May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the contributions Jewish Americans have made to the United States since they first arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654. Jewish American Heritage Month had its origins in 1980 when Congress passed Pub. L. 96-237, which authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating…
The social and political activism of the Asian American movement
During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPIH) Month in May, Emory Libraries will take a look at AAPI history in the US and our Libraries’ relevant resources. Despite a long history of immigrants from Asia contributing to the economy, culture, and history of the United States, the term “Asian American” is more recent than…
NYTimes.com for 2021 Grads
If you are graduating this spring, you will be very happy to learn that you will continue to have access to your activated NYTimes.com student account until December 31, 2021! If you wish to continue access beyond this point, NYTimes’s current promotional rate is $1/week. Sign up here.
Preservation Week at Emory Libraries
April 25 through May 1 is Preservation Week. An initiative of the American Library Association-Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALA-ALCTS), Preservation Week is a time when institutions across the country highlight at-risk collections and share knowledge about the work of caring for these collections and making them accessible. At Emory Libraries, activities currently underway or recently completed by Preservation and Digitization Services include: annual updating of emergency preparedness and disaster response documents for all Emory University Libraries and the Library Service Center removing…
Preparing for interviews or looking for a career?
Interested in conducting research for interview preparation or even just exploring a potential career? Emory Libraries has all the databases you need to get you started! Take a look at our Company & Industry Research Guide to find resources and tips for your career research. This guide will help you be more self-sufficient and confident: -Build a…
Emory Marks a Decade of Open Access and OpenEmory Celebrates 20,000 Total Works
On March 15, 2011, the Emory Faculty Council passed an open access policy, joining a growing number of institutions making a commitment to share the results of their faculty research with audiences across the world. Through the policy, all Emory faculty members proactively grant permission to the university “to capture and make available his or her scholarly articles the author has…
Collecting Atlanta hip hop recordings
This is the fourth of a series of blog posts to highlight the Libraries’ efforts to build more inclusive and diverse collections, from reflecting under-represented groups and marginalized populations to acquiring more unique material from smaller publishers, to better representing our communities and their interests. In 2017, hip hop officially became the most commercially successful…
Fighting AAPI attacks and discrimination
The shootings last month at three Atlanta-area Asian spas were a shocking wake-up call to many people unaware of how serious the attacks on Asians and Asian Americans have become in the U.S., especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Six of the eight people who died were Asian women, and…
Latin American LGBT and Small Press Collections at Emory
This is the third of a series of blog posts to highlight the Libraries’ efforts to build more inclusive and diverse collections, from reflecting under-represented groups and marginalized populations to acquiring more unique material from smaller publishers, to better representing our communities and their interests. The acquisition of LGBT materials from Latin America and the…
2021 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Virtual), Wednesday, April 21, 3-5 pm
Edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. This is the sixth year that the Emory University Libraries and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) will host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve the coverage of women in Wikipedia by training new Wikipedia editors. This year’s edit-a-thon will be hosted virtually, via Zoom. Only 18.8% of English…
Announcing the 2021 Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award
Dear undergraduate students, did you work on a stellar research paper or digital project this academic year? If your answer is yes, please consider submitting it for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Award. The Woodruff Library is again sponsoring an award for undergraduate research. A panel of faculty and librarians will award up to three prizes…
Linguistic Diversity at Emory Libraries: A New Focus on Telugu for our South Asia Collection
This is the second of a series of blog posts to highlight the Libraries’ efforts to build more inclusive and diverse collections, from reflecting under-represented groups and marginalized populations to acquiring more unique material from smaller publishers, to better representing our communities and their interests. South Asia is one of the most linguistically diverse regions…
Rose Library Blog
- The Rose Library Acquires the Papers of Atlanta LGBTQ+ Rights Activist Winston Johnson May 6, 2021The Rose Library has a trove of collections that document activism in Atlanta, Georgia, the South, and the nation. Here is some information about a new collection. The Rose Library has acquired the papers of Atlanta LGBTQ+ and human rights activist Winston Johnson. The collection includes correspondence, printed material, and photographs that document Johnson’s work...Lolita Rowe
- Women’s History Month: The Rose Remembers Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath March 31, 2021Willie Lieberman is a third-year student in the History honors program specializing in European Studies. The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is shining a spotlight on female authors to celebrate Women’s History Month. Two of the most important writers of the 20th century are Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) and Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)....Lolita Rowe
- Caring for Collections: Accessioning and the Kathleen Cleaver papers March 22, 2021Accessioning Archvisit Meaghan O’Riordian talks about accessioning and the Kathleen Cleaver Papers. Here at the Rose Library, we are committed to providing access to new collections we acquire as soon as possible. In archives jargon, this is known as “accessioning as processing.” Accessioning is: …a rich hybrid of pre- and post-custodial work that requires physical, intellectual, and emotional labor....Lolita Rowe
- Women’s History Month: Celebrating Jane Austen at the Rose March 17, 2021Willie Lieberman is a third-year student in the History honors program specializing in European Studies. March is Women’s History Month – a time to celebrate women’s accomplishments throughout history, address past and present injustices, and pave the path to a more liberated future for all women. The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book...Lolita Rowe
- Rose Library awarded Silver Level Green Office Certification! February 12, 2021The Emory University Office of Sustainability Initiatives awarded the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library their Green Office Certification at the Silver Level for 2020-2021. Rose Library, as it’s more commonly known, is uniquely positioned to develop environmental literacy among those who use our collections as well as our own staff and has already identified justice-centered professional practice as a priority of our work. In meeting...Lolita Rowe