I attended our monthly DEI Committee meeting January 15 that had Emory’s chief diversity officer, Dr. Carol Henderson, as the guest speaker. Dr. Henderson’s talk was one of review, having completed her first semester here at Emory. She spoke about meetings with student groups, executive leadership, campus life and human resources. She talked of climate […]
During the October LEAF Coffee, the CCR Exhibits Team welcomed staff to the newest Schatten Gallery exhibit, entitled “How Might We?” The exhibit, which will run until July 2020, is an exploration into innovation in the Emory Libraries. The highly interactive exhibit offers a mixture of art, technology, video, interactive learning, creativity tables and even […]
Campus and Community Relations (CCR) hosted the school year’s first InfoForum this week. Held in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library, the InfoForum was attended by nearly 50 LITS employees from across the division. Using the same format as last year, which featured three speakers representing library, IT, and Emory campus interests, this week’s […]
Dawn Peek (senior network analyst, Technical Operations Center) recently founded the My Sister’s Keepers of Atlanta, an organization “empowering women to move from behind the shadows of their pasts after experiencing sexual trauma.” “I am a thriving survivor of sexual assault,” says Dawn. Her organization works with women who are survivors of sexual assault. Their goal […]
Caroline Corbitt has joined the CCR Exhibitions team as a graphics designer. She comes to Emory after spending two years as the exhibits graphics designer at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia in Athens. She also did preparatory work at the Georgia Museum of Art. Born in Augusta, GA, […]
What is the best way to honor a legendary writer nearly a year after she has passed away? How about a forum with her closest friends and colleagues? Emory Libraries recently hosted a poetry reading and panel discussion honoring Mari Evans, who was a poet, writer, dramatist, and a key figure in the Black Arts […]
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 […]