The next Miscellaneous Month will be 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, with the theme of typewriters and their impact on literature, activism, and art. Please note that the Woodruff Library is restricted to Emory cardholders only during this week due to final exams, so members of the public should send an email to gaby Read More …
For the first time, items from Emory’s Rose Library will be on exhibit at the world’s busiest airport, where millions of travelers coming through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta international can take a break and explore materials on the history of hip hop in Atlanta and its torchbearer, EarWax Records. “Beyond the 50: Continuing Hip Hop’s Legacy” celebrates Read More …
Audience members can be a part of history when they attend “Artist & Influence: An Oral History Interview with Noah Jemisin in conversation with Halima Taha” on Friday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. The event, inspired by the Artist & Influence journal and interview series created by Camille Billops and James V. Hatch, will be Read More …
This fall, the conservation team will offer another opportunity in our series of free, drop-in workshops. These informal workshops offer a chance for spontaneous creativity in the context of learning about serious conservation research on materials and techniques of historical book bindings. In 2023, summer conservation intern Devon Blankenbaker led a workshop on paper marbling. Read More …
This summer, I had the extraordinary privilege of interning with Emory University’s Woodruff Library Resource Description team. As an undergraduate entering my final year and planning to pursue an MLIS, this experience offered me hands-on insight into the world of cataloging. Now, it could be assumed that I’d be working on standard materials like course Read More …
The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is the proud home of the C.T. and Octavia Vivian papers. Emory University acquired the collection in 2014 and since that time, it has been a boon for scholars, students, and faculty researching the civil rights movement and its aftermath. A new exhibit, “Hello Darling”: Read More …
Emory Libraries is one of the ten institutions in the world to hold the full run of the Jewish magazine Pee-pee-fox, also known as Pipifoḳs (transliteration) and in Hebrew script פיפיפאקס—according to Worldcat.org. At the beginning of 2024, the acquisition of this periodical was made possible through Emory Libraries’ Davis III Humor Endowment. As of 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 …
Celebrating World Digital Preservation Day 2024 on Thursday, Nov. 7! On October 17 at Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory Libraries Preservation Department and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library hosted Home Movie Day 2024, a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking from the Emory Libraries collections. Guided by the Center for 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 …
The breeze of Nowruz is blowing from the land of the beloved Ask this wind to help delight your heart Hafiz, poem 454 of the Divan They were to observe them as days of feasting and merrymaking, and as an occasion for sending gifts to one another and presents to the poor. Book of Esther Read More …
Jazz aficionados and educators are invited to a special event on Thursday, March 21, when Emory University professor and jazz pianist Gary Motley will launch his new book with a panel discussion that includes jazz luminaries. The panel discussion, moderated by WABE’s Lois Reitzes, will take place from 5 – 6 p.m. in the Stuart Read More …
