This marks the first price reduction of the pay-for-print service since being introduced in the 1990’s. EaglePrint, Emory’s pay-for-print service for students, is offering lower printing rates this fall in response to student requests for more affordable printing options. While Emory has supplied a pay-for-print service for students since the 1990s, it wasn’t until summer Read More …
by Maureen McGavin Comic book fans can enter into the virtual-reality streets of “Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline,” an African-American superhero comic book, at an AJC Decatur Book Festival session featuring a digital project team from the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. The Big City Maps panel will take place on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Read More …
An exhibition of materials celebrating the contributions of the Beat writers, poets, and artists will debut next month at Emory University. “The Dream Machine: The Beat Generation & the Counterculture, 1940–1975,” which opens Sept. 28, 2017, in the Schatten Gallery at Emory’s Woodruff Library, draws from collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Read More …
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will debut new service desk and lobby The renovated Learning Commons will open for the start of fall semester on Level 1 of Emory’s Woodruff Library, with comfortable, movable seating, plenty of power outlets, and study pods. Places for both individual study and collaborative work are woven throughout the inviting design. Read More …
OpenCon 2017 Travel Scholarship Call for Applications The Emory Scholarly Communications Office is pleased to announce a travel scholarship for OpenCon 2017 (http://www.opencon2017.org). OpenCon 2017, organized by the Right to Research Coalition, SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), and a committee of student and early career researcher organizations from around the world, is Read More …
Emory Libraries and Emory University continue their sponsorship of the Decatur Book Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 2, and Sunday, Sept. 3, in downtown Decatur, Georgia. Emory Libraries will be joined by staff from the Emory Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, Carlos Museum and the Emory Center for Ethics in the Emory tent, on East Ponce de Leon Read More …
Renovations begin on June 13 on Level 1 of Emory University’s Woodruff Library, which will be redesigned for undergraduate use. The space will be updated with new furniture and carpeting, additional seating, and more power outlets for charging portable electronic devices. Peet’s Coffee & Tea, which is closed for the summer, and the group study rooms Read More …
Level 1 in Woodruff Library will be undergoing renovations this summer, starting on May 9th. These renovations will add more seating, a variety of new furniture, and additional power outlets to the Learning Commons on Level 1. To accomplish this goal, a large percentage of the microform and print government document collections on Level 1 Read More …
At the Emory Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Awards Ceremony on May 1, Gillian Hecht, History major in the Class of 2018, received an Honorable Mention from the 2017 Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award judges for her “History 488RW: The Professions in America” paper entitled, “The Rise and Fall of the Emory Dental School.” In her Research Read More …
At the Emory Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Awards Ceremony on May 1, Andrew Sullins, Political Science major in the Class of 2018, received the 2017 Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award for his African American Studies 412W: War Crimes and Genocide, class paper, “Covert Killings: Civilian Casualties and the Use of Covert Drone Strikes in the War on Read More …
Riveting images of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, taken by Atlanta-area photographer Billy Howard, are the basis of an exhibit opening June 15 at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library and a conversation with Howard scheduled for June 22. “Billy Howard’s ‘Epitaphs for the Living’ ” will feature 17 photographs, each showing a Read More …
As the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta approaches, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) at Emory University will launch a self-guided mobile tour of Battle-related sites throughout the city, complete with maps, historical information, photos and videos, and even parking suggestions for those who drive the route. A launch celebration and demonstration Read More …
