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Now accepting student applications for 2025-26 Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award

WVU Libraries invites undergraduate students who wrote an exceptional humanities or social sciences research paper this 2025-26 academic year to submit their work by June 5 for consideration for the Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award.

Neal Museum to open new exhibit May 9 with Ohio Valley General Hospital and Medical Center documentary screening

On May 9, the Neal Museum will host a documentary screening of “Beacon Light: A History of Ohio Valley General Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center” to celebrate the opening of its new exhibit, “Ohio Valley General Hospital School of Nursing.”

Exhibit exploring political choices of the American people to open April 16 during public program

WVU Libraries invites campus and the public to join the opening of the forthcoming exhibition, “Cartography of Congress: A Geographic History of Political Parties” on April 16 at 4 p.m. in the Milano Reading Room of the Downtown Library.

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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.

WVU Press Finds New Home and Mutual Community Within Libraries

July 2025 heralded a new stage in the close relationship between WVU Libraries and WVU Press, the University’s highly regarded publisher of scholarly and creative work. With similar missions and mutual community, great collaboration is ahead.