Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

Join us for Open Stacks: Bodies of Horror! 💀 🗓️ Wednesday, Oct. 28 ⏰ 4:30–6:30pm 📍 Posner Center Discover rare books and artifacts that have terrified, fascinated, and unsettled readers for centuries. Snacks and fun provided! 🧟‍♂️ Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886

Special thanks to all our friends! 🫶 October 18-24 is National Friends of Libraries Week. 📚 Much more than just a collection of books, our libraries are a place for connection and community. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #friendsofthelibrariesweek

How has open knowledge evolved over time? 🔍 For #OpenAccessWeek, CMU Libraries is launching the Open Index Project, featuring an interactive Tracker and Timeline of key developments across the open landscape. 💻 Explore the Open Index Project: www.library.cmu.edu/open-at-cmu/...

AI-curious? Already putting AI to work? 🤖 Join us Oct. 26–30 for AI Fluency Week, featuring hands-on workshops, faculty and researcher panels, and opportunities to explore how AI is changing the way we learn, research and create. 💻 Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Since 2005, Constitution Day 📜 at the University Libraries has given @cmu.edu students the chance to get creative with hands-on activities while becoming more civically active. View the photos: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2026 (October 4-10) is “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” Book bans are certainly not a new phenomenon; people have challenged or banned books since the beginning of the written word. 📚 Read more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/b...

Join us for a screening of the action movie "Sudden Death" featuring the Civic Arena, former home of the Penguins. Get a preview of the blueprints and original drawings of the building (demolished in 2012) from the Architecture Archives collection. Free admission + snacks! 10/8 @ 6pm (Hunt Library)

The U.S. Constitution continues to shape American government and everyday life. This month’s book collection brings together resources that explore the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and their continuing influence on American society. 📚 View the reading list: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Join Dr. Tamara Caulkins as she explores how botanist Michel Adanson’s engagement with the Senegalese influenced the reception of his ideas in France during the Age of Revolutions. 🗓️ Wednesday, Oct. 7 ⏰ 12pm 📍 Posner Center This event is free and open to all. RSVP today: forms.gle/zTySFV6rdr9B...

Join us for Banned Books Bingo 📚🔥 featuring books that have been banned, challenged, or censored throughout history — including rare books from the Posner Center collection. Snacks, refreshments, and the chance to win raffled prizes! 🗓️ Tuesday, Oct. 6 ⏰ 4:30–6:30pm 📍 Posner Center #BannedBooksWeek

What can you discover with ScottAI? 🔎 Developed in-house at CMU Libraries, ScottAI is an AI-powered reference agent that connects users with Libraries collections, guides, services and other research resources. Watch STEM Librarian Haoyong Lan demonstrate how ScottAI works. 💻 bit.ly/ScottAI-CMU

As #AI Research Tools Multiply, Carnegie Mellon University #Librarians Build Better Ways to Evaluate Them (via @library.cmu.edu) www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2... #libraries #evaluation

Just in time for Halloween, Andreas Vesalius's landmark De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (On the Fabric of the Human Body), published in Basel in 1543. 📖 Vivitur ingenio, caetera mortis erunt, or "Genius lives on; all else belongs to death." 💀 Stop by the Posner Center this spooky season.

Today, Carnegie Mellon University and Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, announced a historic $3 billion gift to elevate Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh and launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami. #CMUMiami Read more: cmu.is/Miami-new-b

Curious about what you can find in @cmu.edu's Archives & Special Collections — and how to actually use it? Join us for an in-person workshop at the Posner Center and get an intro to our rare books, manuscripts, university records, and other primary sources. 🗓️ Sept. 22 ⏰ 10–11am 📍 Posner Center

Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) with the Libraries! This book display recognize the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities and the many ways they have shaped American life over generations. 💻 eBooks: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

🇺🇸 Join us tomorrow for #America250: The Constitution as Object. 📜 🗓️ Thursday, September 17 ⏰ 4:45–6:00 p.m. 📍 Posner Center for Special Collections There’s still time to register for this special Constitution Day symposium at the Posner Center! 💻 Register: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/hum...

Gaming and Movies and Books...oh my! 🎲📀📚 Have you checked out our new displays up on the 2nd floor of Hunt Library? There's a space devoted to role-playing games (RPGs) and a fantasy-themed display at our little book nook.

DYK... Thursdays, 10am - 4pm, the University Archives is open to researchers and the @cmu.edu community? 🗓️ Drop in, check out the item of the week, explore our collections, or learn how to navigate our discovery tools. All levels of curiosity are welcomed! No appointment is needed on Thursdays.

Last call on LSAC applications! ☎️ This year's Libraries Student Advisory Council will focus on our new Role Playing Game (RPG) Collection. Applications are due tomorrow 9/9 — don't miss your chance to sign up for this group! Learn more and apply today: www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

DYK... "Bookplates” are labels that identify who a book belongs—or belonged—to? 🔖 They often read “ex libris”—Latin for “from the library of”—followed by the owner’s name, usually pasted just inside its front cover. Researchers use bookplates to help reconstruct the history of a book’s ownership.

DYK...we have a growing collection of role playing games available on the 2nd floor of Hunt Library? 🎲 🧩 Join IDeATe in Hunt Library for our gaming-themed FRIDeATe next Friday, September 11th from 5-6pm!

🍕✂️ Get creative (and fed!) at our Pizza & Pennant Making workshop! Join us Sept. 9th from 4-6PM in Hunt Library (IDeATe Studio A) and create your own personalized @cmu.edu pennant while enjoying pizza and drinks. Vintage pennants from University Archives will also be on display for inspiration. ✨

The distinctive work of #YayoiKusama has captivated audiences around the world for decades. Following the artist’s death, explore her extraordinary career and creative practice through books from the Libraries' collection. Curated by Arts and Humanities Librarian Jill Chisnell.

DYK...in addition to books, you can borrow a variety of wellness items designed to support relaxation, mindfulness, and stress relief? Wellness items are available at the Hunt Library Circulation Desk. View the Library of Things: bit.ly/4gh73lr #NationalWellnessMonth

Our 2025–2026 Year in Reflection celebrates these accomplishments and, more importantly, the students, faculty, staff, and partners who made them possible. 💻 View it here: online.fliphtml5.com/frfzbb/elhz/...

Feel free to reach out to our friendly faculty and staff at any time to help you get acquainted with our many services, events, workshops, and technologies available to you. 💻 Click here for a list of services we offer: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Welcome new and returning students! 🎒 We'll be participating in several @cmu.edu campus orientation events today until next Friday. 🏫 Here's a comprehensive list: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Did you catch Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey" this week? 🍿 Stop by the Posner Center next to see some rare copies of Homer’s epic up close. 📚 library.cmu.edu/visit/posner...

August is #NationalWellnessMonth, a time to reflect on the habits, relationships, and resources that support overall well-being. This month's collection explores a range of perspectives on wellness. 🫶 A physical book display is in the Hunt Library lobby. 💻 Explore the book display: bit.ly/NWM-books

In 1985, Steve Jobs visited @cmu.edu after launching NeXT to share his vision for the future of higher education computing. 👩‍💻 Read how the making of a new Steve Jobs biography reveals how our University Archives continue to inform scholarship decades after the records were created. bit.ly/4wqVtJW

Research today is more collaborative, data-intensive, and interdisciplinary than ever before. Read how we're helping researchers navigate this evolving landscape through expertise in open scholarship, evidence synthesis, research data, scholarly publishing, and responsible AI. 💻 bit.ly/3RZPRHC

Arts and Humanities Librarian Kristin Heath has led "Breathe, Reset, Connect with Your Heart" 🫶 workshops since Fall 2024, connecting with folks across @cmu.edu. What began as a workshop series has since evolved into a monthly virtual program. 💻 Read more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Published annually by the CMU Sustainability Initiative, the VUR uses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, as a framework for understanding how education, research, and practices contribute to a more sustainable future. Read more: bit.ly/25-26-VUR

For students, keeping up with the changes of AI, open science practices, and new discovery tools can be challenging. Our librarians saw an opportunity to help students build those skills. 💻 Read~ How Librarians Made Emerging Research Tools Accessible to Undergraduates: bit.ly/4bhi17g

We hope you're finding creative ways to beat this heatwave! 🫠 Archival image from 1963, found in the CMU Digital Collections. Sigma Nu fraternity's "Sailboat" entry fell apart just 10 feet from the finish line on Frew Street during Spring Carnival's buggy race.

Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies is joining four Open Forum for AI (OFAI) Working Groups, contributing expertise in data stewardship, info governance, digital scholarship, and research infrastructure to help advance open, responsible, and human-centered AI. bit.ly/4xK8pvH

Out with the old and in with the new... unless you're the University Archives. 🪪 While Pittsburgh-based #CMU faculty and staff begin exchanging their old ID cards for new ones, the Archives brought out some previous generations for a little blast from the past.

Hey @cmu.edu. 👋 Due to planned electrical repairs, Hunt Library will be closed from June 17-21. The building will reopen for normal hours on June 22. We apologize for the inconvenience. Sorrells Library will be open as usual on June 17-18, but closed for the Juneteenth holiday on June 19.

“If necessity is the mother of invention, then whimsy is the fairy godmother of the miniature book.” 📚🔍👀 👍📖 Explore the full mini-collection at the Posner Center for Special Collections.

What a beautiful day at @cmu.edu! 🌞 "Three students sit, reading books among tulips in a Morewood Gardens Women's Residence Hall flower garden." (c.1946) Image found the the #CMU Digital Collections - General Photograph Collection. 💻 For more archival images: digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu

Our June book display brings together recent scholarship alongside historical works and fiction that examine how #AI has been understood across time. Explore featured eBooks (link below) and visit the rotating display in Hunt Library lobby to learn more. 💻 eBooks: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

We've just received a major archival acquisitions connected to internationally recognized artists and celebrated @cmu.edu alumni — including original costume sketches from Academy Award-winning costume designer / CMU alumna Ann Roth + School of Drama faculty Barbara & Cletus Anderson. bit.ly/4u7CX7v

As new graduates begin their lives and careers beyond @cmu.edu, they retain access to many resources and programming opportunities at the Libraries. Here are all the ways alumni can stay connected and continue to benefit from our offerings. 💻 Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

This year marks 50 years since Pittsburgh's most beloved neighbor stopped by our commencement. 🎓 In 1976, @cmu.edu awarded Fred Rogers an honorary doctorate in fine arts. At #CMU, our hearts remain in the work that #MrRogers championed for all of us. 🫶 Congrats to all graduates!

The Posner Center for Special Collections was delighted to welcome Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate of the UK, for our first annual #Shakespeare Lecture. The event concluded with a Q&A led by Jake Grefenstette, President and Executive Director of @poetryforum.bsky.social. bit.ly/shakespeare-...

Did you see NEXT Pittsburgh recently went on a tour of the Posner Center? @samlemley.bsky.social and Catherine Blauvelt showed off the World War II era Enigma machines along with other amazing artifacts held in Special Collections. 📽️ Watch here: youtu.be/oWV3zJgXkAg?...

The Sustainability Initiative recently connected with partners working on the Sustainable Development Goals across local government, the United Nations, and education sectors. 🇺🇳 Director Alex Hiniker was joined by the program's five interns who presented at the workshop. Read more: bit.ly/UNAI-CMU

Celebrate Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander #AANHPI Heritage Month with us! Explore these titles online or stop by the Hunt Library lobby for our physical book display. 💻 library.cmu.edu/about/news/2... 🎉 We'll also host a kickoff party today 12-2pm in Hunt & Sorrells Library!