Ever since Emory became part of the city of Atlanta, all Emory University students, faculty and staff* are eligible to get an Fulton Public Library System (FPLS) card. And we are making it easy for you to do that right here on campus by partnering with the FPLS. Get your card at the Pop-up Public…
New Library Workshops on MAXQDA
This semester the Robert W. Woodruff Library will be offering workshops on MAXQDA, a software program that allows you to easily and efficiently code and analyze your qualitative research data. In MAXQDA you can code: text (Word, RTF), PDFs, excel tables, images, audio, video, twitter data, Youtube comments, bibliographic data, websites, and surveys. The workshops…
Gigantic vinyl give-away, Sept. 3–10
The Music and Media library is having a gigantic vinyl give-away Sept. 3–10. There will be over 1500 33 1/3-speed LP records up for grabs. These records were part of a large gift, some of which the library decided not to add to the collection. They are mostly classical records from the 1950s–70s, but there…
Emory Libraries launching preview of newly designed website home page
The Emory University Libraries has launched a preview of the new home page as part of the Libraries Web Redesign project. The long-term goal of the project is to bring all Emory University Libraries, locations, and services under one unified web presence in an effort to improve the user experience. The preview of the home…
The New York Times digital: now available at the Emory Libraries!
Since May 1, 2019, the Emory Libraries has been offering continuous access to the digital, browsable version of The New York Times to Emory students, faculty, and staff. Ready to start reading The New York Times online? Follow these instructions to create an account. The New York Times digital program replaces the Academic Pass, our previous…
Register for the Open Humanities Graduate Student Workshop!
Registration is still open for the Open Humanities Graduate Student Workshop (September 11-12, 2019) cosponsored by the Emory Libraries Scholarly Communications Office, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship and the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. While open access continues to gain traction in the social and natural sciences, the dissemination and…
New Library Workshops for Undergraduates
The Emory Libraries are launching a new workshop series for undergraduates this fall. These workshops will be an opportunity for undergraduates to build-up a number of transferable skills and get to know the libraries a bit better. All workshops are drop-in, so if you’re an Emory undergrad and see a topic that sounds interesting, please…
Welcome new students! What you need to know about Emory Libraries.
Welcome to our new students and welcome back to our returning students! Below are a few things to know about Emory Libraries. But you will also want to check out the Find it, Use it, Get help research guide for links to all our helpful resources. Emory has 8 libraries. Four of the libraries are…
Story of Atlanta businessman Chip Robert told with exhibit, reception on Sept. 19
The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library will mark the opening of the Chip Robert Jr. papers with an exhibition that debuts with a public reception on Sept. 19. “Chip Robert: Life as Art” celebrates the life of Lawrence Wood “Chip” Robert Jr. (1887-1976), an Atlanta businessman, civil servant, and world traveler….
Emory Libraries offers diverse range of drop-in workshops
This fall, Emory Libraries will offer more drop-in workshops that help students and faculty learn new skills, programs, and software. “We cover a wide range of topics in our workshops, and we’re always open to hearing feedback, ideas, and suggestions for future workshop programming,” says Sarah Morris, head of instruction and engagement for the Emory…
Emory Libraries offers diverse range of drop-in workshops
This fall, Emory Libraries will offer drop-in workshops aimed at supporting students and faculty in learning new skills, programs, and software. “We cover a wide range of topics in our workshops, and we’re always open to hearing feedback, ideas, and suggestions for future workshop programming,” says Sarah Morris, head of instruction and engagement for the…
Yolanda Cooper promoted to dean and university librarian for Emory
Yolanda Cooper has been promoted to dean and university librarian for Emory University, effective July 1. Cooper has served as Emory’s university librarian since 2014. Read the full article: http://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/07/er_university_librarian/campus.html
Rose Library Blog
- She Puts Things In: Toni Morrison and the Legacy of Black Women Writers February 19, 2020In partnership with Emory University’s Rose Library and the Exhibitions team of Woodruff Library, Georgia Public Library Service is launching a tour of She Gathers Me: Networks Among Black Women Writers to libraries statewide. Curated by Gabrielle Dudley, the six panel exhibit will tour Georgia Public Libraries until 2022. The exhibit features luminaries...Courtney E. Chartier
- In Memoriam: James V. Hatch: An Artist, Educator, and Visionary with Tremendous Influence February 17, 2020For more than fifty years, James Vernon Hatch (1928-2020) was a leading authority of African American theater, and along with his wife and creative partner Camille Billops (1933-2019), became a proponent for archiving the history of African Americans in the literary and visual arts, dance, and film. As co-founder of the Hatch/Billops Collection in New...Lolita Rowe
- The Making of an Exhibit: “Born Digital: From Kilobytes to Terabytes” February 11, 2020“Born Digital: From Kilobytes to Terabytes,” curated by Rose Library’s project digital archivist Brenna Edwards, explores and examines the collecting story of born-digital materials at Rose Library alongside the evolution of the technology creating these materials, featuring items from the papers of Lucille Clifton, Jake Adam York, Salman Rushdie, and Elaine Brown. The Beginning: In...Lolita Rowe
- Following the Fellows: Daniel Ciba on Esther Merle Jackson February 10, 2020In Spring 2019, Daniel Ciba, an assistant professor of Theater (History and Dramatic Criticism) at Ramapo College of New Jersey, was awarded a Rose fellowship in support of his project “The Broken World of Esther Merle Jackson.” Because of the generosity of the Leonard and Louise Riggio Fellowship, I was able to survey the contents...Lolita Rowe
- Lift Every Voice 2020: What can the past tell us about the present? January 23, 2020Beginning this month, the Stuart A. Rose Library at Emory University is undertaking a year-long project to explore citizenship through the lens of Reconstruction. Follow us on Twitter @EveryVoice2020 to learn more about the project and how to join the conversation. Reconstruction (1865-1877) represented a time of great possibility for former enslaved African Americans and...Lolita Rowe