International Open Access Week is October 21-27, and this year’s theme is Community Over Commercialization. In partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee, OA Week was founded in 2008 by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and partners in the student community. It’s a chance to learn more about open access practices Read More …
Do you have so much going on that it’s hard to keep track of everything? Looking for a place to make your notes where you won’t forget them? Join us at 11 am Thursday, Oct. 24 in Woodruff Library room 314 to learn how to get started with the popular writing and knowledge management tool Read More …
Woodruff Library is pleased to host the 2024 Academic Showcase for New Student Orientation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, October 18. This year’s event will take place on the first and second floors of the library, where you can speak with Emory College faculty from more than 50 academic departments and programs. Advising Read More …
Every year on October 11, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) provides an opportunity to celebrate the courage of LGBTQ+ individuals who choose to honor their identities and live their truth. While everyone’s path is different, including what being “out” looks like, the uniting experience of coming out is sharing a story with someone who holds Read More …
Emory’s Rose Library will celebrate LGBT History Month with the return of its popular drag show, a booth at Atlanta’s Pride Festival, and an open house of artifacts that document Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history, arts and culture. The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has been collecting and providing public access to a Read More …
Emory University will transition to remote work and virtual learning Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26 and 27, because of the potential impact Hurricane Helene could have on our campuses and the surrounding areas. Emory Libraries buildings will be closed these days. However, all of our libraries will be available for remote consultations through Ask a Read More …
At the beginning of May 2024, when we installed the exhibition “From Right to Left: Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian Study Resources at Woodruff Library” on level 2 of Woodruff Library, we did not foresee that this space would become a classroom just in a few months. Next to classroom 215, on the righthand side of Read More …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
