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Call for Applicants: Posner Curatorial Internship

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries invites current or incoming graduate students to apply for the recently reimagined Posner Curatorial Internship. The Posner Curatorial Internship supports Carnegie Mellon University graduate students in gaining practical and paid training in rare books and special collections librarianship. The Internship is intended for students who plan to pursue a career in cultural heritage institutions, including work in libraries, archives, and museums.

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Meet the 2023–2024 Libraries Student Advisory Council

This fall, the newest cohort of the Libraries Student Advisory Council (LSAC) has begun meeting to expand opportunities for communication between the Libraries and the CMU student body. A team of undergraduate and graduate students from across campus, along with members of the Libraries faculty and staff, will discuss input and feedback on Libraries services, collections, spaces, and events.

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What to Call It and How to Search It

The Library of Congress, rule-maker for all U.S. libraries, approves subject headings to describe books and other items. (Subject headings work just like keywords.) Catalogers use these subject headings to find call numbers for books, so you can browse a shelf online or in person and find books on the same subject together.

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Welcome from the Dean of Libraries

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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Great Scot!

Transforming the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries into a library of the 21st century has been not a sprint but a marathon. Luckily, Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of the University Libraries Keith Webster has proven to be up to the challenge with a vision for this evolution.

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Welcome New and Returning Students

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries welcomes all new and returning students, staff, and faculty to the start of the fall 2024 semester! Feel free to reach out to our friendly faculty and staff at CMU Libraries at any time to help you get acquainted with our many services, events, workshops, and technologies available to you.

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