at both Hunt and Sorrells libraries, serve as Stacks Assistants, assist the University Archives and the Sustainability Initiative with processing collections and engaging in outreach, and more.
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At the University Libraries, faculty and staff bring diverse backgrounds and interests to their roles, elevating the Libraries’ culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and lifelong learning and curiosity. We asked Science Libraries Circulation Manager Adrianna Bennett a few questions about her work, to find out more about the inspiration behind her contributions to the campus community.
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