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New Exhibit: Anarchy in GA at Oxford College Library

On January 5th, 1978, the English band Sex Pistols played their first concert in the United States at Atlanta’s Great Southeast Music Hall. Punk music had officially arrived in America. Mainstream media coverage in Atlanta and the world generally characterized the band and their fans as immature teenagers, dangerous hooligans, and poor musicians. Despite the Read More …

“Freed Between the Lines”: Banned Book Week and why Fighting Censorship Matters

Banned Books Week is a campaign launched by the American Library Association in 1982 to draw attention to a rise in efforts to restrict access to information shared by libraries, bookstores, and schools. This past week from September 22nd to September 28th was Banned Books Week this year. It is usually celebrated in the last week of Read More …

Prepare for the IDEAS Festival with these books by Emory Authors 

Emory will be hosting the IDEAS festival this weekend, September 20-22, 2024 at Oxford College of Emory University. The festival will feature a wide array of events, including family-focused ones. There will be talks from some of the most impactful and interesting scientists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and creators of our time.   The festival is hosted Read More …

2024 Sara Gregory Memorial Scholarship Winner Avery Uffelmann

Please join us in congratulating our 2024 Sara Gregory Scholarship Award winner, Avery Uffelmann! Avery exemplifies the four principles the library looks for in our student employees— approachability, flexibility, investment, and professionalism. Furthermore, her application essay expounded upon how Avery embodies Mrs. Gregory’s characteristics of leadership, integrity, and love of learning. Avery in her application Read More …

Students: Submit your work by March 24 for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Award

Dear Emory Undergraduate Students, Emory Libraries invites your applications for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award. Four $1,000 prizes will be granted for original papers, digital projects, or posters exhibiting outstanding library research skills, scholarly vigor, and originality. You are eligible to apply if: You are a currently enrolled undergraduate student at Emory University Read More …

Oxford College Library’s new digital exhibit opens new routes for exploring history of Early Emory College and Oxford College

  Jinks, Angela, 1970, Subseries 5.1, Box: 16, Folder: 15. Oxford College Photograph collection, Series No. 025. Oxford College Archives. https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/477953 Oxford College Library of Emory University’s Oxford College has adapted “The Work is Never Finished: Building an Inclusive Archive”, originally on display October 2021 – December 2022 at the Oxford College Library, into a Read More …