Monthly Archives: March 2019

LEAF celebrating March 14 with a little pi…get it?

The Library Employee Advocacy Forum (LEAF) looks forward to seeing you at our March Coffee and Pi(e) Day Celebration on Thursday, March 14, at 10:30 am in the Woodruff Library Jones Room. For this king of made-up mathematical holidays (second only to Mole Day on October 23), we will have pies from Southern Sweets Bakery […]

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Keith Covert, IT Project Manager, PMO

Keith Covert is a new IT project manager, working in the Project Management Office. Before coming to Emory he worked as a general field engineer at Schlumberger and as an implementation manager at NRC Health. After growing up in Wichita, KS, Keith attended Georgia Tech, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and […]

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Doug Slaughter, Collections Analyst, Assessment and User Experience

Doug Slaughter recently joined Research, Engagement, and Scholarly Communications as a collections analyst. Before coming to Emory, Doug worked for two years on a health-experience NIH grant at Hampton University. He also spent two years as a research data associate at NYU. A native of Augusta, GA, Doug has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from […]

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Andy Sunderland, Project Manager, PMO

Andy Sunderland is a new project manager in the Project Management Office. He comes to Emory after a four-year stint as a senior project manager at Cotiviti, a financial service management company in the healthcare industry. He also worked as legislative fellow and intern over a year at the Georgia State Capitol in the Governor’s […]

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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: Southern Spaces provides educational resources ECDS news: ECDS announces program to support digital dissertations ECDS news: Debunking Holocaust Denial translated into Spanish and French Emory Libraries news: Dance class uses Rose Library archives to inspire choreography projects Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) March 13 – Event: InfoForum, 2:00 […]

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Emory Libraries new approach to web development

As the Library Technology and Digital Strategies Team puts the finishing touches on their rollout of Emory Libraries’ new web site, lead web developer Kristian Serrano delivered a presentation at the InfoForum on how the team is taking new approaches to web development. The following are excerpts from his presentation. Employing the Principles of Atomic Design Atomic […]

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Carpool matching at Emory

Carpool matching starts this week. If you are interested, sign up now. The following information comes from Emory’s Transportation Office: Interested in saving $500+ dollars every year?  Sign-up to look for a carpool match: http://bit.ly/LYC2019. Carpool with just one Emory employee and parking is $28/month for the carpool permit (save over $500 every year). Carpool with two or more Emory employees […]

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