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Honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance at Emory Libraries

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), observed annually on Nov. 20, is a solemn occasion dedicated to honoring the memory of transgender individuals whose lives were tragically lost to acts of anti-transgender violence. At Emory Libraries, we recognize the profound significance of this day and stand in solidarity with our transgender students, colleagues, and community writ Read More …

Emory Libraries celebrates International Education Week 2024

Emory is hosting International Education Week Nov. 18-22, 2024. IEW is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote and celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This includes celebrating the outstanding international students and scholars who travel to Emory for work and study; Emory’s partnerships Read More …

Emory Libraries appoints Elizabeth Ott as new Rose Library director

The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University has named Elizabeth Ott as its associate university librarian for special collections and director of the Rose Library. She will begin her new duties on Jan. 6, 2025. “I am delighted to welcome Elizabeth Ott to the Libraries and to Emory,” says Read More …

Emory Preservation Department and Rose Library host Home Movie Day 2024

Celebrating World Digital Preservation Day 2024 on Thursday, Nov. 7! On October 17 at Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory Libraries Preservation Department and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library hosted Home Movie Day 2024, a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking from the Emory Libraries collections. Guided by the Center for Read More …

Native American Heritage Month 2024: Literary Collections

In honor of Native American Heritage month in November, we’ve selected a handful of titles written by Native American authors that have been published in recent years. Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (2017) “Whereas” confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, Read More …

The Impact of Open Access

What is the impact of open access? For the past five days we have celebrated International Open Access Week and attempted to answer this question by highlighting the impact of Open Access on individual authors, in their own words. Impact can mean success in terms of views and downloads. Dr. Anthony Martin, author of Earliest Read More …

Lambda Literary Awards book display honors excellence in LGBTQ+ literature

For LGBT History Month, Emory’s Woodruff Library is featuring a book display dedicated to the Lambda Literary Awards, highlighting a selection of distinguished LGBTQ+ literature honored for its impact on the literary world. The display includes a range of works, from novels that tackle memory and desire, poetry that delves into identity, and nonfiction on Read More …

International Open Access Week 2024 at Emory Libraries

International Open Access Week is October 21-27, and this year’s theme is Community Over Commercialization. In partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee, OA Week was founded in 2008 by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and partners in the student community. It’s a chance to learn more about open access practices Read More …

National Coming Out Day: Out of the Closet, Into the Stacks

Every year on October 11, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) provides an opportunity to celebrate the courage of LGBTQ+ individuals who choose to honor their identities and live their truth. While everyone’s path is different, including what being “out” looks like, the uniting experience of coming out is sharing a story with someone who holds Read More …

Rose Library celebrates LGBT History Month with Atlanta Pride Festival, drag show, other events

Emory’s Rose Library will celebrate LGBT History Month with the return of its popular drag show, a booth at Atlanta’s Pride Festival, and an open house of artifacts that document Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history, arts and culture. The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has been collecting and providing public access to a Read More …