Emory Digital Collections update for March 2024

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 …

Shannon Clute hired as senior director for communications, marketing, and public relations for Emory Libraries and Carlos Museum

Emory Libraries and the Michael C. Carlos Museum have hired Shannon Clute as the first senior director for communications, marketing, and public relations, effective March 25. Clute joined Emory University in October 2019, when he became the inaugural director of The Hatchery, Emory’s center for innovation. “We’re so pleased to have Shannon join our team,” Read More …

Hintz and Dudley named as Rose Library interim co-directors

In response to leadership changes, Carrie Hintz and Gabrielle Dudley have been named as interim co-directors of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Hintz is also the associate director of the Rose Library, and Dudley serves as its assistant director for public services, positions they will maintain. Dudley, who joined the Read More …

Celebrating Middle Eastern texts

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 …

Emory’s 2024 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 28

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, join us on Thursday, March 28 to help edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. Only 19.77% of English Wikipedia biographies profile women, according to the Women in Red Project. The Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon strives to write more articles about notable women of all races, Read More …

Nowruz: The Persian New Year 

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 …

What is Ramadan and how we can learn more about it?

This year, World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film is celebrated on March 11 and, according to the Gregorian calendar, the month of Ramadan begins on March 10. The close proximity of these two important dates offers a great opportunity to introduce the resources that Emory Libraries has about Ramadan and its practices. Read More …

Book launch event with Gary Motley, Jazzmeia Horn and Lois Reitzes set for March 21 at the Rose Library

Jazz aficionados and educators are invited to a special event on Thursday, March 21, when Emory University professor and jazz pianist Gary Motley will launch his new book with a panel discussion that includes jazz luminaries. The panel discussion, moderated by WABE’s Lois Reitzes, will take place from 5 – 6 p.m. in the Stuart Read More …

Celebrating Open Educational Resources with Matthew Sag 

We have the tools to create books at scale, at zero cost, and with complete freedom from publisher deadlines and formatting limitations.” This first week in March, Emory Libraries celebrates Open Educational Resources (OER) by spotlighting Matthew Sag, Professor of Law, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School, and author Read More …

Students: Submit your work by March 24 for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Award

Dear Emory undergraduate students,   Emory Libraries invites your applications for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award. Four $1,000 prizes will be granted for original papers, digital projects, or posters exhibiting outstanding library research skills, scholarly vigor, and originality.   You are eligible to apply if:  You are a currently enrolled undergraduate student at Emory College   Read More …

Visitors to Ellman Lectures can enjoy highlights from Seamus Heaney exhibit in Ireland

Visitors who attend the 2024 Ellmann Lectures March 3-5 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts can also enjoy the traveling version of the National Library of Ireland’s acclaimed exhibition “Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again.” The exhibit, located in the Center’s Chace Gallery, will run March 3–April 14, 2024, and is free and open Read More …

Oxford College Library’s new digital exhibit opens new routes for exploring history of Early Emory College and Oxford College

Oxford College Library of Emory University’s Oxford College has adapted “The Work is Never Finished: Building an Inclusive Archive”, originally on display October 2021 – December 2022 at the Oxford College Library, into a new digital exhibit. The exhibit highlights materials from the Oxford College Library’s Archives and Special Collections related to the history of Read More …