It’s 3 a.m. You’re using the Woodruff Library computers, study spaces or resources like the library catalog, discoverE or one of the 600+ databases that we subscribe to. Or you are working on a research project that’s due next week (because of course YOU would never wait until the very last minute). And then you run into a…
Digital Loeb Classical Library
We are excited to announce a 60-day free trial of the digital Loeb Classical Library. This trial began on September 17 and will end on November 17, 2014. Since 1912, the iconic Loeb Classical Library volumes have been enjoyed by students, scholars, and others else interested in ancient Greek and Roman writings. The books in…
Understanding Archives: Fall Brownbag on 9/24 at noon
Understanding Archives: Fall Brownbag Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:00-1:15 LOCATION: Candler Library, Room 119 Bring your lunch and join the discussion about doing archival research! In a moderated panel, Cecily Boles and Catherine Barth will detail their experiences doing research in archives during the summer of 2014. They will examine the similarities and differences of…
Using the Unique: Archives Research Program – apply by 9/28
The Archives Research Program is offering graduate research training in archives and special collections this fall break, with applications due by September 28th Using the Unique is an intensive, two-day research training program intended for Humanities and Social Science graduate students. Over the course of two days, it will train students to understand the processing,…
Woodruff Library Open House for International Undergraduates!
Join us at the Woodruff Library on Friday August 29 from 2-4 p.m. in the Jones Room on Level 3 for an Open House for International Undergraduate students. We will have international desserts AND you can participate in a scavenger hunt to win prizes. The scavenger hunt will help you learn about some of the…
New exhibit: “Library Almanac 2014: A Guide to the Library and its Curiosities”
Just as farmers consult almanacs for information about the weather and guides to planting crops, members of the Emory community and new students will have an “almanac” to consult for information about the library and guides to using its collections and services. “Library Almanac 2014: A Guide to the Library and its Curiosities,” is an…
Call for Applications: OpenCon 2014 Travel Scholarship
Are you an Emory University student or early career researcher interested in Open Access, Open Data, and/or Open Education? If so, the Emory Scholarly Communications Office (SCO) has a scholarship opportunity for you! SCO is providing a travel scholarship to this year’s OpenCon 2014, a conference organized by the Right to Research Coalition at SPARC…
Woodruff Library Book Sale, September 2 and 3
Please join Emory University’s Woodruff Library for a small book sale Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2 and 3, 2014 in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library, from 10am-5pm. Most books will be priced at 50 cents for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardbacks (cash only). An assortment of disciplines will be available, including a good…
Readux digitization repository now live
Readux, our online viewer for the Large Scale Digitization repository, has gone live! The new site, which you can visit now at readux.library.emory.edu, gives you direct access to many items digitized as collections of scholarly interest from our libraries. These items, while long available individually through discoverE, are now viewable as collections in themselves. From…
Browzine Trial Redux
BrowZine is an app that works with iPads and Android tablets (support for iPhone and Android phones is coming soon). You can use it to easily find and read library-subscribed online journals in your area of interest. You can send citation information to Zotero or Mendeley, download articles and read them in the app or route…
Woodruff Library Building: Pictures of the Week – July 31
Woodruff Library Building: Pictures of the Week July 31: Related Links: MARBL’s major renovation is planned for completion in fall 2015. To follow the progress, please see the MARBL renovation page. Summer projects: Woodruff Library’s level 2 renovation to foster group collaboration, enhance mobile device use
Notes on Il Cinema Ritrovato
This year I finally had the opportunity to attend–and participate in–the annual Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy. Hosted by the Cineteca di Bologna, the festival features a truly global range of newly restored films, retrospectives and curated glimpses into forgotten avenues of film history. Screenings take place in the Cineteca’s screening rooms…
MARBL Blog
- Emory University Selected to Host Shakespeare First Folio February 26, 2015Emory University Chosen for First Folio Tour Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night. These famous plays and 15 others by Shakespeare would probably have been lost to us without the First Folio. Published in 1623, the First Folio is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, and only 233 copies are known today. Next year, to... […]Matthew S. Strandmark
- “Joe Louis Barrow: A Life and Career in Context” – MARBL Exhibits on the Move February 18, 2015Since the exhibit, “Joe Louis Barrow: A Life and Career in Context” first appeared in Woodruff Library in November of 2013, it has made a profound impression on a much wider audience beyond Emory’s campus. The exhibit emphasizes one of MARBL’s newest collecting areas: African Americans in sports. Collecting initiatives and exhibitions on this topic... […]Matthew S. Strandmark
- Processing Fun: Delilah Jackson Audiovisual Collection February 18, 2015“Revealing Her Story: Documenting African American Women Intellectuals” is a two-year project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to arrange and describe the personal papers of nine African American women writers, artists and musicians. Collections included in the project are the Pearl Cleage papers; additions to the Delilah […]cboles
- Exclusive Images of MARBL Renovation – Woodruff L10 February 12, 2015The newly renovated MARBL will debut in Fall 2015, with an expanded reading room, dramatic vistas of Emory University and the city skyline, interactive exhibit spaces, technologically-advanced classrooms, and beautiful gathering spaces. These enhancements will allow scholars, students, and the Atlanta community to rediscover MARBL resources in new and exciti […]Matthew S. Strandmark
- The Beautiful is Political: The Dianora Niccolini Papers at MARBL February 11, 2015Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library recently acquired the papers of New York photographer Dianora Niccolini. Niccolini is best known for her fine art portraits of male models and athletes. Her photographs have been featured in numerous anthologies and are today housed in museums and private collections throughout the United States. The Dianor […]cboles