Library Blog

After reading U.S. headlines -- news.google.com gives a good entry point -- you might like to see directly the latest reactions from news sources around the world.  The library has a database for that -- in fact, several.  Check out the "News Sources" category in Databases AT Emory, esp.

The Ice Cream Sundae study break last Tuesday night (April 26) at 8 p.m. in the Jones Room was a huge hit. Sponsored by the Woodruff Library, the break was intended to give the students the sugar-rush they needed to get through finals.

10 gallons of ice cream (with toppings) disappeared in 30 minutes.

In keeping with campus sustainability efforts and the local food movement, the Emory seniors piloted a library initiative last night, promoting chickens in urban academic landscapes.  Eighteen chickens and two roosters were involved.

Emory Libraries has contributed 430 digital items/objects to the ASERL Civil War digital project.  The "Civil War & the American South:  Primary source materials from the Southeast’s leading research libraries.”  Emory's contributions to the site can be found under "MARBL" under "contributing institutions."  You can limit your search to collections at select institutions, including our own.  Thanks to MARBL (especially David Faulds) and the Digitization and Digital Curation Team for selecting and d

By Dr. Amanda Golden, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Poetics at the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry

During the Spring 2011 semester, students in Dr. Golden's class completed a paper assignment using MARBL collections. Here, in the third of a three-part series of blog entries, she discusses her students' findings and what they learned from interacting with archival documents.

By Laura Thomson, Director of Processing, Amistad Research Center

"Working for Freedom: Documenting Civil Rights Organizations" is a collaborative project between Emory University's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, The Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, and The Robert W. Woodruff Library of Atlanta University Center to uncover and make available previously hidden collections documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta and New Orleans. The project is administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Each organization regularly contributes blog posts about their progress.

Carmel Carrington Marr, former legal advisor to the United States Mission to the United Nations (UN), attorney, community activist, and energy consultant. Marr worked extensively in public service through her membership on many boards and committees including the Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the Billie Holiday Theatre for the Performing Arts, New York State School for Girls at Hudson, New York, and various boards and committees related to energy, as well as political, professional, and women’s organizations.