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Amanda J. Wilson returns to Emory roots as Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library director

Amanda J. Wilson has been selected as Emory University’s next associate university librarian and director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, starting Aug. 25. Wilson joins Emory Libraries from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), where she served as the deputy director of the User Services and Collection Division. She has worked at NLM Read More …

Hot Crazy Animal: Adhesives in book conservation

Books often contain some amount and variety of adhesive in their original structure. Conservation treatment of Emory Libraries’ special collections, archives, and circulating books, whether ancient or hot off the press, begins with an assessment of original structure, current condition, and identification of the best treatment protocol. Our conservation staff has a broad knowledge of Read More …

Children’s Books and Juneteenth

Juneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, this holiday on June 19th marks a second American Independence Day, when enslaved men and women first learned of their freedom. Over the past 150 years, African American communities Read More …

Dewey Data addition to Emory Libraries

Emory Libraries is happy to announce that we have negotiated a three-year subscription to Dewey Data, a new data service tailored to academic libraries. Emory joins several other universities with enterprise access, including NYU, MIT, University of Chicago, Yale and UPenn. Dewey has worked extensively with large commercial data providers to make their respective content Read More …

After 42 years at Emory University, Sandra Franklin retires as director of Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library

Many times over the last 12 years, a visitor brought a special item to the class of Robert Gaynes, professor emeritus of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. The visitor usually was Sandra Franklin, director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Library. The item? Emory’s first edition of the 1543 book, “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” Read More …

Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month: 10 new titles in Emory Libraries’ collection

In celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Emory Libraries is proud to highlight 10 powerful and poignant books published within the past year that explore queer lives, histories, and futures. These titles – now available in our collections – span genres and geographies, offering fresh perspectives on identity, love, resistance, and community. Whether you’re looking for Read More …

Opening paths into the profession at Emory Libraries

Emory Libraries is excited to announce the continuation of our annual summer internship program! Designed with career development in mind, the program offers emerging library professionals the chance to gain practical skills across a range of career areas, while bringing fresh perspectives to our work at Emory. Summer 2025 marks Emory Libraries’ fourth year hosting Read More …

High Museum seminar event for educators on June 7 is free for Emory University professors and instructors

Emory University faculty and instructors can take part in an upcoming High Museum workshop for educators that includes dinner at no cost, thanks to the partnership between Emory and the High. Every year, the High Museum partners with the Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to create a day of teaching and learning for educators. Read More …

Congratulations to the Emory Libraries’ 2025 Atwood Undergraduate Research Award Recipients!

We’re very pleased to announce that Anushka Basu, Jasper Chen, Yijin Li, Tyler Smith, and Agustin Zelikson 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, digital Read More …

GAACAI: A new archival initiative focusing on Asian Americans in Georgia

This May, Emory Libraries celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by highlighting the pathbreaking work of the Georgia Asian American Community Archive Initiative. GAACAI aims to identify, collect, preserve, and promote materials related to the history and experience of Asian Americans in Georgia. The first initiative of its kind, it addresses critical gaps Read More …

Jewish American Heritage Month 2025

so we settled on America, one by one we settled on America, man and woman Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, Chain Migration (excerpt)   History of the Jewish American Heritage Month This year we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month for the 20th time in the US. Following President George W. Bush’s proclamation designating May 2006 as Jewish American Read More …

New digital training website, captioned videos make Emory resources more accessible

Looking for ways to make your research – and your life – a bit easier as the semester comes to a close and summer approaches? Emory Libraries and the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship are here to help with two initiatives that make our resources more available and accessible. ECDS has established a website of Read More …