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Announcing direct digital access to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution!

Emory Libraries is happy to announce institutional access to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) for current Emory staff, faculty and students. For instructions on how to sign up and redeem this subscription, please see this helpful guide. The subscription allows for access to both the web (including online-only content) and app versions of the paper, with Read More …

Therapy pets return to the Woodruff Library for spring 2025 finals 

Students, are you feeling the dread of finals? Take a few moments to “paws” and banish those anxious thoughts on Tuesday, April 29 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., when Emory Libraries brings back our Paws & Relax Therapy Pets Study Break to the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library.  Emory Libraries’ therapy pet study Read More …

Jewish culinary cultures: A recent donation of books in Woodruff Library

Whereas the regulation of how food is grown, sourced, prepared, and consumed has formed Judaism’s core and longest evolving set of rules, Jewish cookbooks—that is collections of recipes including the author’s personal food memories and/or information related to the history or the cultural and religious significance of the listed dishes, or, in general, cooking, housekeeping, Read More …

Celebrating Arab American History Month at Emory Libraries

Arab American History Month is observed each April, officially recognized in 1996 by the Arab American National Museum and later designated by Congress in 2017. This month honors the rich history, culture, and contributions of Arab Americans to the United States. Initially established to raise awareness of the diverse Arab American community and its profound Read More …

Test your knowledge of Nowruz and win a prize!

Woodruff Library invites all members of the Emory community to take a Nowruz-themed quiz. This is an opportunity to showcase your knowledge and to learn about the Persian New Year, celebrated from the Balkans, through the Caucasus, to Central Asia. To enter the prize drawing, simply answer the quiz questions correctly between March 20 and Read More …

Emory Libraries celebrates Public Domain Day with a lively symposium

On Wednesday, March 5, Emory Libraries hosted “The Expanding Public Domain,” a symposium celebrating Public Domain Day. Public Domain Day falls on January 1 of every year, when new works enter into the public domain. In 2025, works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 entered into the public domain. The symposium was originally supposed Read More …

Call for Applications: Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award 2025

Dear Emory undergraduate students, It is our pleasure to invite your applications for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Award. This award celebrates undergraduate researchers with outstanding library research skills, scholarly vigor, creativity, and sophistication. Emory Libraries sponsors four $1,000 prizes for original research papers, digital projects, or posters. A panel of judges composed of faculty members Read More …

Open Education Week 2025: Emory joins a global movement toward accessible learning

Open Education Week (OE Week) is a key event that brings together educators, students, policymakers, and technologists from across the globe to celebrate the benefits of open education. Taking place March 3–7, 2025, Open Education Week marks a critical moment in the global education landscape—one that emphasizes the importance of making education more inclusive, accessible, Read More …

Emory Libraries chosen to host ARL Leadership Symposium in late February

Emory Libraries has been selected to host the 2025 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Symposium, which will be held Feb. 26–March 1 in the Woodruff Library’s Jones Room. The ARL Annual Leadership Symposium is a professional development program for those in library degree programs, focused on ARL’s strategic priorities, career transitions, and networking in Read More …

Emory’s 2025 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 28

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, join us on Friday, March 28 to help edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. Less than 20% of English Wikipedia biographies profile women, according to the Women in Red Project. The Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon strives to write more articles about notable women of all Read More …

Award-winning poet Kevin Young returns to Emory University for two March events

Kevin Young, an award-winning poet, former Emory professor and Rose Library curator, and poetry editor of The New Yorker, returns to Emory University to share his work at two events in March. Young will be the special guest poet at the 25th anniversary 12th Night Revel, the annual fundraiser for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Read More …

Emory Libraries launches “library voice” survey

Emory Libraries has launched a campus-wide engagement survey to learn how members of our community perceive and use the libraries’ services, programs, and spaces. Our last survey, distributed in 2022, provided valuable feedback from our most frequent users that helped us to shape our policies, collections, and offerings over the last three years. However, we Read More …