Dorothy (Dorry) Waugh has been promoted to Digital Archivist. Her role is to handle the born-digital materials that the Rose Library receives as a part of their manuscript collections, including floppy discs, CDs, DVDs, and hard drives. Dorry began her time at Emory in August 2012 as a Research Library Fellow working in Digital Archives at […]
As you stand in the sparkling, new Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) space on the 10th floor of the Woodruff Library, many words come to mind. “Oh my stars,” said Joe Cravens, an attorney from Richmond, VA, “This is a researcher’s heaven.” “Most impressive,” said Bruce Cauthen, a researcher and former Emory professor. “It’s a relief,” […]
For the past several months, LITS HR has been hosting a line dancing class in the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library. The line dance group meets weekly (depending on the Jones Room availability) usually from 12:15 to 12:45 in the Woodruff Library’s Jones Room. The group has learned to kick up their heels to various songs, from […]
The past and the present came together as over 200 people, many of whom were alumnae of the Library, attended a retirement celebration for Ginger Smith. Held in Candler Library’s Matheson Reading Room, and hosted by University Librarian Yolanda Cooper, the event served as a fitting tribute for one of the most beloved members of […]
[Ed. note – this article was written by Linda Nodine and Wade Moricle.] This note is to let you know that library retiree, Sandra Jefferson, passed away Friday, July 24. Sandra began her Emory career at the Carlos Museum as a security officer in 1995. She transferred to the Woodruff Library security team in 1996, […]
On August 31, 2015, Sandra Still, Humanities Subject Librarian for English Literature, will retire from Emory University after 22 years of service. Actually, Sandra’s ties to Emory began earlier, as she received an MA and a PhD in English Literature and English History (through the ILA). Her first career was in retail bookselling in Atlanta; […]
Simon O’Riordan (pronounced oh-REAR-den) is the new metadata analyst in the Library. His role as Metadata Analyst is to provide metadata expertise for digital scholarship, digitalization and other metadata-dependent efforts as well as provide consultation on various metadata topics. In this role, Simon will also focus on the normalization of metadata in the Emory libraries, through […]