Category: Library Resources

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Emory Libraries summer internships: A pathway to diversity ​within the profession

Posted onAuthorKim Norman

The Emory Libraries Access and Resource Division (ARS) of the Robert W. Woodruff Library supports three 10-week summer internships specifically for members of underrepresented communities to gain work experience in the areas of Access, Resource, and Preservation Services. In the ever-changing landscape of librarianship, there is an urgent obligation to attract individuals from underrepresented communities with varying perspectives and to provide meaningful, Read More …

Finding Pride at the Rainbow Book Fair

Posted onAuthorRuss Peterson

The arrival of June heralds yet another Pride Month, where we celebrate the brilliance and resilience of LGBTQ+ people around the world. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and the liberation movement that followed. This pivotal event in Greenwich Village inspired a flourishing of queer literature that continues unabated five and Read More …

Celebrate Juneteenth with the Emory Libraries

Posted onAuthorJennifer J Elder

In celebration of Juneteenth National Independence Day, the Emory Libraries has compiled a resource guide with books, videos, event links and more! Below are some guide highlights to get you started. Note that many of the links here are for the Emory community to access these materials via the Emory Libraries, but members of the Read More …

New York Times and Wall Street Journal for 2024 grads

Posted onAuthorEmory Libraries

If you graduated this spring, be sure you’ve registered and activated your New York Times / NYTimes.com and Wall Street Journal / WSJ.com student accounts for continued free access. Your student access to the New York Times will remain active until December 31, 2024. If you wish to continue access beyond this point, New York Times Read More …

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Posted onAuthorErica Bruchko

In May 1968, in an apartment in Berkeley California, two graduate students, Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, met to discuss the formation of a new activist organization composed of students of Asian descent. From these conversations emerged the Asian American Political Alliance and with it the first recorded use of the term Asian American. (For Read More …

Jewish American Heritage Month 2024

Posted onAuthorKatalin Rac

As we mark Jewish American Heritage Month in May, we reflect on the path to this recognition. The histories of Jews and the Americas have intertwined since 1492. On July 31 of that year, Spain expelled its non-Catholic subjects, and three days later Columbus departed on the voyage leading to the European “discovery” of the Western Read More …

Alumni and the Library 2024

Posted onAuthorEmory Libraries

Congratulations, 2024 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 …

End of spring semester 2024 survival guide

Posted onAuthorEmory Libraries

Finals are upon us! Whether it’s help with research, a quiet place to focus, or the equipment needed for recording a multi-media project, Emory Libraries has you covered. Check out all of the resources available within just the Robert W. Woodruff Library building: Quiet Study Areas There are several designated Quiet Study areas throughout the Read More …

Change the subject: Making the library catalog more inclusive

Posted onAuthortarakunesh

Have you ever wondered how library catalogs, like Emory’s Library Search, are built and maintained? Or how library catalogers decide upon the best terms to describe the books, articles, and other media that you use for your research? This process might seem far removed from your own work; however, it directly impacts the research process. Read More …

Emory Digital Collections update for March 2024

Posted onAuthorkmicha3

Since the launch of Emory Digital Collections in April 2020, thousands of items from Emory’s rare and unique holdings have been uploaded to the platform. Each month, staff in Library Technology and Digital Strategies will provide an update sharing what has been added to EDC during the preceding month. Here’s what was added in March Read More …

Celebrating Middle Eastern texts

Posted onAuthorKatalin Rac

The breeze of Nowruz is blowing from the land of the beloved Ask this wind to help delight your heart  Hafiz, poem 454 of the Divan  They were to observe them as days of feasting and merrymaking, and as an occasion for sending gifts to one another and presents to the poor.  Book of Esther Read More …

Nowruz: The Persian New Year 

Posted onAuthorNeda Zeraatkar

The Persian New Year, Nowruz, is rooted in Zoroastrianism, a Persian monotheistic religion that predates Christianity and Islam. Based on the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar, this national festival is a celebration of spring, tied to the equinox, and it is celebrated between March 19 and 21, mainly in Iran but also in many countries including Read More …