Category: Staff Bytes

  • Two new libguides: Black Lives Matter and Social Justice Corner

    Two new libguides: Black Lives Matter and Social Justice Corner

    Members of the Emory community have created two new guides worth checking out! Emory’s Black Lives Matter LibGuide contains resources and information about how to take action. Materials included in the guide have been crowdsourced by library staff. If you have suggestions of additional resources or organizations that you would like included, please add them to…

  • Pet(s) of the Week: Bobo and Premium

    Pet(s) of the Week: Bobo and Premium

    My significant other Chris and I adopted our cats, Bobo and Premium, on the same day from the Atlanta Humane Society. Although they’re from different litters, they became best buddies within moments of meeting each other. They’re three years old now and totally adore each other, and us. We’ve been naming our pets after cartoon…

  • July wellness events

    July wellness events

    The LITS Wellness Committee thought everyone might be interested in some additional classes that will be upcoming along with the end of the Operation Eat Right Challenge. Upcoming Events Operation Eat Right wraps up this Sunday, July 12.  Thank you for all of your efforts in getting the word out and participating in the challenge.…

  • Celebrating summer with the libraries

    Celebrating summer with the libraries

    We in the Emory Libraries have been working hard behind the scenes to make sure you have access to the academic books you need for your research, teaching, and learning. Now that summer has officially arrived, we want to ensure you have some treats to relax. To relax we are reading, listening or watching a…

  • Pet(s) of the Week: Delta and Dewey

    Pet(s) of the Week: Delta and Dewey

    Even though I have been retired from the libraries for almost five years, I continue to enjoy following library news through Keywords, social media posts, and the LITS Online News. I especially look forward to the Pet of the Week feature in the LITS Online News, and Wade graciously invited me to tell you about…

  • Pet of the Week: Max

    Pet of the Week: Max

    Meet Max! Max, at 9 years old, is the senior cat in our household. He doesn’t seem that old to us because we’ve had cats that lived ‘til 16 and 17. We’ve had Max since he was a baby, literally. One evening we were sitting in our living room on a July evening and heard…

  • Staff Fest 2020 Fun Run/Walk medal winners from LITS

    Staff Fest 2020 Fun Run/Walk medal winners from LITS

    GOLD Medal Winners – Under 20 minutes Lee Clontz (Director, Academic Technology Services) Ike Ikegwuonu (DB Admin II, Database Administration) SILVER Medal Winners – 20:00 – 29:59 minutes Joel Burke (Enterprise Middleware Admin IV, Identity Management) Andrew Chin (DB Admin III, Database Administration) Patricia Goddard (Education Analyst II, Teaching and Learning Technology) Norman Hulme (Multimedia…