Month: October 2017
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Promoting Mindfulness and Compassion at Emory: A Profile of Prof. Bobbi Patterson
The LITS Wellness Committee was delighted to welcome Professor Bobbi Patterson, professor of Pedagogy in the Department of Religion and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory, back to the library on Friday, October 13, where she led a meditation session for LITS employees focused on mindfulness and stress management. If you’re interested in taking…
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Zachery Cox, Cloud Security Specialist, IT Security
Zachery Cox has joined the IT Security Team as a cloud security specialist. Before coming to Emory, he spent six months as a contractor at Deloitte as a development/operations infrastructure engineer. He was also an associate cloud engineer at Cox Automotive. A native of Marietta, GA, Zachery earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science at…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: Emory Report: ‘Like reading a novel of a young philosopher’: Emory reacts to Obama’s letters Emory Report: Emory obtains archives of playwright Douglas Turner Ward Emory Report: Award of Distinction honors Emory University employees (LITS’ Derek Spransy among honorees) Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) November 1 –…
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Emory Data Storage transformed with an eye to the future
The Data Storage team has finished a complete storage migration to new storage servers, and the results are impressive. Through this six-month process, the team members reduced their price per gigabyte of storage by 65%, their power utilization by 70%, and their footprint (actual floorspace for equipment) by 80%. “This block storage refresh is a…
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Amanda Adams, Library Specialist, Goizueta Business Library
Amanda Adams is the newest library specialist in the GBL. She previously served over two years as a library assistant for the Hall County Library System. A native of Toccoa, GA, Amanda attended the University of North Georgia, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature. Because of her English background, Amanda loves to…
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NaVosha Copeland, Library Specialist, Sr, Rose Library
NaVosha Copeland is the new senior library specialist in the User Services Department of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. After graduating from Emory in 2016, she worked as an intern in Rose. She also previously interned at the Atlanta History Center Visual Archives (Spring 2017), as well as in the Georgia State University archives…
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Tyler Moses, Visiting Librarian, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Tyler Moses recently joined the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library team as a Visiting Librarian. This placement is part of her optional second year of the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Associate Fellowship Program. Sandra Franklin is her preceptor and Amy Allison coordinates her learning plan. Prior to her first year as an Associate Fellow…