Oxford College is appreciated for many things, but its commitment to providing leadership opportunities for first year students is a benchmark achievement. One such opportunity is the Oxford Research Scholars Program where selected students conduct professional research by working directly with faculty and research librarians. This program paid off exponentially for Oxford second-year student Tiera Read More …
I suppose you could say “a meeting of the minds” describes Friday’s Celebration of Scholarship & Creative Expression at Oxford College. This 15th annual celebration was held Friday, April 12th in the Oxford College Library recognizing the scholarly and creative endeavors during the past year of Oxford College faculty, emeritus faculty and staff. Approximately 80 exhibit Read More …
Couture to Tech bookends the 15th Annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Expression (CSCE). With a weighty artistic array of pedagogical displays, this library exhibit (formerly known as Inspired Performance) is an opportunity for the Oxford community to share and celebrate the scientific, technological, educational, and artistic passion of Oxford College faculty and staff. The Read More …
Oxford College Library exhibit of The Beat Generation & the Counterculture: 1940-1975 Whispers and tentative questions on the provenance of Jack Kerouac’s paint box gave way to critical reflection on the themes and values of the Beat Generation after a recent class visit to Oxford College Library to view an exhibit of The Beat Generation Read More …
During the 1970s, a variety of political groups were active in the springs of the Gay Liberation Movement. Lesbians were dissatisfied with the significant emphasis placed on just gay liberation, so they became active in spreading awareness for lesbian rights through feminist groups such as the National Organization for Women. In 1972, the first outwardly 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 …
Oxford College Library is pleased to host Emory Professor Emeritus and author Dr. Ron Schuchard to speak in conjunction with the library’s current exhibit: Seamus Heaney: the Music of What Happens. The exhibit is derived from the original 2014 exhibition at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. Dr. Schuchard will speak October 21 at 3pm in Read More …
Every year the American Library Association and libraries across the country recognize Banned Books Week to raise awareness about the harm of censorship. The week is also an opportunity to celebrate the fact that more often than not banned and challenged books still remain available to the public despite the complaints of a few. This year, Read More …
The Oxford College Library is now exhibiting selections from Emory’s “Seamus Heaney: The Music of What Happens” exhibit. As a condensed version of the 2014 exhibition held at Emory’s Woodruff Library, Oxford College features manuscripts, photographs, and even Heaney’s authentic writing desk. Also, a distinctive white kite can be seen hanging in Oxford College Library, symbolizing his Read More …
The Oxford College Library will be hosting two authors, Valerie Boyd and Roger Fleming, this spring. While we exhibit the work and legacy of Alice Walker in our exhibit space, we are delighted to have Valerie Boyd present on her work curating and editing Alice Walker’s journals for the 2017 publication of Gathering Blossoms Under Read More …
October is LGBT History month! Come check out the LGBTQ display at the library: current affairs, thought provoking reads, and great movies.
Claude F. Sitton has given his personal library of Civil Rights Movement books to the Oxford College Library. Sitton covered the Civil Rights Movement for the New York Times before becoming their national news director. In 1968, he became editorial director of the Raleigh News and Observer and Raleigh Times and was promoted to editor Read More …
