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Announcing Spring 2026 Workshops

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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Welcome, Jillian Conrad, Assistant Director, Constituent Engagement

Please join us in welcoming Jillian Conrad to the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries as Assistant Director, Constituent Engagement. Prior to joining the Libraries, Jillian was a Development Officer at Carnegie Museum of Art.

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Blending Humanistic Inquiry and Technology, Carnegie Mellon Leads a New Era of Cultural Study and Research

Making a big bet on “computational humanities,” Carnegie Mellon University will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry — literary interpretation, historical research and cultural critique — with computational methods like computer vision, machine learning, network analysis and data visualization.

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Welcome, Jennifer Fularz, Accounting and Financial Assistant

Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Fularz to the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries as Accounting and Financial Assistant.

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Renovated Posner Center Welcomes Students into Special Collections

After a major renovation, the Posner Center for Special Collections at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries has opened its doors once more — this time as a vibrant hub for teaching, research, and public engagement. Within just days of reopening, students from across CMU and the University of Pittsburgh became the first to test the possibilities of the new space, engaging directly with rare books, archival materials, and historic technologies.

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Faculty and Staff Achievements: December 2025

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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Sloan Foundation Funds Launch of ENGIN Software Foundation at Carnegie Mellon University to Support Academic Open Source

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Associate Dean for Digital Infrastructure G. Sayeed Choudhury has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch the Ecosystem for Next Generation Infrastructure (ENGIN) Software Foundation. This two-year initiative represents the next strategic phase of the Carnegie Mellon University Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), housed within the University Libraries. The ENGIN Software Foundation (ESF) aims to fill a critical and widely recognized gap in the academic open source ecosystem.

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How the OSPO Supported Hands-On Open Source Opportunities for Students

In most computer science courses, students learn to write and debug code — but don’t always experience firsthand the collaborative, fast-paced environments where real-world software is built. That’s especially true when it comes to open-source software, which is developed publicly by contributors from around the globe.

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Fall Open Science Programming Celebrates Open Research and Collaboration

This fall, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries hosted a dynamic series of open science events that brought researchers, librarians, and thought leaders together to share resources, exchange ideas, and tackle real-world challenges. Through engaging programming — from an interactive unconference to a global symposium — CMU Libraries reaffirmed its role as a national model for how academic libraries can lead in advancing transparent, collaborative research.

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CMU Libraries Unveils the Newly Renovated Posner Center for Special Collections with Inaugural Exhibition “Rare Books & Ancestral Machines”

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries opened the doors of the newly-renovated Posner Center for Special Collections on December 2 with its inaugural exhibition “Rare Books & Ancestral Machines.”