Author Archives: Wade Moricle

LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

By Wade Moricle | October 27, 2017

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

By Wade Moricle | October 20, 2017

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

By Wade Moricle | October 20, 2017

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

By Wade Moricle | October 20, 2017

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

By Wade Moricle | October 20, 2017

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 […]

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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

By Wade Moricle | October 20, 2017

Recent LITS headlines: Emory Report: Emory acquires early letters by Barack Obama Emory Report: Emory’s Rose Library awarded archival grant to foster collaborative AIDS education ECDS news: Southern Spaces: A digital perspective Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) October 20-22 – HOMECOMING: Campus-wide celebrations. October 24 – Event: Douglas Turner Ward: […]

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Emory Libraries award first Innovation Grants

By Wade Moricle | October 13, 2017

Libraries Grants Support Committee announced this week the recipients of the first Libraries Innovation Grants. Emory Libraries offered two internal grants this year, the Innovation Grant and the Mini Grant, to support innovation or the purchase of tools or training that will enrich existing library services, programs, and workflows. This year’s recipients are: Ellen Ambrosone (Woodruff […]

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