Moving In: Library Service Center

The library is currently moving collections from the Storage Facility at 1762 Clifton to the new Library Service Center   The move is expected to continue through mid-summer 2016, with Rose Library collections moving first, followed by the rest of the collections in order of use and accession, newest to oldest. Library Users may continue to Read More …

Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award Winners – 2016

We are pleased to announce that the 2016 Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award (URA) winners have been selected by our panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded to the following students: Hannah Conway —“Behind the Lens of the Civil Rights Movement: The Power of Photography to Both Reveal and Conceal″ Faculty sponsor: Carol Anderson Samantha Keng —“Model Read More …

MAP IT series: A Modern Old Master? Using Historical GIS to Chart El Greco’s Influence on the French Avant-Garde

Ellen Prokop, (Ph.D.) Associate Photoarchivist at the Frick Art Reference Library and an art historian who specializes in Spanish art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, will deliver the fifth and LAST lecture in the of the MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas series on Monday, 11 April , at 5.30 PM in the Read More …

Library White Board Art by Procrastinating Student(s)

Library White Board Art by Procrastinating Student(s)     “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” ― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married (www.goodreads.com)   “You may delay, but time will not.” ― Benjamin Franklin (www.goodreads.com)           “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” Read More …

132K E-Books Now Accessible via DiscoverE

Emory Libraries just added over 130,000 ebooks for patrons to access via DiscoverE.  These titles are part of Academic Complete, a large ever-growing collection from EBrary/Proquest, purchased (as a subscription) by the GALILEO consortium. The collection is interdisciplinary and covers numerous publishers and subject areas, including history, the social sciences, medicine, and science and technology. Read More …

Academy of Motion Pictures Archives Panel, March 29, 1 p.m., Rose Library

On Tuesday, March 29th at 1:00 pm, archivists from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ (AMPAS) Margaret Herrick Library, Academy Film Archive and Oral History Projects Division will present “Documenting the Movies,” a panel on conducting research in film and film-related archives. Presenters will discuss their efforts to preserve and share the Academy’s manuscript, film and oral history collections, and Read More …

New Database: SNCC, CORE, Claude Barnett, and Robert F. Williams Papers in Proquest’s History Vault

Welcome to New Databases! This blog series from the Robert W. Woodruff Library is intended to give you a brief introduction to databases that you may not know and to provide you with some tips to get you started. To explore all of our databases, please visit Emory Library’s databases page Featured database: Proquest’s History Vault, Black Freedom Read More …

MAP IT series: historical geographic information systems (HGIS)

S Wright Kennedy, a doctoral candidate in the History Department at Rice University, will deliver the fourth lecture in the of the MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas series on Tuesday, 1 March,  at 5.30 PM in the Jones Room, Woodruff Library.  This presentation discusses the opportunities and limitations of the emerging historical geographic Read More …

Dissertation/Prospectus Writing Boot Camps

In the academic year 2015-2016, we have planned a total of six Dissertation/Prospectus Writing Boot Camps, including both two-day and one-day boot camps evenly spread throughout the year. Each full day session runs for eight hours with regular breaks. With the generous support from the Laney Graduate School, the Woodruff Library, and the Emory Writing Read More …