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Turning the Libraries Page With Innovative AI Use

It feels as though every breath you take and every move you make, AI is there — offered as a tool, service, personal assistant, and all-around solution to all problems. AI has come to campus, and it has come to WVU Libraries in ways that might surprise.

Preserving Unique Digital Collections

Special collections in the WVRHC document local, state, and national history. Physical collections require careful stewardship, but the increasing volume of digital collections demand even more intentional maintenance — or risk being lost forever.

Archives Connect Past and Future and Libraries is Expanding K-12 Access

When young learners encounter primary sources and artifacts firsthand through partnerships with libraries and museums, history is no longer something to memorize and repeat, but something to feel and experience. WVU Libraries is doing just that.

Three Honored with Dean of the Libraries’ 2025 Student Arts Awards

The Art in the Libraries Committee and Dean of WVU Libraries, Karen Diaz, has selected Aliannah Noriega-Freeman, Kaya Collings, and Timothy Butcher, to receive the 2025 Dean of Libraries’ Student Arts Award.

Graduate Student Exhibit Award submissions now open

The WVU Libraries Art in the Libraries initiative invites current graduate students to submit ideas for consideration for an exhibit to visually showcase their scholarship in new and experimental ways.

History Center to host Henry Doktorski for personal account and inside, historic look at Hare Krishna Community

The WVRHC invites WVU community and the public to attend this event for an evening of stories and history about the New Vrindaban West Virginia Hare Krishna Community.

Art in the Libraries names 2026 Mountain Artist in Residency awardee

WVU Libraries’ Art in the Libraries Committee in collaboration with West Virginia & Regional History Center archivists selected L. Renée as the 2026 Mountain Artist in Residency awardee, selected for her proposed artwork, “Remain.”

Faculty and staff exhibit award submission window now open through Feb. 27

Art in the Libraries is proud to announce its call for the 2026 Faculty/Staff Exhibit Awards is now open through Feb. 27.

Call for Ideas: Mountaineers Go First—250 Years of Medical Innovation in WV

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences is seeking knowledge and ideas to ensure broad representation of West Virginia’s leaders in medicine for a 2026-2027 exhibit.

Calling all artists: Submit your artist in residency application for Mountain AIR by November 28

The Art in the Libraries program at WVU Libraries invites artists from all backgrounds and disciplines to apply for the 2026 Mountain AIR Program—an initiative that invites artists to draw inspiration from the Libraries’ rich environmental archives.

Neal Museum opens new exhibit showcasing history of West Virginia's oldest school of pharmacy

The William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences has opened a new exhibit that showcases the history of WVU’s School of Pharmacy—from its founding to the present.

Graduate student exhibit award winner talk to showcase where qualitative research meets artistic expression

WVU Art in the Libraries is proud to present the 2025 Graduate Student Exhibit Award winner and WVU PhD student, Franny Perez-Ramirez. Perez-Ramirez will discuss her artistic process and showcase her award-winning work, “Layers of Self."

Fall 2025 workshops now available

WVU Libraries has launched its fall lineup of workshops designed to enhance research and data management skills. Workshops cover a range of essential topics such as data management tools, scholarly publishing, copyright for scholarly authors, ETDs, etc.

Calling all WVU alumni artists: Submit your reflection on freedom by December 31

The submission window for the WVU Alumni Art Show, Reflecting on Freedom, is now open. The Art in the Libraries Committee invites WVU alumni to submit their artistic work exploring themes of freedom and independence.

WVU Libraries fall exhibits feature AI, West Virginia's WWII veterans, WVU School of Pharmacy, and more

WVU Libraries is pleased to share a packed schedule of fall 2025 exhibits for students, faculty, staff, and community—all brimming with compelling topics and educational and cultural information.

Humanities Center to explore the importance of public scholarship and how to do it with Dr. David Perry

The WVU Humanities Center is proud to host historian and journalist, Dr. David Perry, for a day of events focused on the importance of scholars and experts in going public with their research and showing them how to get started.

“Move” with Art in the Libraries at faculty exhibit award winner’s talk

WVU Art in the Libraries is proud to host the 2025 Art in the Libraries Faculty Exhibit Award winner and Professor of Landscape Architecture, Judith Wasserman, for a talk about—and to showcase—her exhibit “Activating Urban Space for Health and Movement.”

Art in the Libraries to host AI panel discussing humanity, launching exhibit

WVU Art in the Libraries, in collaboration with the WVU Humanities Center, invites the WVU community and the public to attend a panel discussion to mark the launch of an innovative cross-campus AI exhibition.

September workshops now available

WVU Libraries is announcing its September lineup of workshops designed to enhance research and data management skills. Workshops cover a range of essential topics such as data management, data analysis and visualization, scholarly publishing, and more.

Libraries to host exhibit honoring Dr. Arthur I. Jacknowitz

WVU Art in the Libraries, in collaboration with the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center and the William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences, will open a new exhibit celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Arthur I. Jacknowitz.

Preserving Unique Digital Collections

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