In 2017, Emory University took the unique opportunity to create a digital learning hub centering around the Apollo Space Program. Emory Library and Information Technology Services borrowed materials from the 1971 Apollo 15 mission (NASA’s fourth manned mission to the moon) to use in creating an interactive website featuring the digital archives from the mission. Read More …
When it comes to buying books about another country’s literature, history, government, and other myriad aspects, there’s no better way of knowing you’re getting the best offerings than traveling right to the source. That’s what four Emory University librarians on the International Area Studies team did over the past year when they traveled to Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Read More …
Rosalyn Metz, director of Library Technology and Digital Strategies for Emory LITS (Library and Information Technology Services), has been named to a cohort of 17 top academic library managers to be Library Senior Fellows at UCLA in 2018. The cohort will participate in a three-week residential program in August that features lectures, guest speakers, case studies and Read More …
In the Teaching and Learning Studio at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, students in Sarah McPhee’s Italian Baroque Architecture class crowded around “Le Antichità Romane,” four large 18th-century volumes opened to the etchings created by artist, architect and printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi. As McPhee and graduate student Abbey Hafer gently Read More …
This post is the third in a series featuring the innovative projects/programs that our colleagues are implementing with the help of internal grants offered by the Emory University Libraries. The two internal grants are the Innovation Grant and the Mini-Grant. These are available to support innovation or the purchase of tools or training that will Read More …
Now that Emory is part of the city of Atlanta, all Emory University students, faculty and staff are eligible to get an Atlanta Fulton Public Library System (AFPLS) card. Get one now as a great way to expand your summer reading/watching options. Take your Emory ID to one of the AFPLS branch libraries and get your Read More …
Commencement Weekend at Emory University is such a busy time, with so many events going on, that it can get overwhelming for graduates and visitors alike. We at the Emory Libraries recommend escaping to the Woodruff Library to refresh, regroup, and relax a bit before rejoining the crowds and the festivities. Here are the top Read More …
Fifteen Emory students received Undergraduate Research Awards from the Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library for research they conducted in the Emory Libraries, or will travel to conduct at another library. The students were honored at a brunch and awards ceremony on May 7. “Enabling research is a key component Read More …
The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University has acquired the papers of dancers, activists, and artists Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder. Emory University will award de Lavallade an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at its 2018 commencement ceremony on Monday, May 14. “This is such an amazing collection, with Read More …
by Hal Jacobs Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has acquired the papers of Atlanta artist and photographer Jon Arge. The collection consists of photographs, artwork, event files, printed material and a journal. One of the most remarkable aspects of the collection are the more than 5,000 Polaroid photographs that document Atlanta’s Read More …
