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Get (or renew) your Fulton County Library card at Emory this month!

Ever since Emory became part of the city of Atlanta, all Emory University students, faculty and staff* are eligible to get a Fulton County Library System (FCLS) card. And we are making it easy for you to do that right here on campus by partnering with FCLS. Get your card at the Pop-up Public Library Read More …

Emory Libraries celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

Emory Libraries is pleased to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place each year between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. This period commemorates the important contributions of the over 60 million Americans who trace their roots to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean and Spain. In 1968, Congress Read More …

Sheila Pree Bright exhibition at Emory’s Woodruff Library invites visitors to ‘breathe.’

Register for special events on Sept. 30   A new exhibition in the Woodruff Library on Emory University’s Atlanta campus invites visitors to just “breathe.” Opening Sept. 11 in the Schatten Gallery, “breathe.” is an exhibition of landscape images by Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright, best known for her photographs exploring African American culture and Read More …

Fall 2024 reference management with Emory Libraries

Classes are officially in session! As you are receiving homework assignments, conducting research, and writing papers, you may be thinking about ways of managing your references and citations. Emory Libraries is here to help! Check out our offerings and resources on reference management: Consider using reference management software. Popular options include EndNote and Zotero: EndNote Read More …

New for fall 2024: Textbook lending at Woodruff Library

Introducing the Textbook Lending Pilot Program Beginning this fall semester, Woodruff Library is launching a pilot program providing short-term loans of required textbooks for selected Emory College courses via Course Reserves. This initiative is a collaborative effort, jointly funded by Woodruff Library and Campus Life/Emory First, to enhance student access to essential course materials. How Read More …

Welcome, students! Need help finding your syllabus resources?

Welcome to fall semester 2024! Whether you’re a new or returning student, you’ll find that all of the Emory Libraries are ready to help you with study and research needs. We encourage you to explore our website, where you’ll find information on our subject librarians, study spaces, tech help, databases, and so much more. If Read More …

New documentary focuses on Valerie Boyd’s life and research into Black women writers

Valerie Boyd spent much of her adult life sharing her knowledge about Black women writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. Now a new documentary about her life and scholarship highlights her own contributions as a writer, researcher, journalist, and educator. “Zora Head: The Life and Scholarship of Valerie Boyd” will debut during Read More …

Elton John’s donated books at Emory’s Woodruff Library

My name is Mia McCown, and I am a junior at Agnes Scott College majoring in classical civilizations and history. This summer, I had the opportunity to intern part-time in Woodruff Library’s Technical Services, as well as part-time at Agnes Scott’s McCain Library. While I was at Woodruff, I helped to catalog some of Sir Read More …

Books loved and recommended by the Emory community

Have you ever wondered what Emory faculty and staff are reading? Emory Libraries Student Ambassadors (ELSA) reached out to several dozen faculty, administrators, and staff across the Emory campus to bring together a wide selection of our community’s favorite books. Employees were each asked to recommend one book, all of which were brought together in Read More …

Library landscape pilot: Pollinator garden

Have you noticed something different about the grounds around the entrance to Woodruff Library lately? On April 18, 2024, we had an initial planting for a “Library Landscape Pilot” project, initiated with the idea of a “pollinator garden”), by the Emory Libraries (and Carlos Museum) Environmental Sustainability Committee (ELESC) last year. Pollinator gardens are being Read More …

Emory Libraries summer internships: A pathway to diversity ​within the profession

The Emory Libraries Access and Resource Division (ARS) of the Robert W. Woodruff Library supports three 10-week summer internships specifically for members of underrepresented communities to gain work experience in the areas of Access, Resource, and Preservation Services. In the ever-changing landscape of librarianship, there is an urgent obligation to attract individuals from underrepresented communities with varying perspectives and to provide meaningful, Read More …

Finding Pride at the Rainbow Book Fair

The arrival of June heralds yet another Pride Month, where we celebrate the brilliance and resilience of LGBTQ+ people around the world. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and the liberation movement that followed. This pivotal event in Greenwich Village inspired a flourishing of queer literature that continues unabated five and Read More …