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Oxford College Library’s new digital exhibit opens new routes for exploring history of Early Emory College and Oxford College

Posted onAuthorEmory Libraries

Oxford College Library of Emory University’s Oxford College has adapted “The Work is Never Finished: Building an Inclusive Archive”, originally on display October 2021 – December 2022 at the Oxford College Library, into a new digital exhibit. The exhibit highlights materials from the Oxford College Library’s Archives and Special Collections related to the history of Read More …

A wide view of the exhibition "At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Walker."

Emory Libraries marks Women’s History Month with exhibits, events and resources

Posted onAuthorMaureen McGavin

Emory Libraries will mark Women’s History Month with events, exhibitions, and blog posts about our resources that celebrate and illuminate women’s achievements.   Exhibitions: At the Crossroads: Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker (major exhibition running through July 12) Visit the exhibit page   Events: 9th annual Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Thursday, March 28, Read More …

Emory Digital Collections update for February 2024

Posted onAuthorkmicha3

Since the launch of Emory Digital Collections in April 2020, thousands of items from Emory’s rare and unique holdings have been uploaded to the platform. Each month, staff in Library Technology and Digital Strategies will provide an update sharing what has been added to EDC during the preceding month. Here’s what was added in February Read More …

Celebrating Library Lovers Month at Emory Libraries

Posted onAuthorphameed

As we embrace the month of love, we turn our attention not only to romantic gestures but also to the places and spaces that hold a special place in our hearts. February marks Library Lovers Month, a time to celebrate the sanctuaries of knowledge, imagination, and community that libraries represent. Let’s hear from our students Read More …

Happy Douglass Day & Black History Month!

Posted onAuthorErica Bruchko

Today, the Emory Libraries joined the Colored Conventions Project in the national celebration of Frederick Douglass Day. The event brought together thousands of people from across the United States to eat cake, sing Happy Birthday, and work together to create new resources for the study of African American history. Participants ate gingerbread chocolate cupcakes and transcribed Douglass’s Read More …

“Beyond Love”: Emory Libraries Student Ambassadors Curated Display in Woodruff Library

Posted onAuthorChristopher Palazzolo

A new student-organized mini-exhibit has opened in Woodruff Library! The exhibit, entitled “Beyond Love: Perspectives on Human Connection,” was fully designed and curated by Emory undergraduates in Emory Libraries Student Ambassadors (ELSA). The collection features both print and digital titles––including several titles new to Emory Libraries’ holdings––in the recently-added level 2 display space. The exhibit Read More …

The National Library of Israel’s bookmobile. (photo credit: Uri Bareket/The National Library of Israel)

The writings of Emory alumnus and professor in the January 29, 2024, issue of Jerusalem Report 

Posted onAuthorKatalin Rac

Rabbi David Geffen, who earned his BA at Emory in 1965, is a frequent contributor to various newspapers, among them the Atlanta Jewish Times and the Jerusalem Post. He remains in close connection with the university and is a supporter of the Libraries. The Rose Library has his papers – see the finding aid of Read More …

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2024

Posted onAuthorKatalin Rac

Since 2000, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has been delivering full-length and short feature and documentary films, as well as documentary features relating Jewish experiences around the world. Each year, relying on feedback from volunteers and audience members, the festival organizers curate a vibrant international program, available in person and via streaming, that, as they Read More …

Woodruff Fellow Alexis Mayfield

Meet the 2023-2024 Woodruff Fellow – Alexis Mayfield

Posted onAuthorGautham M. Reddy

This is the third and last post in a series of interviews conducted by the Woodruff Library with the 2023-2024 Woodruff Library and Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) Fellows. Funded by the Laney Graduate School, the library and ECDS award fellowships to advanced graduate students expecting to complete their dissertations by the end of Read More …

Celebrate African American History Month with poetry readings, exhibits, films, and more

Posted onAuthorEmory Libraries

Emory Libraries will celebrate African American History Month with poetry readings, exhibitions, films, graphic novels, and other resources that you can enjoy. Exhibitions: Emory Libraries exhibition examines intersecting lives and work of Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker (major exhibition running through July 12)   Events: 12th Night Revel with poet Major Jackson to Read More …

Emory Digital Collections update for January 2024

Posted onAuthorkmicha3

Since the launch of Emory Digital Collections in April 2020, thousands of items from Emory’s rare and unique holdings have been uploaded to the platform. Each month, staff in Library Technology and Digital Strategies will provide an update sharing what has been added to EDC during the preceding month. Here’s what was added in January Read More …

New Expedited Article Delivery Service

Posted onAuthorChristopher Palazzolo

The Emory Libraries have launched a new expedited delivery service through Reprints Desk to supplement our existing interlibrary loan services. Expedited Article Delivery (also known as Article Galaxy Scholar) will be available 24/7 and can be used to request eligible articles that aren’t available through the Libraries’ databases and journal subscriptions. Currently, the service only Read More …