Does nothing ruin your morning routine more than getting the error message “This NetID does not have permission to access this resource?” If you’ve seen this message pop up when you are trying to access an electronic resource, don’t fret! There is an easy fix. Simply clear your browser cache and cookies and restart your…
Apollo 15 exhibit brings humanities impact of historic exploration to life
Students, faculty, and staff returning to the Emory campus this fall can take a vicarious trip to the moon with the Apollo 15 exhibit on Level 3 of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. “Apollo 15: Digital Exploration on the 50th Anniversary of the Mission” was fully completed as Emory returned to classes August 25. The…
Emory Libraries, Bias, and You
Imagine your kitchen for a moment. Somewhere, you’ve probably got a cupboard, a drawer, or a pantry filled with stuff. How did you decide what goes where? How did you decide what goes in this drawer vs. that cupboard? How did you decide how the drawer itself is organized? Now, imagine that same task…
Sandra Franklin delivers MLA lecture virtually from new streaming studio
Sandra Franklin, director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, was awarded the Janet Doe Lectureship, one of the most prestigious awards given by the Medical Library Association. It recognizes an MLA member who has contributed significantly to the organization and gives them the opportunity to present their unique perspective on the history or philosophy…
Emory Libraries notable new collection additions for Fall 2021
This Fall 2021, the Rose and Woodruff Libraries are offering several notable new collections for your research and teaching needs. General Collections All resources are available through Databases@Emory and/or in discoverE. Reminder to reach out to your subject librarian and/or make a request via the purchase request page. First off, our New Books and News…
New Streaming & Recording Studio opened at Woodruff Library
The Student Digital Life team is proud to present the new Streaming & Recording Studio (SRS), which complements its existing array of production and conferencing spaces within the Woodruff Library Learning Commons. In response to demand from students for an easy-to-use “YouTube studio,” the SRS was initially conceived pre-pandemic as a space to record and/or…
Check out Emory Libraries for relaxing reading, viewing, and listening options
We in the Emory Libraries have been working hard behind the scenes to make sure you have access to the academic books you need for your research, teaching, and learning. Now that classes are not in session, we want to ensure you have some treats to relax. To relax we are reading, listening, or watching…
Emory Libraries Preservation Office receives equipment donation from Georgia Pacific
This spring, the Preservation department received an extensive donation of large audiovisual equipment from Georgia Pacific Studios (GP Studios). This donation expands the range of audiovisual formats that may be digitized by our department. As well, it brings greater efficiency and flexibility to our use of space in the audiovisual labs. Transportation of the equipment and…
Emory Libraries is proud to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month!
Every June, we take the opportunity to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of the LGBTQ+ members of our community. Pride is about lifting each other up, honoring our long struggle for equality, and recommitting ourselves to the fight against all forms of oppression that still exist. This year, in honor of the Tokyo Olympics beginning this summer, we wanted to call attention…
Juneteenth
By Dhy Edwardsberry, business librarian, Goizueta Business Library. The date was June 19, 1865. Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger entered Galveston, Texas to read General Orders No. 3 which stated, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are…
Emory Digital Collections expanding to showcase new content
Since Emory Libraries launched the Emory Digital Collections resource in April 2020 with three inaugural collections available, library staff have been working to make more digital collections accessible through the site. Emory Digital Collections, a digital repository intended to preserve and provide access to Emory’s unique digital collections, is the product of a multi-year initiative…
Congratulations to the Emory Libraries’ 2021 Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award Honorees!
We are very pleased to announce that Ellie Coe, Taylor Dover, Nick Lieggi, Carissa Martin, and Maxwell Myerson are this year’s recipients of the Emory Libraries’ Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award. The Atwood Award recognizes Emory College undergraduates in all disciplines who use the Emory Libraries’ collections and research resources in their original papers,…
Rose Library Blog
- Tom Dent and the Literature of Black Suppression September 7, 2021Justin Haynes is an associate professor of English at Randolph-Macon College. He was awarded a Billops-Hatch fellowship in support of his research on carnivals in the Americas. He is the 2021-2023 Nicholas Jenkins Barnett Fellow in fiction at Emory University. Tom Dent’s creative writing and essays focus on centering cultural Blackness in his hometown of...Lolita Rowe
- Uncovering Enslavement on the Main Emory Campus: Two Receipts from the Civil War Era September 2, 2021Mark Auslander is a historical anthropologist and former faculty member at Emory College and Oxford College. Let us consider two receipts issued during the Civil War in the town of Decatur, Georgia. Both cast light on the structures and experiences of enslavement on the lands that would become, many decades later, parts of the main...Lolita Rowe
- The David R. Scott and Anne Lurton Scott Papers Are Now Available for Research July 26, 2021“The Rose Library is thrilled to add the Scott papers to our holdings that document spaceflight and the American experience during the Cold War,” says Jennifer Gunter King, the Director of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. “These unique primary source materials are a perfect companion to the Apollo 15 Learning...Lolita Rowe
- Geoffrey Holder’s Scripts are now available for research July 16, 2021Abbey Hafer is a PhD Candidate in the Art History department at Emory University specializing in early modern Italian art and architecture. She is a Graduate Processing Assistant for the Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade papers at Rose Library. This newly available subseries of the Geoffrey Holder papers consists of hundreds of scripts and...Lolita Rowe
- 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