This May, Emory Libraries celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by highlighting the pathbreaking work of the Georgia Asian American Community Archive Initiative. GAACAI aims to identify, collect, preserve, and promote materials related to the history and experience of Asian Americans in Georgia. The first initiative of its kind, it addresses critical gaps Read More …
so we settled on America, one by one we settled on America, man and woman Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, Chain Migration (excerpt) History of the Jewish American Heritage Month This year we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month for the 20th time in the US. Following President George W. Bush’s proclamation designating May 2006 as Jewish American Read More …
Looking for ways to make your research – and your life – a bit easier as the semester comes to a close and summer approaches? Emory Libraries and the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship are here to help with two initiatives that make our resources more available and accessible. ECDS has established a website of Read More …
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Library is proud to announce that Tara Douglas-Williams has been elected to serve as president-elect of the Medical Library Association (MLA), beginning May 2025. Tara has a distinguished career in librarianship and a longstanding commitment to advancing the values and mission of MLA. A visionary leader, she has contributed Read More …
Congratulations, 2025 graduates! We want to provide a few reminders to you regarding library services as an Emory graduate. Whether you are staying in Atlanta or moving elsewhere, you will still have access to subject librarians for assistance via phone/Zoom, email, or chat. Once you join the Emory Alumni Association (EAA), you will have access Read More …
Finals are upon us! Whether it’s help with research, a quiet place to focus, or the equipment needed for recording a multimedia project, Emory Libraries has you covered. Check out all of the resources available within the Robert W. Woodruff Library building: Quiet Study Areas Short-term Individual Study Rooms are available for solitary, short-term work. Read More …
Today we’re launching a brand new collection of board games at the Woodruff Library just in time for finals! We’ve chosen 27 popular board and card games, based on titles popular in the Oxford library, which are shelved across from the Library Service Desk on the second floor. You can play them anytime you want Read More …
April 26th is National Dissertation Day: a day for graduate students to refocus their attention on finishing their dissertations and prepare for graduation. Emory University’s Laney Graduate School proudly awards an average of 250 doctoral degrees each year. Entering the workforce with a PhD offers many advantages, such as a wider job pool, higher starting Read More …
Did you know that every time you enter the Woodruff Library, you are walking through a pollinator garden? In 2024, ELESC (the Emory Libraries Environmental Sustainability Committee) used grant funds from OSI (the Office of Sustainability Initiatives) to install pollinator-friendly plants along the terraces near the library entrance. The summer and fall saw some interesting Read More …
What makes good news good in the library? Reliable and enlightening information makes news good from the bibliographical point of view. We invite the Emory community to celebrate the good news PressReader provides by playing this library quiz. PressReader provides access to over 7000 newspapers and magazines from all over the world, in multiple languages. Read More …
Emory students, are you interested in conducting research for interview preparation or even just exploring a potential career? Emory Libraries has all the databases you need to get you started! Take a look at our Company & Industry Research Guide to find resources and tips for your career research. This guide will help you be Read More …
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 …
