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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

By Wade Moricle | February 23, 2018

Recent LITS headlines: Emory Report news: Feast of Words toasts Emory faculty authors, editors Emory Arts news: Creativity Conversation Series at Emory named for Rosemary Magee Emory Wheel news: Rose Library Director to depart in March Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) March 1 – Workshop: Create Your Own Culture: A Rose Library DIY […]

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Rosemary Magee receives Creativity & Arts Impact Award

By Wade Moricle | February 9, 2018
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The Creativity & Arts Impact Awards recognize significant contributions in creativity and the arts by members of the Emory community as well as the greater Atlanta communities. Through these awards, the Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA) strives to recognize and spotlight creative discovery, societal impact, courageous inquiry, innovation, collaboration, human spirit, and the exploration of […]

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Jenn Young wins Libraries Innovation Grant

By Wade Moricle | February 9, 2018

The Libraries Grants Support Committee announced recently that Jenn Young was the recipient of the most recent round of Libraries Innovation Grants. The proposal, “A Wikipedian-in-Residence: Empowering Emory to Engage with the World’s Most Popular Reference Work,” represents the work of the Emory Libraries Wikipedia Group, which includes staff from Woodruff Library, the Oxford College […]

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Kim Norman, Head of Library Conservation, Emory Libraries

By Wade Moricle | February 9, 2018
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Kim Norman is the new head of library conservation and comes to Emory (this time) after spending 12 years at the Georgia Archives, where she began as a contract conservator in 2006 and later accepted the roles of conservator and preservation manager. Kim’s career includes twenty-five years in private conservation practice and two previous positions in the Emory conservation office, from 2002-2005 and from 2011-2013, both during the tenure of Ann […]

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Todd Smith, Business Analyst II, Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence

By Wade Moricle | February 9, 2018
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Todd Smith joins LITS as a business analyst on the Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Team. He spent the past five years at Emory as a business analyst on the finance side of the data warehouse. Prior to coming to Emory, Todd was the senior sales reporting analyst for all Starwood Hotels in the Atlanta […]

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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

By Wade Moricle | February 9, 2018

Recent LITS headlines: Emory Report news: Rose Library acquires two Irish collections Emory Libraries news: Love Data Week 2018 Emory Libraries news: Emory Libraries and ECDS are offering five graduate fellowships for 2018 Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) February 12 – Event: Feast of Words, 4:00-6:00 pm, Jones Room, Woodruff Library […]

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Beats exhibit wins GAMG award

By Wade Moricle | February 2, 2018
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Emory Libraries and Information Technology received the award for Exhibition of the Year in the $1,000 to $1,000,000 category at the recent annual conference of the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries. LITS’ Leslie Wingate, CCR director, and Kathy Dixson, exhibitions manager, accepted the award. In presenting the award for “The Dream Machine, The Beat […]

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