Emory Libraries will mark Women’s History Month with events, exhibitions, and blog posts about our resources that celebrate and illuminate women’s achievements. Exhibitions: At the Crossroads: Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker (major exhibition running through July 12) Visit the exhibit page Events: 9th annual Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Thursday, March 28, Read More …
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 February Read More …
As we embrace the month of love, we turn our attention not only to romantic gestures but also to the places and spaces that hold a special place in our hearts. February marks Library Lovers Month, a time to celebrate the sanctuaries of knowledge, imagination, and community that libraries represent. Let’s hear from our students Read More …
Today, the Emory Libraries joined the Colored Conventions Project in the national celebration of Frederick Douglass Day. The event brought together thousands of people from across the United States to eat cake, sing Happy Birthday, and work together to create new resources for the study of African American history. Participants ate gingerbread chocolate cupcakes and transcribed Douglass’s Read More …
A new student-organized mini-exhibit has opened in Woodruff Library! The exhibit, entitled “Beyond Love: Perspectives on Human Connection,” was fully designed and curated by Emory undergraduates in Emory Libraries Student Ambassadors (ELSA). The collection features both print and digital titles––including several titles new to Emory Libraries’ holdings––in the recently-added level 2 display space. The exhibit Read More …
Rabbi David Geffen, who earned his BA at Emory in 1965, is a frequent contributor to various newspapers, among them the Atlanta Jewish Times and the Jerusalem Post. He remains in close connection with the university and is a supporter of the Libraries. The Rose Library has his papers – see the finding aid of Read More …
Since 2000, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has been delivering full-length and short feature and documentary films, as well as documentary features relating Jewish experiences around the world. Each year, relying on feedback from volunteers and audience members, the festival organizers curate a vibrant international program, available in person and via streaming, that, as they Read More …
This is the third and last post in a series of interviews conducted by the Woodruff Library with the 2023-2024 Woodruff Library and Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) Fellows. Funded by the Laney Graduate School, the library and ECDS award fellowships to advanced graduate students expecting to complete their dissertations by the end of Read More …
Emory Libraries will celebrate African American History Month with poetry readings, exhibitions, films, graphic novels, and other resources that you can enjoy. Exhibitions: Emory Libraries exhibition examines intersecting lives and work of Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker (major exhibition running through July 12) Events: 12th Night Revel with poet Major Jackson to Read More …
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 January Read More …
The Emory Libraries have launched a new expedited delivery service through Reprints Desk to supplement our existing interlibrary loan services. Expedited Article Delivery (also known as Article Galaxy Scholar) will be available 24/7 and can be used to request eligible articles that aren’t available through the Libraries’ databases and journal subscriptions. Currently, the service only Read More …
In 2023, Emory added about 2,300 vinyl LPs to the online catalog; these LPs were from a gift cataloging backlog and had been sitting on shelves for many years, unsearchable. Thanks to the work and dedication of many students and library staff over several years, especially Head of Resource Description Sofia Slutskaya, these LPs are Read More …
