Library Initiatives
The mission of the WVU Libraries is to collect, preserve, and provide access to information
that enables learning and the advancement of knowledge and to actively participate
as a partner in WVU’s high‐quality education. The WVU Libraries Initiatives support
this mission in providing an array of educational tools and services for students
and faculty.
Art in the Libraries
Art in the Libraries develops exhibits and related programming in the Downtown Library,
Evansdale Library, and Health Sciences Library highlighting the creative endeavors
and scholarship of WVU faculty, staff, and students, reaching across the University,
the region, and the broader academic community.
Art in the Libraries promotes discovery, innovation, and sustainability; models diversity and inclusion; and demonstrates how art, libraries and scholars encourage the community to explore, reflect, and discuss what they encounter in the WVU Libraries.
Art in the Libraries promotes discovery, innovation, and sustainability; models diversity and inclusion; and demonstrates how art, libraries and scholars encourage the community to explore, reflect, and discuss what they encounter in the WVU Libraries.
Open Access Research Publishing
Open Access (OA) refers to free, immediate, permanent, online access to digital full-text
scientific and scholarly material, primarily research articles published in peer-reviewed
journals. There are limited copyright and licensing restrictions on open-access
articles, meaning that anyone with Internet access may read, download, copy,
and/or distribute them. A primary advantage to authors who make their articles
openly accessible is that their research impact is maximized due to a wider audience.
Open Access Research Publishing
Open Access Research Publishing
Open Educational Resources
The WVU Libraries offers a variety of Open Educational Resources and grants. Open
Educational Resources (OER) are published under open copyright licenses that
empower teachers and learners to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute
educational resources. OER can help students save money, give instructors the
freedom to customize their course materials, and create opportunities for learner-centered
pedagogy.
Open Education Resources
Research Commons
The WVU Libraries Research Commons is a suite of services that foster interdisciplinary
connections and support graduate student and faculty research needs, with an
emphasis on graduate students and early-career researchers. It provides services
based on library expertise and partnerships with campus connections.
Research Repository @ WVU
The Research Repository @ WVU, a service of the University Libraries and the Office
of Research, is actively seeking contributions from faculty, students, and researchers
across West Virginia University. The Research Repository provides access to openly
available scholarship, creative work, and research of WVU, thereby expanding
the reach and impact of its academic community.
Student Veteran Program
The WVU Libraries are committed to providing support to the community of WVU student
veterans as you pursue your academic programs of choice. We offer a broad
range of services to all WVU students including Ask a Librarian, borrowing, copying
and printing, eReserves and reserves, interlibrary loan, multimedia equipment,
patents and trademarks, and room reservations.