Press releases, 1969/2010

Scope and content:

The series consists of press releases created by the Office of Public Affairs (later Media Relations) and the Office of Sports Information. The press releases announce university and student related news and primarily concern major initiatives, construction projects, changes to the curriculum, budget and financials, events, and athletics.

The press releases are divided into General Press Releases and Sports Press Releases. General press releases include notices of events, changes to academic programs, construction projects, school statistics, budget and policy updates, and individual student achievements.

Sports press releases contain athletics related press releases for Madison College/James Madison University. These press releases contain notices and results of sports matches, individual student statistics and accomplishments, and season statistics.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Parent terms of access:

Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Staff have taken special care to identify and remove sensitive materials, particularly those relating to students' academic records and personnel employment records, found within this collection. However, in rare instances, privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose.

For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Contents