Tropy is a free, open-source desktop application designed to help researchers organize and describe the photos they take in archives in intuitive and useful ways. It allows users to group photos of research materials, annotate images, add metadata, export to other applications, and easily search their collections. In many humanities and social sciences departments, faculty both…
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Reformation Day Registration
The 32nd annual Reformation Day at Emory will be held next week on Tuesday, October 29th. This year’s program explores the theme “The Story of Our Books: Producing, Collecting, and Owning Books of the 16th Century.” Currently, registration is full for the morning presentations and lunch in Convocation Hall. However, interested participants are invited to…
Workshop: Zotero
Don’t miss this week’s workshop, which will introduce you to the free citation management tool Zotero! Zotero is used by many Candler students and faculty use to keep track of resources, take notes, and generate citations. This workshop is appropriate if you have not yet used Zotero, or need a refresher in the basic features of…
Reminder: Fall Break Library Hours
Please note that Pitts Theology Library will be closed Saturday, October 12th and Sunday, October 13th for Fall Break. Pitts will also be on shortened hours (7:30am-5:00pm) on Monday, October 14th and Tuesday October 15th. For all Pitts hours, visit http://pitts.emory.edu/hours. During your time off, check out this 18th-century emblem depicting the Autumn harvest from Johann Christoph Weigel’s 1700 Ethica…
Exhibition Tours: A Book More Precious Than Gold
Learn the stories hidden behind a book’s pages at Pitts Theology Library’s fall exhibition, A Book More Precious than Gold Reading the Printed Book Alongside Its Previous Owners and Readers! All are invited to view the exhibition any time the library is open. We are also pleased to offer tours. Tour groups meet at the…