National Suicide Prevention Week (NSPW) is hosted annually in the United States, corresponding with the World Suicide Prevention Day hosted by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), the World Health Organization, and the World Federation for Mental Health. Awareness activities and promotions are held throughout the week, such as the viral “22 push-ups” campaign, Read More …
One of the many traditions help here at Oxford College of Emory University is the prestigious Coke Toast. However, many do not know how it came to be. While the Emory University has had this long standing tradition longer, Oxford adopted this tradition in 2009. On the first day of orientation, Oxford College begins with Read More …
We have been hard at work on updates to the library’s website, and the first of those updates has gone live! The library’s homepage now has direct links to the features you use the most, including the library’s catalog, databases, and your class research guides. These hyperlinks are the ideal place to start your research for any project. Read More …
Join us at Oxford College Library as we celebrate National Poetry Month! Select poetry books are on display for your reading pleasure. May we suggest Gregory Pardlo’s Digest, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize? We have several activities planned for the week of April 4-8: Exquisite Corps Poetry: You’ll find the beginnings of a poem Read More …
The Oxford College Library Graphic Novel collection has a great new resource: a guide! The guide is located on the “Research Guides Page” under the “Research and Learning” tab on the Library’s website. With this handy tool, you can see all of the graphic novels owned by the Library in alphabetical order. You can also Read More …
Several materials from the Oxford College Library’s collection of Asian Artifacts are on display as part of an exhibit at the Woodruff Library on Emory’s Atlanta campus. The exhibit incorporates items from the Oxford Library, the Stuart A. Rose Library, and the Pitts Theology Library. The exhibit showcases research Emory students performed using the materials Read More …
Students interested in either board games and/or video gaming, hanging out at the library after hours, and having breakfast as a late night snack are invited to the Library’s inaugural Breakfast of Champions Game Night this Friday, February 26, from 6-11 p.m. Students will snack on breakfast food from Panera Bread while playing an assortment of games including Read More …
You might have noticed a small collection of DVDs in the reading nook of the library, but did you know the library has over 1500 DVDs available to check out? The Oxford College Library purchases both popular and academic films to add to our collection, so we have a film to meet just about every Read More …
Explore the history of Oxford College in the Digital Archives. Browse through course catalogs to see what was happening on campus the year you were born. See pictures of Oxford students from 1860-1911. Connect to primary sources. There are currently three digital archive collections, and more being added. Intrigued by what you see? Want to Read More …
The Oxford College Library would like to welcome the newest addition to our staff – Courtney Baron! Courtney is joining our team as the new Teaching and Learning Librarian. She received her BA in Classical Art, Archaeology, and Latin from the University of Georgia and has completed graduate coursework in classical languages. She received her Read More …
On December 16, the library system that supplies information to discoverE is changing. We are replacing the software that library staff use to order, invoice, catalog, and circulate library materials. During the transition to the new system, there will be limited access to library resources. TRANSITION PERIOD – Dec. 11 – Jan. 4 Limited Access: – Read More …
Coming up this Thursday, December 3rd from 6pm-11pm, we will be having a Write In in the Library provided by the Writing Center Tutors! Come join your fellow classmates as we join together for Communal Writing Support in writing our final papers. There will also be a Zotero Support station, Research and Citation Help and Read More …
