Month: August 2015

  • The new MARBL is a “researcher’s heaven”

    The new MARBL is a “researcher’s heaven”

    As you stand in the sparkling, new Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) space on the 10th floor of the Woodruff Library, many words come to mind. “Oh my stars,” said Joe Cravens, an attorney from Richmond, VA, “This is a researcher’s heaven.” “Most impressive,” said Bruce Cauthen, a researcher and former Emory professor. “It’s a relief,”…

  • Meet your LITS Wellness Champions

    Meet your LITS Wellness Champions

    With the Move More Challenge just around the corner, please welcome our LITS Wellness Champions! Wellness Champion Kim Comstock was joined by Dorothy Waugh, Julie Braun, and Stephanie Parisi this summer to serve as ambassadors for FSAP and other Healthy Emory programs. They are responsible for sharing program information, motivating others and encouraging healthy habits…

  • Line dancing in the Library

    Line dancing in the Library

    For the past several months, LITS HR has been hosting a line dancing class in the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library. The line dance group meets weekly (depending on the Jones Room availability) usually from 12:15 to 12:45 in the Woodruff Library’s Jones Room. The group has learned to kick up their heels to various songs, from…

  • Update from HR

    Comings: Natalie Mitton, Enterprise Applications Change Control Administration, reporting to Michael Davidson, effective 8/24/15.  (…bio coming soon) Erin Anwar Reddick, Enterprise Information Security Specialist Sr., reporting to Brad Sanford, effective 8/24/15.  (…bio coming soon) Goings: Data Engineering, Craig Cooper’s last day was 8/19/15. Enterprise Services, Michael Keown’s last day was 8/20/15.

  • Student Digital Life debuts several services for new academic year

    Student Digital Life debuts several services for new academic year

    The Student Digital Life (SDL) team presented at this week’s InfoForum regarding a host of new services and student spaces now available for the new academic year. Their work was also featured this week in a Library press release that you can read here. The InfoForum was led by Tara McCurley and featured brief presentations…

  • ITSMO hosts Incident Coordinator event in new chemistry space

    ITSMO hosts Incident Coordinator event in new chemistry space

    This month, the IT Service Management Office (ITSMO) held an Incident Coordinator Forum in the newly-renovated Atwood Chemistry Center Science Commons. The goal of the forum was to share best practices and provide a network opportunity for Emory’s incident coordinators. Coordinated by Rose Harris, the Incident Process Owner from the Service Management Office, the event was a…

  • GBL hosts “Wine-down” event for Goizueta MBA students

    GBL hosts “Wine-down” event for Goizueta MBA students

    The Goizueta Business Library (GBL) hosted a “wine-down” event for members of its graduate school following the first week of classes. This event is an annual Goizueta tradition of unwinding after the first week is completely over. Members of the GBL staff waited for students outside of the classrooms when their last Friday class finished, then led them to…