Welcome to Special Collections!
This page contains useful links and documents to best serve you while on shift! If you have any questions about the following material please be sure to ask your supervisor.
***If you have any information you would like to see added to this dashboard please email Faith Benavides (benavifm@jmu.edu)***
Special Collections Staff
Caitlin Birch: Director of Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections
Kate Morris: Head of Special Collections
Tiffany Cole: Special Collections Archivist
Bodeene Amyot Cairdeas: Digital and Audiovisual Archivist
Julia Merkel: Preservation Officer
Faith Benavides: Special Collections Public Services Coordinator
Kayleigh Bishop: Reference Specialist
N'Kosi Oates: Instruction Librarian and Curator for Black Arts and Culture
Layne Carpenter: Digital Archivist
Important Links
- SC Interim Services GuideInformation about Special Collections Services during the Carrier renovation period.
- Archives & Manuscript Collections DatabaseThis database contains finding aids for archival collections held by JMU Special Collections. Use this database to browse, explore, and find primary sources.
- JMU Libraries Catalog: Special CollectionsThis is the Libraries catalog that is specific to Special Collections.
JMU Documents
Contact Info
Website: www.lib.jmu.edu/special
Telephone: (540) 568-3612
Email: library-special@jmu.edu
Hours: Tues/Thurs 9am-4pm