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Funding secured for congressional archives enhancements, civics and history education

WVU Libraries received $1.5 million in congressionally directed spending to expand utility, usability and capacity of the American Congress Digital Archives Portal and to equip West Virginia and other states' K-12 educators with resources and tools for refortified civics and history education.

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The WVU Humanities Center is excited to announce its 2023-2024 fellows and grantees. The grants awarded by the Center will help these scholars to pursue their research, projects and teaching in the humanities this coming year.

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For its sixth collaborative, multidisciplinary exhibition, the WVU Art in the Libraries committee invites the WVU community to share their thoughts on how artificial intelligence (AI) might fields of study, work, career readiness and community engagement.

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Apply now for the WVU Libraries’ Fall 2023 Graduate Student Library Immersion Program, a three-day intensive workshop designed to improve participants’ research skills with hands-on activities and demonstrations on a variety of resources, methods, tools, and topics.

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WVU Libraries have signed new Open Access agreements with three academic publishers – IOP Publishing, American Chemical Society (ACS) and Wiley – to provide researchers with the opportunity to publish free of article processing charges.

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West Virginia University Libraries unveiled a portrait of Virginia “Kittie” Blakemore, the first coach of the WVU’s women’s basketball team, Thursday in the Downtown Library’s Robinson Reading Room.

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WVU Libraries has received a nearly $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand the American Congress Digital Archives Portal

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West Virginia University Libraries will host the Women of Appalachia Project’s (WOAP) “Women Speak,” a presentation of story, poetry and song showcasing women artists from throughout the Appalachian region, April 22 from 1-3 p.m. in the Downtown Library’s Milano Reading Room.

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Head coach Kittie Blakemore poses with Cathy Parson, who became the first woman to be inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. She finished her career as Mountaineer women's basketball all-time career scoring leader with 2,113 points from 1980-83 and appeared in a then-school-record 121 games, averaging 17.5 points per outing. For comparison, only Jerry West (2,309) and Rod Hundley (2,180) scored more points in their WVU careers. Photo by WVU Athletics.

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The West Virginia and Regional History Center will host an evening of reflection on the life and work of poet Norman Jordan (1938-2015) presented by his wife, Dr. Brucella Jordan, Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the Milano Reading Room in WVU’s Downtown Library.

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The West Virginia University Humanities Center will present an evening with author Mike Ingram March 27 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Downtown Library’s Milano Reading Room.

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