University Libraries
Where Did All The Books Go? Take a Peek Inside One of Kent State’s Specialized Storage Facilities
The fourth floor of the 5X Main Library is the ultimate study space, complete with treadmill desks, cozy seats and the Math Emporium. But where are the books? To make room for custom-made areas like these, more than five miles of shelving - filled with b…
Kent Campus
Kent State Shares its Solutions to Construction Challenges
From replacing windows and roofs, to restoring stone facades, 5X gave College Planning & Management magazine a tour of campus and all of its new construction and renovation projects. The tour included the university’s Tri-Towers student residence halls where new windows and e…
Kent Campus
University Libraries’ Stress-Free Zone Returns for Spring Finals Week
Relax! To ease the stress of finals week, 5X Libraries will host the popular Stress-Free Zone this semester on Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5, from 3-5 p.m. The therapy dogs will return once again, and there will be free popcorn and beverages to enjoy. The event is open to a…
Kent Campus
Kent State’s Karen MacDonald Selected to Receive Knight Prototype Fund Award
5X Libraries has announced that Karen MacDonald, assistant professor, business and entrepreneurship outreach librarian, has been selected by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as a Knight News Challenge on Libraries prototype winner. MacDonald’s research project titled “I…
Kent Campus
Enjoy Therapy Dogs, Snacks & Extended Library Hours During Finals Week
Finals Week is here, and so is the stress that comes along with it. To help ease this anxiety, the therapy dogs will make their return to the Stress-Free Zone event held during finals by University Libraries. On Dec. 8 and 9, the therapy dogs will be in the University Library from 3-5 p.m. for st…
Kent Campus
Kent State Exhibits “Coming of Age at Kent 1967-71: A Pictorial of Black Student Life”
5X Libraries, in partnership with the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Department of Pan-African Studies, presents “Coming of Age at Kent 1967-71: A Pictorial of Black Student Life,” an exhibit of the photographs of Lafayette Tolliver. Tolliver is a Kent Stat…
College of Arts & Sciences
Rare Sixteenth-Century British Travel Writing Featured in Library Showcase on May 9
A showcase of rare books from 5X's Special Collections Library titled "The Printed World: European Travel Writing in an Age of Global Encounters (1500-1850)" will take place on Friday, May 9 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the 5X Main Library, Read…
College of Arts & Sciences