Students, are you feeling the dread of finals? Take a few moments to “paws” and banish those anxious thoughts on Tuesday, April 29 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., when Emory Libraries brings back our Paws & Relax Therapy Pets Study Break to the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library. Emory Libraries’ therapy pet study Read More …
Emory Libraries has been selected to host the 2025 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Symposium, which will be held Feb. 26–March 1 in the Woodruff Library’s Jones Room. The ARL Annual Leadership Symposium is a professional development program for those in library degree programs, focused on ARL’s strategic priorities, career transitions, and networking in Read More …
In honor of Women’s History Month in March, join us on Friday, March 28 to help edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. Less than 20% 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 Read More …
Colorful works by Indigenous artists await Atlanta audiences and the Emory community when Emory Libraries opens the exhibition “This Land Calls Us Home: Indigenous Relationships with Southeastern Homelands.” The exhibition, which opens Monday, Jan. 27, in the Schatten Gallery on Level 3 of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Library, will feature the work of 25 contemporary Native Read More …
While Emory University has a full calendar of offerings for the upcoming King Week, Emory Libraries and the Carlos Museum will recognize King Week and Black History Month in February with events, exhibits and resources of their own. Events and exhibits Emory Libraries’ Research and Engagement Services and Scholarly Communications instruction team will host a Read More …
The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University has named Elizabeth Ott as its associate university librarian for special collections and director of the Rose Library. She will begin her new duties on Jan. 6, 2025. “I am delighted to welcome Elizabeth Ott to the Libraries and to Emory,” says Read More …
Emory’s Rose Library will celebrate LGBT History Month with the return of its popular drag show, a booth at Atlanta’s Pride Festival, and an open house of artifacts that document Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history, arts and culture. The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has been collecting and providing public access to a Read More …
Register for special events on Sept. 30 A new exhibition in the Woodruff Library on Emory University’s Atlanta campus invites visitors to just “breathe.” Opening Sept. 11 in the Schatten Gallery, “breathe.” is an exhibition of landscape images by Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright, best known for her photographs exploring African American culture and Read More …
Valerie Boyd spent much of her adult life sharing her knowledge about Black women writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. Now a new documentary about her life and scholarship highlights her own contributions as a writer, researcher, journalist, and educator. “Zora Head: The Life and Scholarship of Valerie Boyd” will debut during Read More …
Students, are finals getting you down? Take a few moments to “paws” and de-stress on Tuesday, April 30 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., when Emory Libraries brings back its Paws & Relax Therapy Pets Study Break to the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library. Emory students who sign up for a time slot at Read More …
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 …
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 …
