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Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 12:38pm
Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 10:23am
Both Gray & Company and Kent State University Press have built business on producing work for Northeast Ohio-based readers.
From poems about Ohio forests to tales of Cleveland newsrooms, local publishers make space for stories rooted in place and heart.
Two of the region’s most committed champions are Kent State University Press and Gray & Co. Though different in structure, both are grounded in the belief that Northeast Ohio has stories worth telling, with audiences eager to read them.
Monday, May 5, 2025 - 9:39am
Student guides shape the experience that visitors have at the May 4 Visitors Center. They provide unique perspectives on the events surrounding May 4, 1970, and its aftermath.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 10:30am
Our collective community tells the story of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University. What happened, who was where and what did they feel? Established in 1990, the May 4 Oral History Collection includes more than 200 firsthand accounts that give researchers a more thorough understanding of the events of May 4 and the surrounding days and years.
Monday, April 7, 2025 - 1:30pm
The Kent State University Library serves as a home base for many students. Voted as the best place to study in The Kent Stater’s “Best of Kent” edition for the 12th year in a row, Dean Kenneth Burhanna of the University Libraries said he feels proud.
Friday, February 28, 2025 - 1:52pm
The former fire insurance company maps are a treasure trove of historical data to spark meaningful discovery.
Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 10:05am
Since 2014, University Libraries has used their scholarship fund to help students meet the necessary financial needs to assist them in obtaining their college degrees.
“We have a heart to help students succeed,” said Ken Burhanna, dean of University Libraries. “The university’s Students First priority is at the top of our minds in all that we do and to us, that means all students – regardless of their major, because the libraries serve everyone.”
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Kent State University Libraries’ Annual Report is a comprehensive overview of our department that includes our vision and mission statements and the programs, resources, events and personnel contributions with which they align. The inaugural issue covered the academic year 2018-19.
Essential Library, The Newsletter of Kent State University Libraries, is distributed once each fall and spring semester to all full-time employees at all of Kent State’s campuses. Through the newsletter, faculty and staff are informed of University Libraries’ services, personnel, events and facility updates and are encouraged to take advantage of all that the Libraries offer to support student success and their professional development. The inaugural issue was published in spring semester 2018.
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Spring 2019
Essential Library | Spring 2019 | Issue 3
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Page Turners is University Libraries’ biannual magazine that informs and updates the on- and off-campus community of our knowledgeable faculty, competent staff, helpful resources, impressive facilities and interesting events. The inaugural issue was published in spring semester 2012.