Workshop Materials Online

Did you miss one of our Weekly Workshops? Curious about the material we covered, related to research strategies, digital tools, or citation? Materials from our weekly workshops (held Wednesdays at 12pm and Tuesdays at 3pm), including slides and handouts, are available online. Visit http://pitts.emory.edu/ww for the current semester’s materials and http://pitts.emory.edu/pastworkshops for archived materials from…

Thursday Honors Returns this Week

The coffee, snacks, and conversation return this Thursday, and we hope you will join us. Thursday afternoon has become a highly anticipated time of the week at Candler. From 2:00 to 3:00 pm each Thursday, the library holds the Thursday Honors event: a coffee and refreshment break for all library patrons. Funding for the event…

Library Closing Due to Weather

The Pitts Theology Library will close at 2pm on Friday 1/22, and we will remain closed on Saturday 1/23, in anticipation of weather conditions in Atlanta. This is consistent with the closing schedule of Emory University. The library will re-open at 2pm on Sunday 1/24. If you have any questions, please contact a reference librarian.

Workshops: Now on Tuesday and Wednesday!

Welcome back to campus for what we hope is a superb Spring 2016 semester! As you are looking at your calendars, consider attending one of the Pitts Weekly Workshops: in addition to the regular Wednesday meetings (12-12:50), we have added a Tuesday session (3-3:30). The Tuesday afternoon time slot should be perfect for students who have…

Closing for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday

The Pitts Theology Library will be closed Saturday (1/16), Sunday (1/17), and Monday (1/18), in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday. The library will re-open at 7:30am on Tuesday 1/19. For all library hours, please visit http://pitts.emory.edu/hours.

J Term Hours

Happy New Year! J Term hours begin this Monday, January 4 and run until Sunday, January 10. During J Term, the library will be open from 7:30 am – 9:00 pm Monday through Thursday and from 7:30 am – 6:00 pm on Friday. The library will be closed on Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January…

Holiday Hours

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Pitts Theology Library! As finals come to an end, we hope that you will enjoy a well-deserved holiday break. Our holiday hours run from Wednesday, December 16 through Sunday, January 3, and are as follows: Open: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closed: Weekends,…

Reformation Day at Emory 2015

The twenty-eighth annual Reformation Day at Emory focused on Scripture and Reform: The Ten Commandments as Jewish Law, Christian Gospel, and Civic Code. After docent-led tours of Dr. Armin Siedlecki’s exhibit ‘That We a Godly Life May Live’: Martin Luther and the Ten Commandments, Dr. M. Patrick Graham presented highlights from the year’s acquisitions to…

Oxford Biblical Studies Online Now Available @ Pitts

Pitts Theology Library has initiated a trial with Oxford University Press to offer the Oxford Biblical Studies Online package to all Emory students, faculty, and staff, as well as walk-in users in the library, through Databases@Emory (link and description below). We are hoping that there will be sufficient interest in this excellent collection of online…

How Do I Read the Church Fathers and Mothers?

You’ve heard their names in class—Augustine, Origen, Thomas Aquinas and Julian of Norwich. Still, you’ve stayed away, because finding resources on the Church Fathers and Mothers is difficult! How do you know where to locate translations? And how do you know if the translation is any good? This Wednesday, the library ran a workshop to…