Kelvin Smith Library

10/29/2026

Wondering how to check out a book at KSL? KSL: Explained has you covered 😌📚

Find and request books with ease, and learn exactly where to go to check them out, with our newest episode

10/27/2026

📅KSL's November events are almost here! RSVP on CampusGroups for an email reminder via the link in our bio or by visiting bit.ly/KSL_Events

🎲 Game night: International Games Month! - 11/4
Celebrate with our full board game library and Jack Box games, courtesy of

📚 Level up your research skills: Organizing and synthesizing sources - 11/12
Learn how to organize research sources and combine complex ideas for papers, reviews, and bibliographies with the final installment of our research skills workshop series

📝 From spreadsheets to synthesis: Streamlining evidence reviews with Covidence - 11/16
Tailored for researchers across the social sciences, management, and business, this interactive webinar covers how to transform your literature review workflow with the platform Covidence

Go to the events link in our bio or visit bit.ly/KSL_Events for more details! See you soon 🍂

10/26/2026

Source?” Literally the archives... 📖

It’s , and we thought ’s Bicentennial was the perfect time to celebrate our University Archives and the great work it does collecting, preserving, and making valuable records accessible for our community

🖼️ On display now in the Hatch Reading Room is Building a Legacy: Cleveland Play House and CWRU connection, where you can view the CPH archive items in our collection and our history with the organization

👀 and if you look around the library, you’ll see all kinds of work from the Archives on display, including the history of our libraries on the walls of the second floor

To explore our digital archives, visit Digital Case via bit.ly/digital_case to transport yourself to new-to-you places this Archives month

10/22/2026

🥳 Celebrate CWRU's bicentennial with a hardcover coffee table book!

Our University Archives contributed to "Celebrating 200 Years of Case Western Reserve University," a visual journey through 200 years of our history, featuring hundreds of archival pictures and photographs.

Check it out: https://case.edu/news/celebrate-cwrus-bicentennial-hardcover-coffee-table-book?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=thedaily_communitypostings

Celebrating 200 Years of Case Western Reserve University is a beautifully crafted 233-page hardcover coffee table book (11½" x 11½") that commemorat...

10/15/2026

📆 Your guide to library events with KSL: Explained!

Earn explore credit by taking a study break and checking out what’s going on at KSL. Check out the link in our bio or bit.ly/KSL_Events to see what’s happening when you’re usually here, and keep an eye out for our spring events — coming soon! 👀

10/12/2026

10/06/2026

👔🧥 This Homecoming and alumni weekend, discover (or reminisce on) what past students wore on campus! 👚👗

Visit Kelvin Smith Library and check out the special University Archives pop-up exhibit, featuring fashion and past anniversary celebrations, located on the first floor.

10/01/2026

09/29/2026

📅KSL's October events are almost here! RSVP to the ones that catch your eye on CampusGroups for an email reminder via the link in our bio or by visiting bit.ly/KSL_Events

🤖 Intro to photogrammetry with Agisoft Metashape - 10/6
Learn how to make 3D models using just your phone and the Freedman Center. Don’t miss our last digital scholarship workshop of the semester, and your last chance to enter to win gift cards and swag just for attending!

🎲 Game night: Lotería! - 10/7
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at this month’s game night with Lotería, a game of chance similar to bingo. Save your spot early for snacks, prizes, and guaranteed fun

📚 Level up your research skills: Reading complex scholarly research - 10/8
Develop critical reading, annotating, and note-taking skills for tackling complex scholarly sources with the second installment of our research skills workshop series

🎭 Building a legacy: Cleveland Play House and CWRU connection - 10/9
This homecoming, hear from alumni Alexandru Zaharia and Rachel Fink, managing director of the Cleveland Play House, about the nearly century-long partnership between CPH and CWRU and the unique history of CPH’s many buildings

📝 Let’s Write! - 10/14
Unmotivated to finish your midterms? Writing the next great novel? Dedicate some time to work on whatever you need to finish with other hard workers to keep you accountable, featuring Writing Resource Center reps and research librarians for help if you need it

🍕 Pizza and research - 10/28
Our librarians are giving away pizza and answering your library-related or research questions. Stop by for a slice and to ensure the rest of this semester is a success

🐕👻 Paws for a Cause fall festival and costume contest - 10/30
The therapy dogs are back… and in costume! We’re partnering with Paws for a Cause for more comfort from our furry friends, a pet-themed craft, a costume contest, polaroids, snacks, and fall fun! Come in costume to enter to win a gift card!

Go to the events link in our bio or visit bit.ly/KSL_Events for more details! See you soon 🎃

09/28/2026

Cleveland Play House's Euclid-77th Street Theater, then and now 🎭

This homecoming weekend, hear from alumni Alexandru Zaharia and managing director of the Cleveland Play House, Rachel Fink, about the nearly century-long partnership between CPH and CWRU and the unique history of CPH’s many buildings, including the Euclid-77th Street Theater (1948-1983) and its significance to theater history.

RSVP for Building a Legacy: CPH and CWRU Connection on CampusGroups via the link in our bio, via bit.ly/KSL_Hoco26, or while registering to attend Homecoming