Category: Press Releases

Emory University announces the debut of The Location Register of the Letters of Samuel Beckett in American Public Archives (beckett.library.emory.edu), an open-access website listing the archival descriptions and locations of the letters of the Irish Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett. Users can browse the Location Register by recipient, physical description, sender and recipient addresses, language, repository, Read More …

by Ramsey Baden The Oxford College Library’s tabletop game collection provides relaxation in spades. The collection, which debuted in fall 2017, has become a great success with students, who use it to socialize and reduce stress amid demanding academics. Phoebe Lei, a second-year student in Oxford’s International Student Association, especially likes Monopoly, which pushes her Read More …

First-year students can get help connecting to Emory’s wireless network from Student Technology Support during move-in weekend on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. New students can bring their devices to STS, located on Level 1 of the Woodruff Library, and sign in on the iPads at the desk. STS assists students Read More …

by Maureen McGavin It was an evening of laughter, sisterhood and sound advice when authors Tayari Jones and Pearl Cleage sat down to discuss mentorship and writing before an appreciative crowd in the Cox Hall ballroom Sept. 27. “SisterWriters: An Evening with Pearl Cleage and Tayari Jones” was also streamed via Facebook Live. A New Read More …

Guests are invited to examine artists’ books up close and find the “common thread” in a new exhibit and related event on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. “Bound with History: Encounters with the Rose Library’s Rare Book Collections” will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. Read More …

Emory students and faculty will soon have three new production studios for recording videos, podcasts, lectures, and more. Opening this semester on Level 1 of the Woodruff Library, these studios will be excellent places to cut out background noise from audio tracks or use professional equipment to make video projects. The updated Student Production Studio Read More …

The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University has named Jennifer Gunter King as its new director. She will start in the position on Oct. 15. “Jennifer brings a wealth of experience and an expansive view of libraries, not only from a special collections aspect but from a broader organizational understanding,” says Read More …

Emory Libraries will host a symposium and workshop for using Wikipedia in higher education on Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This event is free and includes coffee, a light breakfast, and lunch. Faculty, graduate students, and anyone involved in teaching at Emory are encouraged to attend all or part of the Read More …

The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (AFPLS) is giving out free library cards to all current Emory students, staff, and faculty on Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its Pop-up Library Card Drive station on the second floor of the Woodruff Library. This is the second library card drive AFPLS has held at Emory Read More …

There are no more seats available for the event; however, we will be streaming the event via Facebook Live, starting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27. To watch, please go to the Emory University Facebook page: facebook.com/EmoryUniversity/ New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones joins Pearl Cleage, the nationally recognized playwright, poet, novelist, and social activist, Read More …

In his 21 years at Emory University, Randall K. Burkett has been responsible for acquiring a collection of rare books, manuscripts, serials, photographs, and print ephemera for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. “Building Emory’s African American Collections: Highlights from the Curatorial Career of Randall K. Burkett,” an exhibition that opens Sept. Read More …

Get a peek into the world of preservation, archives, and research at the Emory Libraries session “Archives: Sites of Memory, History and Reflection” at the Decatur Book Festival on Sunday, Sept. 2, 3:45-4:30 p.m. at the Marriott Conference Center C in downtown Decatur. The panel discussion, moderated by Rose Library curator of African American collections Pellom McDaniels III, will feature Rose Read More …