Category: News and Events

  • Steffen curates a celebration of amazing color in film

    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…

  • LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

    Recent LITS headlines: Emory Libraries news: MEMORYs at your fingertips Emory Libraries news: 19th Annual 12th Night Revel Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) January 18 – Exhibit: The Carlos as a Catalyst: The Transformation of the Museum at Emory Opening, All Day, Rose Library January 21 – Martin Luther King Jr.…

  • Gary Hauk teaches LITS about Woodruff and his Three Wise Men

    During this week’s InfoForum, Emory historian Gary Hauk treated LITS to a fascinating deep dive into the origin of the naming of the Woodruff Library’s central conference space, the Jones Room. His lecture, entitled “Mr. Woodruff and the Three Wise Men,” reintroduced the audience to a group of leaders whose history has been mostly forgotten…

  • LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

    Recent LITS headlines: Emory Libraries news: It’s a Small Auld World: Gossip, ‘Slabber’ and Irish Poetry Emory Libraries news: The Process, So Far Emory Libraries news: Bicentennial tribute to Frederick Douglass shows abolitionist’s speeches still resonate Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) January 17 – Event: IT Briefing, 10:15 am – noon, 4th…

  • LEAF hosts a cheery holiday party for Emory Libraries

    LEAF hosts a cheery holiday party for Emory Libraries

    The Library Employees Advocacy Forum (LEAF) hosted its annual LEAF Holiday Luncheon in the Woodruff Library this week, and the event did not disappoint. Held jointly in the Jones Room and the Schatten Gallery, the luncheon featured a full meal of chicken or salmon, a seemingly endless row of desserts made by staffers, and the…

  • Doggie Study Break gets four paws of approval

    Doggie Study Break gets four paws of approval

    Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s Doggie Study Break, in which we brought therapy and service dogs into the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library in order to give our stressed-out students a much-needed respite from their studies. We worked with two groups last week for the Study Break – Pet Partners (therapy…

  • LITS recent headlines and upcoming events

    Recent LITS headlines: Emory Libraries news: Holiday reads: Overdrive and 2018 books Emory Libraries news: Health sciences library open ‘Spirit Lives On’ dementia awareness exhibit Emory Report news: Finals hounding you? Destress with therapy dogs Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) December 24-28 – Winter Recess January 9 – Event: InfoForum, 2:00…