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Rising to meet emerging research and open science needs

WVU Libraries and the WVU Research Office are empowering University researchers, paving the way to advances in research and science.

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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.

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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.

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WVU Libraries received $250,000 in Congressionally directed spending to improve classroom technology at the Downtown and Evansdale libraries. With this funding, the Libraries has evolved to meet the needs of campus and the community.

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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.

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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.

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The WVU humanities community is deeply engaged in research. Now, the Humanities Center is giving back with programming on how to reach new heights and new audiences.

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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.

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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.

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Dryad is now available to the WVU community for easy access to a generalist data repository. The platform will make it easier for researchers to share, find, use, and cite data, and is ready-made for emerging data sharing requirements.

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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.”

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