On November 3, 2017, Emory Libraries hosted the HathiTrust Research Center Digging Deeper, Reaching Further workshop. Thirty-four librarians from across the southeast attended this train-the-trainer workshop on text mining. The workshop covered text analysis, distant reading, and non-consumptive research in five interactive modules taught over the course of six hours. The HTRC workshop focused on Read More …
The Laney Graduate School and several Emory partner entities offer fellowships to advanced graduate students. (See all fellowships at http://www.gs.emory.edu/professional-development/fellowships/advanced.html ) Emory Libraries and ECDS are offering five fellowships for 2018-19 Deadline: February 9, 2018 by 4pm Data Services Fellowship (Emory Libraries/ECDS) Digital Humanities Fellowship (Emory Libraries/ECDS) Outreach and Education Fellowship (Emory Libraries/ECDS) Rose Library Read More …
Are you about to defend your prospectus and start researching your dissertation? Are you in the middle of writing that honors thesis? Are you gearing up to submit your masters thesis this semester? The Scholarly Communications Office is ready to help! We are offering three workshops this spring for any student writing or finishing up Read More …
Recent acquisitions and lectures by distinguished scholars have added more depth and visibility to the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, which holds one of the strongest Irish literary collections outside of Ireland. Building on the strengths of the Seamus Heaney collection, the Rose Library has acquired the papers of poet Dennis O’Driscoll Read More …
HathiTrust Digital Library deposited its 16th million volume, Osborne’s London and Birmingham Railway guide. Illustrated, on December 7, 2017. This marked a nine-year effort on behalf of research institutions and libraries including Emory who joined the partnership in 2010. Well done HathiTrust, Emory, and fellow HathiTrust partners! Most Popular HathiTrust Books from Emory for 2017 Usage Read More …
Emory University will celebrate the contributions of Mari Evans, an influential Black Arts Movement writer and activist, with poetry readings and a panel on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 in the Jones Room at the Robert W. Woodruff Library on the Emory campus. A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. From 7-8:30 p.m., there will be a short Read More …
The You Spoke/We Listened campaign continues in January with a focus on Emory’s streaming video options. One of the themes that emerged from our survey was a desire for “more films available for online streaming.” Currently, the library provides access to over 25,000 streaming videos, most of which are searchable in discoverE. They include a Read More …
Tracy K. Smith, the current U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will give a reading of her poems on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m. at Emory University’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The event is open to the public at no charge. Tickets are not required, but seating will be limited. Books Read More …
Are your students’ research skills up to snuff? Do their citations measure up? If you feel your students’ research skills could use an upgrade, the Library can help! The librarians at Woodruff provide a variety of instructional services for your classes that can sharpen your students’ information literacy abilities and practices. We can create research guides for your classes Read More …
The late Irish poet Seamus Heaney will be the focus of “The Publishing Life of Seamus Heaney,” a lecture by scholar Rand Brandes, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 at 5 p.m. at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. Brandes will discuss the publishing legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning poet, who Read More …
Update on Jan. 17, 2018: This event is postponed, due to inclement weather causing Emory University to close on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18. We hope to announce a rescheduled date in the near future. Poet Kevin Young will give a free reading at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in the Jones Room Read More …
This is the final post in a series of interviews conducted by the Woodruff Library with the 2017-2018 Woodruff Library and Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) Fellows. Funded by the Laney Graduate School, the Woodruff Library and Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) awards fellowships to advanced graduate students expecting to complete their dissertations Read More …
