Month: January 2019
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Randy Gue and Davis Husk win 2019 Creativity and Arts Impact Awards
[Ed. Note: Jennifer Gunter King, Leslie Wingate, Kathy Dixson and Sarah Hagenbush Jones contributed to this article.] Two LITS employees, Randy Gue and Davis Husk, have been honored with 2019 Creativity & Arts Impact Awards by Emory’s Center for Creativity and Arts. Sponsored by the Emory College Center for Creativity and Arts (CCA), the awards…
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Don Kendrick, Lead Network Engineer, Build Team, Network Services
Don Kendrick is the new lead network engineer on the Build Team in Network Services. Before coming to Emory, he spent three years as a senior network engineer at Worldpay, five years as a senior consulting engineer with Business Technology Architects, and nine years as a senior member of the technical staff at AT&T Labs. He…
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Cari Lovins, Assistant Director of Digital Product Strategy, Library Technology and Digital Strategies
Cari Lovins is the new assistant director of digital product strategy in the Library Technology and Digital Strategies department. Prior to her Emory work, Cari was a project manager in the central IT division at Georgia Tech. In her 14 years at Tech, Cari also served as a service delivery manager, partnering with the library.…
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Katie Sparks, ECR Binding Specialist, Emory Libraries
Katie Sparks is the new electronic and continuing resources (ECR) binding specialist in Emory Libraries. In addition to her Emory work, she is a visitors’ service coordinator at the Center for Puppetry Arts in midtown Atlanta. Before coming to Emory, she was the head of the Laboratory and Research Academy at the American Institute of…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: Describing digital resources for visual accessibility Emory Libraries news: Former inaugural poet Richard Blanco to give free reading at Emory on Feb. 23 Emory Report news: Emory’s Got Game Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) January 31 – Event: Evening with Educators, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Carlos Museum,…
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Emory Libraries Fall Magazine is out and available online
The Emory Libraries Fall Magazine was published before the holiday break and is now available online at web.library.emory.edu/documents/libraries-magazine/Libraries-Magazine_2018-Fall.pdf. This issue’s theme is “Innovation,” and the magazine explores how the Emory Libraries applied technological and academic innovation in 2018. Among the initiatives covered are creating an oral history archive at Emory, a grant in support of Wikipedia in higher education,…
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Steffen curates a celebration of amazing color in film
Film and Media Studies librarian and film historian James Steffen is curating a series of free film screenings, beginning this week, that delve into the world of color in film. The Emory Cinematheque Film Series presents weekly 35mm film series on Wednesday nights at 7:30 p.m. in White Hall 208. “Besides showcasing some of the most…