Please join the libraries of Emory University this afternoon at 12pm for an Emory faculty panel discussion about the impact of open access publishing on scholarly communication. The panelists will focus their discussion on personal experiences with Open Access publishing and its impact from the perspective of both scholarly authors and journals editors. Moderated Read More …
The October 2013 issue of Information for Social Scientists (ISS) is now available at http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/IFSS_October2013 ISS is the General Libraries/LITS e-only newsletter that highlights information issues, resources, and services of interest to Emory social scientists, particularly graduate students and faculty. The theme of this issue is “NEW”: new university librarian, new website, new services, Read More …
Open Access Week, October 21-27, is a global event in its sixth year which seeks to promote open access for scholarship and research, and the theme this year is “Redefining Impact.” To mark the occasion, the libraries of Emory University are hosting several events to raise awareness of open access in the Emory community. All Read More …
This fall, the Outreach and Education Team partnered with the Pre-major Advising Connections at Emory (PACE) program to introduce freshmen to library resources and services. Freshmen were given an assignment that consisted of three tasks that included: Finding a New York Times article from the day that they were born Finding an article in the Read More …
With The New York Times Academic Pass, Emory faculty, students, and staff receive a 24 hour pass that allows them to read unlimited articles free of charge in the Web version of The New York Times. ***See below for other ways to view current and historical NYTimes articles. First-time Users of Academic Pass: Click on Read More …
Monday, August 26th the Library welcomed freshman and their PACE groups to tour the Woodruff Library and have some pizza. Scroll through the images to see the fun. Check out the new library website to help remember all your tour guide told you.
A remarkable and unique work from MARBL‘s Paul Bernard Seydel Memorial Collection of works relating to Belgium is Théâtre, a collection of plays by the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck. The three volume set was published in Brussels in 1901-1902 in an edition of 110 copies. While it’s an attractive publication there was nothing particularly special Read More …
In honor of National Poetry Month, we are proud to highlight recent acquisitions of personal papers, books, and artwork given to MARBL by Helen Hecht, wife of the late Poet Laureate of the United States, Anthony Hecht. Art is not created in a vacuum. This is especially true for poetry, which, I would argue, more Read More …
Keep On Truckin’ Poster, R. Crumb, 1967 Share Related Story: MARBL Stories: Raymond Danowski Related Links: R. Crumb Finding Aid The Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Join the discussion The Raymond Danowski and John Martin collection of R. Crumb material is a new addition to the manuscripts at MARBL and has recently been fully processed. Read More …
In October 2012, Newsweek announced that it would be ending its print publication and transitioning to an all-digital format by year’s end. The announcement occasioned yet another round of hand-wringing by media watchers, but little real surprise. Once a fixture in American households, the venerable newsweekly had struggled to find its footing in the digital Read More …
Inscription in Del Martin's “Lesbian/Woman” Share Related Story: LGBT Blog Posts Related Links: LGBT Research Guide Join the discussion One of the most exciting things about working in MARBL, is the unexpected surprises that accompany archival materials. I was most recently surprised by the inscriptions I came across while surveying some of the rare Read More …
The exhibition, “And The Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Fight For Social Change,” which was curated by Carol Anderson, Michael Ra-Shon Hall and Sarah Quigley, is on display now through December 1 in the Schatten Gallery which is located on Level 3 of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. Below is the curator’s statement Read More …
