Author: Wade Moricle
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Katie Rawson, Humanities Librarian, University Libraries
Katie Rawson joins the library staff in support of the English department, helping faculty and students with new and time-honored forms of research. Before coming to Emory, Katie spent two-and-a-half years as the coordinator for digital research and English librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. In terms of her education, Katie has a bachelor’s degree in…
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Jessica Reuther, Woodruff Fellow in African Studies, University Libraries
Jessica Reuther is the new subject specialist for African-related research or instruction. Before taking the position at Emory, she taught world and American civilization for two years at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. A native of St. Louis, MO, Jessica completed a triple major in history, French and international studies from St. Louis University. She…
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Franklin wins Academic Librarian of the Year
Sandra G. Franklin, Director of the WHSC Library, was recognized as the 2015 Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association’s Academic Librarian of the Year during the group’s annual meeting in October. To be eligible, the candidates must have worked in an academic health library setting for five years and be a member of the Southern Chapter of the Medical…
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The stars came out for the “Starry Night” holiday party
We ate. We drank. We danced. We posed. We drew. We answered. We gambled (sorta). We were merry! The 2015 LITS Holiday Party was a box office smash, breaking attendance records from previous events. Well over half of LITS enjoyed the festivities in the Goizueta ballroom, shattering the old record at a near Star Wars-esque pace…
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Library hosted a party in the Matheson Reading Room
To close out the year, Emory Libraries hosted a luncheon for library employees in the Matheson Reading Room on Friday, December 18. The Libraries Holiday Celebration was catered by the Highland Bakery and also featured desserts made by LITS employees. Guests enjoyed chicken, salmon, zucchini, mashed potatoes, corn bread, collard greens, and more. Yolanda Cooper…
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Woof. (wag-wag-wag)
For the fourth consecutive year, the Woodruff Library brought therapy dogs into the library for the students to enjoy as a break from the arduous exam schedule. Students could sign up for a free ten minutes to pet, snuggle, kiss, hug, and play with the dogs. According to Erin Mooney, “We had 206 students sign-up.…
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Nik Dragovic, Research Library Fellow, Digital Library Program
Nik Dragovic joined the Libraries in September as the 2015 Research Library Fellow supporting the Digital Library Program. Nik earned his master’s degree in library information science from Pratt Institute in 2014, and has most recently worked as Collections Assistant at New York University. His coursework and internship experience includes audiovisual digitization, collection development, digital asset management, and…