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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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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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries welcomes all new and returning students, staff, and faculty to the start of the fall 2022 semester!
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On CMU’s campus, students experience the University Libraries in many different ways — through study, research, collaboration, and discovery. The following reflections are drawn from student voices featured in Libraries stories over the past year.
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Lucia Shen is spending their fifth year on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus exploring new ideas and enjoying interdisciplinary work, especially by creating a website to bring current students and alumni closer to the University Archives.
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On Feb. 23, the international scientific journal "Nature" highlighted the work of STEM Librarians Melanie Gainey and Chasz Griego. The piece, which appeared in the journal's career section, explores the ways librarians can serve as key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.
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The University Libraries is so much more than a place to check out books and study. From technology lending to a wide variety of workshops to departmental librarians with extensive knowledge of disciplinary information, students, faculty, and staff have access to countless resources and experts that can take their academic experience to the next level.
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On Jan. 29, the Libraries celebrated the snowy season and the start of the spring semester with a cozy afternoon painting winter landscapes. More than 60 attendees gathered in Hunt Library to showcase their artistic skills and enjoy some hot chocolate.
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Associate Professor of History Scott Sandage is no stranger to the Carnegie Mellon University Special Collections. For several years now, he’s used the resources in the collections — specifically a rare printing of the U.S. Bill of Rights, one of only five extant copies — as a tool to help students engage more deeply in his course “U.S. Constitution and the Presidency.” Sandage’s class examines specific powers granted to the president by the Constitution, and how presidents like Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt expanded the powers of the presidency. The Bill of Rights is central to the class. But with the reopening of the newly renovated Posner Center in fall 2025, the experience of teaching — and learning — with Special Collections has taken on new depth. The updated space enabled Sandage to build a layered, immersive experience — one that brought students back multiple times to learn from experts, examine rare materials up close, and actively debate the Constitution’s meaning.
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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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