April is National Poetry Month, which means it’s the perfect time for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library to host its annual Raymond Danowski Poetry Library reading with Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist and acclaimed queer author, critic, and poetry slam champion Danez Smith. Open to the public at no charge, Read More …
Register to join us for the “Puppets, Poe, and the Gothic Archive,” event on Thursday, February 26 at 7PM in the Jones Room of the Robert W Woodruff Library. Emory Libraries are partnering with the Center for Puppetry Arts to celebrate the Center’s spring production of The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. The event will Read More …
This Black History Month, take a moment to explore the life and legacy of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950), often recognized as the “father of Negro History.” Woodson was self-educated as a child and did not begin formal secondary schooling until the age of 20. He nonetheless remained committed to education and went on to earn Read More …
Good news! Emory’s libraries are upgrading Library Search (the library catalog) with a new interface that makes finding books, articles, and research materials easier and more efficient. While the new interface will look and feel a little different, it will function similarly with some added enhancements: • Search for articles and books together – Search books, Read More …
Monet Lewis-Timmons has been selected as the new curator of literary and poetry collections at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. She will begin her role in July. Lewis-Timmons is currently an assistant professor of history at the University of Memphis, where she teaches African American history and Read More …
In November 2005, the United Nations designated January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Eighty-one years ago, on this day in 1945, the Red Army (of the Soviet Union) liberated the concentration camp complex Auschwitz-Birkenau. Thus, since 2006, on every Read More …
While Emory University has a full calendar of offerings for the upcoming King Week, Emory Libraries and the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) will recognize King Week next week and Black History Month in February with events and resources of their own. Events “Jim Crow in the Asylum”: Kylie Smith in Conversation with Vanessa Read More …
Between January 12–24, members of the Emory community will commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. during King Week. The federal holiday commemorating Dr. King was officially established in 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed legislation designating King’s birthday as a national public holiday. Its passage followed years of persistent advocacy led Read More …
Every year, on January 1, works previously protected by copyright enter the public domain in the United States and become free for everyone to use. On Jan. 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 entered the public domain in the United States, along with sound recordings from 1925. Works in the public domain are Read More …
As of January 2, 2026, Woodruff Library will reduce book retrieval services from Woodruff Stacks. We will no longer retrieve and place on hold physical books listed as available (on the shelf) in the Woodruff Library stacks, except for delivery to the Oxford Library or as a disability accommodation. Like the entire campus, the library Read More …
Starting in February, Emory Libraries, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, and the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship will be coordinating a series of exhibitions and programs that will lead up to the World Cup soccer events in Atlanta in June and July. Updates will be made to the “Footwork” webpage as additional details become available. Read More …
The next Miscellaneous Month will be 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, with the theme of typewriters and their impact on literature, activism, and art. Please note that the Woodruff Library is restricted to Emory cardholders only during this week due to final exams, so members of the public should send an email to gaby Read More …
