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Building Momentum Through Mentorship

When Research and Data Services Librarian Alfredo González-Espinoza arrived at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, he was excited to find his place in the new environment — and a little nervous, too. As a newly appointed faculty librarian, he was stepping into his first faculty role. And while he was ready for the challenge, he knew that navigating the unfamiliar landscape would require new skills and knowledge.

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Spotlight: Kelly Woessner

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 Organizational Development Manager Kelly Woessner a few questions about her work, to find out more about the inspiration behind her contributions to the campus community.

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How CMU Librarians Supported Pulitzer Prize-Winning Research

Carnegie Mellon University historian, author, and librettist Edda Fields-Black, professor and director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center, began working on a book about famous Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman’s involvement in the Combahee River Raid — the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history — in 2016.

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Faculty & Staff Achievements: June 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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Beyond the Stacks

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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10 Free and Easy Ways to Be An Open Researcher at CMU

CMU Libraries celebrates researchers within the CMU community who choose to make their innovative work openly available and reusable. If you're seeking guidance on how to share your research openly and maximize its impact, visit our Open at CMU website to explore the services and resources we offer to support open research.

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CMU Study Maps the Role of Libraries in the Future of Open Science

A new national study from the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is shedding light on how libraries across the U.S. are keeping up with the fast-changing world of open science.

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Discover & Discuss: Technology and Humanity

Technological innovations are a steady part of human history, and some of these innovations have radically changed society from top to bottom. In the past century, some examples include television, cell phones and personal computers. Explore the resources below to learn more about how to blend AI into our lives, while retaining the skills and knowledge that makes us human.

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Posner Center Renovation Reimagines Space for Special Collections

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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Open Source Grant Leads to Global Recognition for CMU Blockchain Tool

Eason Chen, a second-year Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has spent the past several years working on SuiGPT MAD (Move AI Decompiler) — a tool to help increase transparency around blockchain technologies. His innovative work was brought to the attention of University Libraries’ Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), who helped to support his project. Now, Chen’s project is getting international recognition — and could prevent millions of dollars in blockchain-managed assets from being stolen or frozen in the future.