Category: Press Releases

Two speakers to share how academic libraries and museums can value community over collections

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What would it look like for archives, libraries, and museums to value their communities over their collections? How can these institutions more fully embrace practices of listening and relationship building, while interrupting traditional practices rooted in colonialism? The Emory and Atlanta communities are invited to “Centering Community in Museums, Libraries, and Archives” on Wednesday, June Read More …

Rosalyn Metz appointed to new position for Emory Libraries and Carlos Museum

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Rosalyn Metz, associate university librarian, Library Technology and Digital Strategies for Emory Libraries, will assume the inaugural role of chief technology officer, libraries and museum and associate university librarian for digital strategies effective June 1, 2023. In this new role, Metz will lead the creation of a unified vision and implementation for current and future Read More …

(postponed) April 18 event to highlight oral history collections of Ebola and COVID-19 experiences 

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Event postponed UPDATE: In response to feedback, the “Documenting Health Crises: Oral Histories of Covid and Ebola” event will not be held on the Emory campus on Tuesday, April 18, at 4 p.m. as scheduled. The program will instead be virtual, so that international audiences may participate. Stay tuned for the new date and time Read More …

Clinton Fluker appointed Emory University Libraries and Museum’s inaugural senior director of culture, community, and partner engagement

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Clinton Fluker, curator of African American collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, has been appointed Emory University Libraries and Museum’s inaugural senior director of culture, community, and partner engagement for the Michael C. Carlos Museum and Emory Libraries effective June 1, 2023. Valeda F. Dent, Emory’s vice provost of libraries Read More …

Event with Atlanta Black photographers Jim Alexander and Tom Dorsey is March 23

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Members of the Emory, Atlanta, and surrounding communities are invited to a conversation on Thursday, March 23, at 7 p.m. with celebrated Atlanta Black photographers Jim Alexander and Tom Dorsey. The conversation, to be held in the Jones Room in Emory University’s Woodruff Library, will be moderated by Carlton Mackey, assistant director, community dialogue and Read More …

Get a little lit with the Short Story Dispenser

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The word most people use to describe it is “cool.” Yes, there is a cool new interactive machine near the Banjo Coffee shop on Level 1 of Woodruff Library – a Short Story Dispenser. The dispenser is an Emory Arts project to highlight poems, prose, and comics by Emory authors, particularly students, as well as Read More …

Andrew Young, Ernie Suggs to discuss new book Feb. 22

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Hearing first-person stories from the front lines of the civil rights movement is becoming a rare opportunity these days, especially from someone so integral to Atlanta’s growth as a city during the 20th century. But students and others in the Emory and Atlanta communities will have that chance on Wednesday, February 22, when US Ambassador Read More …

US Poet Laureate Ada Limón to give reading at Emory University

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Ada Limón, the current US poet laureate, will give a public reading at Emory University on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at 3 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium. Books will be for sale at the reading, with a signing immediately following the event. Attendees can register for the reading, which is open to the public at no Read More …

Organizational changes position Emory Libraries and Carlos Museum for even greater innovation

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With new leadership on board, Emory Libraries and the Michael C. Carlos Museum have announced organizational changes, effective Oct. 1. “As I considered our organizational structure, a guiding principle for me has been consistency and stability, as well as positioning Emory Libraries and the Carlos Museum to build on our successes and engage with campus Read More …

Second annual online Home Movie Day at Emory set for Oct. 20

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Grab some popcorn for Emory University’s second annual Home Movie Day on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m., hosted by Emory Libraries Preservation Office. This online event is an opportunity to explore interesting films from Emory University’s collections, consider film as a window into community history, and learn about the work of film preservation. The program Read More …

Connections exhibition highlights objects from collaborators

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An exhibition celebration will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, from 6-8 p.m., with a program, introduction of partner institutions, and reception; click here to register.     A Matisse, a microscope, a Civil War sword, a political cartoon, a plant specimen, and an anthropomorphic vessel. What brings these and other vastly different things Read More …

Historical markers at two pioneering public housing sites to be dedicated Oct. 11 in open ceremonies

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Georgia Historical Society markers will be unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, at the sites of two pioneering public housing developments that first opened in the 1930s. The ceremonies are open to the public. The first, at 1 p.m., will take place at the Techwood Homes cupola building at the intersection of Centennial Olympic Park Read More …