LSAB represents student interests and advocates for a student-centered environment that enhances learning, research, and community.
If you are interested in advocacy, leadership, and making an impact on student services, we want to hear from you. Georgia Tech undergraduates and graduate students from all disciplines and ranks are encouraged to apply. Applications are open from April 1 through May 1.
Your Library. Your Voice. Your Impact. Be a part of LSAB today.
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]]>Thirty years ago, Atlanta welcomed the world for the Centennial Olympic Games, a 17-day event that transformed the city and Georgia Tech’s campus. The Games brought unprecedented urban renewal and infrastructure projects, transforming Atlanta into a global stage. At the heart of this transformation was Georgia Tech. Serving as the Olympic Village and hosting several venues, Georgia Tech renovated Alexander Memorial Coliseum and added seven new dorms, the North Avenue Apartments, the Campanile, and a new pool that became the Campus Recreation Center, redefining the student experience for generations to come.
We invite the entire Georgia Tech community to relive these Olympic memories and explore their legacy at the Library’s newest exhibit, Centennial Summer: Georgia Tech’s Olympic Legacy, showcasing the lasting impact of the 1996 Games through photographs, artifacts, and stories.
Questions? E-mail Exhibits Program Manager Kirk Henderson.
Co-hosted by the Georgia Tech Library & Alumni Association.
]]>Created by 14 senior studio undergraduate students in the School of Architecture, Exhibitionist Storage is curated and by architect and educator Hyojin Kwon. It brings together speculative architectural projects that ask an unlikely but urgent question: What if storage — one of the most ubiquitous, yet invisible building types in the contemporary American city — were treated as a civic architecture?
Developed over the course of the Fall 2025 semester, the projects take self-storage facilities — often dismissed as banal, anonymous containers of excess — as a serious architectural and cultural subject.
ABOUT EXHIBITIONIST STORAGE
Self-storage is among the fastest-growing architectural typologies in the United States, expanding rapidly along highways, suburban corridors, and urban edges. Despite their prevalence, these facilities are typically designed to disappear from public consciousness: blank façades, inward-facing logics, and tightly controlled access.
They quietly absorb the material residue of contemporary life — objects displaced by mobility, precarity, inheritance, and accumulation — while remaining architecturally mute.
Exhibitionist Storage challenges that muteness. The projects on view reframe self-storage as a civic architectural typology, asking what happens when storage is made visible, legible, and public. Rather than treating storage as a purely private utility, the students imagine it as a spatial, cultural, and urban instrument — one that negotiates tensions between accumulation and access, privacy and exposure, memory and value.
Each project proposes a large-scale architectural intervention sited in Atlanta, hybridizing storage with public programs such as archives, exhibition spaces, markets, libraries, and civic platforms. In many of the proposals, the façade becomes a critical interface: not a neutral envelope, but an active mediator between the hidden logics of storage and the public realm. Through sectional cuts, porous skins, and performative envelopes, storage is exposed, curated, and staged.
The physical exhibition pairs meticulously crafted models with drawings and digital media displayed across the IMZ’s integrated screens. Visitors encounter not only formal explorations, but also arguments about time, care, and surplus embedded in architectural form. Storage is revealed as an architecture of deferral — spaces designed to hold things temporarily, often indefinitely — and as a system that reflects broader social and economic conditions.
What distinguishes the exhibition is its insistence that storage is never neutral. The projects collectively argue that storage participates in shaping civic life, even when it claims not to. By making storage exhibitionist, the work proposes architecture as a tool for rethinking how societies manage excess, visibility, and value.
Situated within the Georgia Tech Library, the exhibition benefits from its setting. As visitors move through the IMZ, the projects are encountered not as isolated objects but as part of a living public environment, inviting casual engagement alongside sustained study. The Library becomes an apt host for work that treats storage as a form of cultural memory and civic infrastructure.
Exhibitionist Storage offers a compelling glimpse into how architectural education can critically engage everyday building types and reimagine them as sites of public imagination. In doing so, the exhibition asks viewers to reconsider the spaces that quietly hold our lives — and what it might mean to bring them into view.
SPECIAL THANKS
Student participants: Amelia Barnard, Krishna Bhanderi, Delaney Bourg, Evelyn Bravo, Violet Cerbone, Doris Deng, Amy Cha, Alexis Lamar, Shain McHatton, Luca Maalouli, Mais Mehyar, Louise Richens, Yasmeen Smeirat and Carson Will.
With support from: Julie Ju-Youn Kim, School Chair, School of Architecture, College of Design
]]>The event will be held in April 2026 with cash prizes for first, second, third, and audience participation.
We invite submissions responding to the theme of Iteration: the process of revisiting, refining, and reshaping. Iteration is central to both creative work and academic life: a sketch becomes a drawing, a prototype becomes a product, a draft becomes a final form. It reflects how we grow, how we learn, and how we return to the same ideas with new perspective.
Artists are encouraged to interpret this theme broadly. Works might explore cycles, transformation, failure and revision, memory, repetition, or the beauty of the unfinished. Whether literal or abstract, personal or conceptual, your submission can reflect the many ways we loop, stretch, and evolve through making.
Details:
The Library’s special exhibition highlighting the extraordinary life and work of the visionary architect behind some of Atlanta’s most iconic buildings opened March 11.
In early September, the exhibit was featured as part of Georgia Tech Arts’ salon series. It featured guest speaker Paige Adair from the Portman Archives offering a brief but fascinating look into the artistic legacy of Portman: renowned architect, Georgia Tech alumnus, and passionate arts patron.
In late September, the exhibit won the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) Best of the South award for excellence in preservation education, research and outreach.
In November, the Library provided an opportunity to explore Portman’s homes, Entelechy I, located in Atlanta and Entelechy II, located in Sea Island, virtually using the Grove Level Interactive Media Zone. The pop-up exhibit also featured the unbuilt Entelechy III, meant as a personal museum for Portman.
Later that month, the Library hosted Preserving Peachtree Center: Historic Preservation and John Portman, a conversation with a panel of experts to explore the significance of Peachtree Center and the importance of historic preservation in Atlanta.
A proud Georgia Tech alumnus, Portman reshaped the city’s skyline with his innovative designs, including the groundbreaking Hyatt Regency and Peachtree Center. This exhibit offered an exclusive look into Portman’s creative process, architectural achievements, and lasting influence on urban design featuring artifacts from both the Georgia Tech Archives & Special Collections and the Portman Archives.
]]>The four-minute piece, which went live in November, is playing every hour at the ten-minute mark on Media Bridge, located between Price Gilbert and Crosland Tower.
About Synthetic Ecologies: AI-Translated Matter in Architectural Media
Rather than accelerating images, Synthetic Ecologies asks “how matter thinks.” New Materialism treats matter as an active partner; design emerges where human intention intra-acts with things, datasets, models, and light. Authorship becomes orchestration, and every dataset a canon—a politics of selection. Method, therefore, is ethics.
The project authors a white model first, fixing space, camera, light, and motion as temporal logic. AI then enters as a translator, moving on rails of depth/normal/segmentation with flow consistency. The surface reveals signs of behavior—gloss, scattering, porosity, accretion—rather than mere style. We publish provenance—sources and biases, node graphs and parameters, timelines and versions—so choices are traceable and contestable, transferable to learning, practice, and public decision.
From plastic toward a synthetic ecology, the work declares architecture thinking with media. AI is not authority but a transparent amplifier; authorship is not surrendered.
Spanning the Library, the Media Bridge is a civic threshold of study and routine, a common ceiling shared day and night. Installed overhead, the flow of plastics becomes a sky that prompts daily audiences to reflect on circulation, responsibility, and bias. Open provenance turns the piece into a public manifesto, linking campus AI literacy and circularity agendas to civic practice. The work does more than show images; it proposes a public curriculum where data and decisions, materials and culture, negotiate in view of the community.
Artist Bios
Hyojin Kwon is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and cofounder of Pre- and Post-, a research-driven design practice based in Atlanta and Boston. Her work explores how digital media — including animation, simulation, and AI-assisted image workflows — can function as both generative and critical tools within architectural design. Situated within a post digital framework, her recent projects investigate material agency and synthetic ecologies, often translating computational processes into civic installations and experimental representations. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Brisbane, Tokyo Designers Week, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, and Atlanta Contemporary, and supported by institutions such as MacDowell, Art Omi, and Autodesk.
Nix Liu Xin is a spatial computing artist and director, Harvard graduate, and the founder & CEO of OI (Onceness Intelligence), an experiential-AI startup. He envisions a future where 4D–AI interfaces enable everyone to record life moments, relive memories, and design immersive spatial experiences through intelligent 4D media.
He was named to the AACYF 30 Under 30 and has received accolades such as the Harvard Design Studies Domain Award, the CGarchitect 3D Awards, and the MIT AI Film Hack Award for Best Picture.
Additionally, Nix was featured as an artist at the Lianzhou Photography Biennale. He also co-founded the HarvardXR Conference and the Creative.Tech Community.
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“We’re hard at work on our next exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the games that put Atlanta, and Georgia Tech, on the map in terms of worldwide exposure,” said Jody Thompson, Assistant Dean for Archives, Records Management & Digital Curation. “We would love to include personal artifacts, photos, videos, stories and more to ensure the depth and breadth of the games and their impact is felt by visitors.”
Thompson said all submissions will be added to Georgia Tech’s Archives, ensuring future generations can access them in perpetuity. Not all submissions will be used in the exhibit, she said, but all will be will be preserved and made available through the Archives digital repository. Additionally, submitted memories and photography will be shared with in the Alumni Magazine and across the Alumni Association’s digital properties.
About the Georgia Tech Archives
The Georgia Tech Archives collects and preserves unique historical materials to inspire new creations, advance knowledge, and encourage innovation in service towards the public interest.
It collects and preserves unique historical materials to inspire new creations, advance knowledge and encourage innovation.
]]>The exhibit, now on display in Price Gilbert’s first floor gallery through 2025, highlights the extraordinary life and work of John Portman, the visionary architect behind some of Atlanta’s most iconic buildings. The win was announced at the 2025 SESAH Conference held Sept. 23 – 26 in Asheville, N.C.
“This is a huge honor for the Library and its Archives and Special Collections,” said Jody Thompson, Assistant Dean for Archives, Records Management & Digital Curation. “I’m thrilled we won such a prestigious award by focusing on the legacy of one of Tech’s truly special alumni.”
Established in 2006, the Best of the South (BOTS) Award honors a project that documents and educates the public about a historic property – including a building, a structure, or a complex of buildings and/or structures – in an outstanding manner, that enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of the built environment, and that demonstrate excellence in research, design, and execution.
About Defining Skylines: John Portman and the Architectural Evolution of Downtown Atlanta
A proud Georgia Tech alumnus, Portman reshaped the city’s skyline with his innovative designs, including the groundbreaking Hyatt Regency and Peachtree Center.
This exhibit offers an exclusive look into Portman’s creative process, architectural achievements, and lasting influence on urban design featuring artifacts from both the Georgia Tech Archives & Special Collections and the Portman Archives.
Explore how Portman’s connection to Georgia Tech helped shape his remarkable career and continues to inspire future generations of architects and designers.
We invite the Atlanta community to join us in celebrating the enduring legacy of one of Atlanta’s most influential figures.
]]>“We’re thrilled to bring this slate of events, discussions and learning opportunities to campus focused on the game-changing use of artificial intelligence happening across the Institute,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “The Library has brought together industry experts, student practitioners and research faculty to offer a varied and intriguing set of learning opportunities for our community.”
AI Week 2025 will include five separate in-person and online events, including:
Users can now place requests directly from the catalog and receive electronic items in your library account. The Library has also simplified the catalog search experience.
The default option, GT Library and beyond, lets you search Georgia Tech’s collections plus partner libraries across Georgia and the United States. And have no fear: You can also choose GT Library ONLY to focus just on Tech’s collections, including theses and dissertations.
Questions? Simply visit https://library.gatech.edu/help and get in touch with us. We’re here to help.
]]>To find your librarian team, visit our experts page or e-mail us at academicengagement@library.gatech.edu.
“We’re proud to roll out this new model to campus,” said Liz Holdsworth, Head of Academic Engagement at the Georgia Tech Library. “In this past, individual librarians served as liaisons for each of the Institute’s schools. Tech’s recent growth requires a new, more strategic model ensuring researchers find the best resources for their work.”
Each Georgia Tech college now has in place a team of librarians ready to help with everything from finding an article to navigating open access publishing. This new team model for research assistance makes it easier to connect, get research help, and utilize Library resources.
Going forward, seven teams of Library experts will serve Georgia Tech colleges:
The librarians, archivists, and public associates on those teams have a wide range of knowledge and skills.
Our teams will answer research questions and instruction and consultation requests related to the disciplines in their college, along with questions about library services or potential collaborations from faculty, staff, and students,” said Holdsworth.
]]>In the past, faculty would place print monographs and course packs on hold for students in their classes as part of the course reserves system. In the digital age however, the range of Library services has expanded to include e-books, journals, streaming media, and tutorials. As such, the Library seeks to support everyone and works to reduce textbook costs by providing best quality materials for faculty and students.
What Qualifies as No-Cost
Your course is considered No-Cost if students pay nothing out-of-pocket for required materials. Examples include:
What Qualifies as Low-Cost
Courses are labeled Low-Cost if required materials cost $40 or less total. This can include:
How to Make It Happen
Securing the Low- or No-Cost Designation
Only the reading room, which is a quiet study area, will be closed. The seventh floor rooftop terraces will remain open on their normal schedule, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The seventh floor conference room, 7130, will also operate as usual for bookings.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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All lending is restored.
Learn more about our gadgets lending service.
]]>“I’m proud to represent Georgia Tech, and academic libraries, on the board of NISO,” said Sharp. “Our experts routinely engage in NISO’s cutting-edge education program of webinars, virtual conferences and training series, so I’m proud to contribute to their important and vital work.”
Sharp joins Laura Cox (Senior Director, Publishing Industry Data, Copyright Clearance Center), Cynthia Hudson Vitale (Associate Dean for Technology Strategy & Digital Services, Johns Hopkins University), Alison Larkin (Associate Director, Peer Review Services, IEEE), and Monica Westin (Associate Director, Content and Discovery, Manchester Metropolitan University and Member, COUNTER Board of Directors).
Based in Baltimore, NISO’s mission is to build knowledge, foster discussion, and advance authoritative standards development through collaboration among the cultural, scholarly, scientific, and professional communities. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages with libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge.
]]>In late May, the team behind the current exhibit Defining Skylines: John Portman and the Architectural Evolution of Downtown Atlanta, in partnership with the Society of Georgia Archivists, hosted an exhibit tour exploring Portman's legacy and its lasting impact on the city’s landscape.
Then, in June, Archives staff were welcomed for a behind-the-scenes visit to the Chick-fil-A Archives, hosted by Document Archivist Jennifer Sirotkin at the company’s corporate headquarters. Highlights included early marketing materials featuring their original mascot, Doodles, and the evolution of the beloved "Eat Mor Chikin" cows.
Later that month, Student Experience Librarian Karen Manning, Collection Development Librarian Patty Kenly, and Archival Associate I Sara Matthews participated in a group tour of the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. They were joined by library colleagues from other institutions for knowledge sharing and professional growth.
]]>All Gadgets lending will be suspended during this time.
Head of Academic Engagement Liz Holdsworth won the Frances Kaiser Faculty Award for their exemplary leadership and demonstrated success both as a supervisor and as an advocate for Academic Engagement projects and people.
Technical Services Associate I Nicholas Cooper-Kedrick, Technical Services Associate Lead Glenna Barney, and Public Services Associate II Randall James won Price’s Pride staff awards for innovations in the collections management, Interlibrary Loan and front-line customer service.
Finally, AV/IT Support Professional Senior Quincy Thomas won the Dean’s Choice award for his work supporting public programming, events, teaching and visiting scholars.
In addition to the formal awards, Dean Leslie Sharp awarded employees throughout the Library with recognition for "Living Our Values Everyday" (L.O.V.E.). These included:
“We are so pleased to have Leslie Sharp as ASERL’s Board President for the year ahead,” said John Burger, executive director of ASERL. “She has established herself as a thought leader both in the region and nationally and has finely tuned interpersonal skills that will cultivate relationships to ensure ASERL continues to grow and thrive. I’m excited to be working more closely with her in the months ahead.”
Sharp said it is an honor to be elected to serve the group and her research library colleagues across the region.
“ASERL provides Georgia Tech and its other members with resource sharing, shared print, high quality professional development opportunities so that we can expand our reach, increase access to collections and information, and better serve our communities,” she said.
Founded in 1956, ASERL is based at Emory University Libraries. It is a leader in research library cooperation, providing important programs and services to support member
]]>Following a comprehensive administrative review, Leslie Sharp has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of Libraries at Georgia Tech, effective July 1, 2025.
This decision follows a review process outlined in the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook, which includes feedback from faculty, staff, students, and external library colleagues and an evaluation of Sharp’s performance and accomplishments during her term.
Sharp, who has served as dean of Libraries since July 1, 2020, has played a pivotal role in advancing Georgia Tech’s mission of supporting research, teaching, and learning across the Institute. Under her leadership, the Library has leveraged partnerships and resources to expand its collections. In one of its most effective initiatives, the Library partnered with units to make more affordable learning resources available for students. Sharp’s leadership has guided the Library’s focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and expanded services, saving students, faculty, and staff more than $2.12 million in 2024 through course reserves, interlibrary loan, Gadgets equipment lending, locker rentals, and room reservations. Her work has ensured that the Library is one of the most desirable places on campus to study, work, and collaborate.
“Leslie Sharp’s vision and dedication have strengthened the Georgia Tech Library’s role as a central hub for knowledge, innovation, and academic support for our entire community,” said Karie Davis-Nozemack, associate provost and incoming interim provost. “She brings a deep spirit of collaboration to her leadership, because she believes that the Library should serve and inspire every member of the Georgia Tech community — students, faculty, and staff alike. I am delighted that the Institute will continue to benefit from her impact for another term.”
Prior to her appointment as dean, Sharp served in dual roles as interim chief executive officer for the Library and associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development. In these roles, she oversaw operations across the organization, expanded support for graduate and postdoctoral students, and implemented faculty development practices.
Sharp also teaches historic preservation in the College of Design, where she previously served as assistant dean of Academic Affairs and Outreach. She holds a Ph.D. in the history and sociology of technology and science and a master’s in the history of technology from Georgia Tech, a master’s from Middle Tennessee State University, and a bachelor’s from the University of Georgia.
“I am honored to serve another term as dean of the Georgia Tech Library. My vision for the Library has been to make it the scholarly heart of the Georgia Tech community, a place where everyone has an opportunity to thrive,” said Sharp. “I love my colleagues and am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue our critical work in supporting the academic and research mission of the Institute while furthering student and faculty success.”
The review committee consisted of the following faculty, staff, and administrators:
The Georgia Tech community congratulates Dean Sharp on her reappointment and looks forward to her continued contributions to the Library and Georgia Tech community.
Writer: Julian Hills, Executive Communications, Institute Communications
Located on the second floor of Crosland Tower adjacent to the Second Floor Classroom, the Materials Library is a physical and digital database. Each sample has a QR code that connects to the online database where you can explore thousands of additional materials.
Engage with unique materials and find inspiration for your next creative project.
]]>All projectors, microphones, podium equipment and cabling in the spaces have reached the end of their life-cycles and must be replaced. The Library and Center for Teaching and Learning will resume using the classrooms in July.
]]>“I can’t think of a better example for the Spirit of GT Award than Technical Services,” said Associate Dean for Research and Scholarly Access Karen Glover. “I’m so very proud of this team and ecstatic that they are getting the recognition they deserve.”
The Spirit of GT Award hat recognizes individuals or teams who support and uphold the mission and vision of the Institute and possess character and professionalism that make working at Tech better.
]]>Head of Academic Engagement Liz Holdsworth and Assessment Librarian Matt Frizzell both will move from Librarian II classifications to Librarian III. Emerging Technologies Librarian Alison Valk will be promoted to Librarian IV, the highest classification available.
“We’re extremely proud of our incredible faculty here at the Georgia Tech Library,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “Through their hard work, dedication and commitment to scholarship, these longtime librarians exemplify the best of what this institution brings to students, faculty and staff daily.”
Valk has been emerging technologies librarian since 2010. In 2016, she championed the creation of Library's Media Scholarship Commons and developed the curriculum for the Library's multimedia program, integrating numerous educational resources including tools for video/audio editing and graphic design supporting technical communication skills. Valk now leads research initiatives focused on the use of virtual reality and emerging technologies in libraries.
Holdsworth, who has been with the Library since 2016, provides leadership for all aspects of instruction-related policies, procedures, and practices that support student learning and assesses programs in relation to student success. They engage as a thought-leader with faculty and colleagues in developing and enhancing strategies for an inclusive library culture.
Frizzell has been at Georgia Tech since 2006. He provides assessment leadership and support for pilot projects, services, and spaces to facilitate evidence-based decision making. He also plans, develops, and implements library-wide or campus-wide library focused assessment programs and strategies that enable continuous review, evaluation and improvement of services.
]]>You can see some of these sculptures as part of “How to Train your Algorithm,” a new exhibit from Christina Shivers, the 2023 Ventulett NEXT Fellow, on display in Crosland Tower’s second floor through May.
“This exhibit explores AI and its relationship to the development of ecologically experimental material and craft practices in architecture,” she explained. “I produced it as part of my Ventulett NEXT Fellowship in the School of Architecture.”
The pieces display the disparate forces at work in Shivers’ research, which broadly focuses on the intersection of technology, the environmental and economic thought specifically within the design disciplines.
As an academic, architect and musician, Shivers pulls from her bachelor’s in music with a concentration in music theory from Florida State, her master’s in architecture from Tech, and her PhD in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
“I sincerely hope everyone who sees the exhibit enjoys it,” she said.
]]>The Georgia Tech Library has entered into transformative agreements with three new publishing partners for 2025:
In 2024, 30 percent of Georgia Tech's open access publishing was covered under Library-brokered transformative agreements, saving authors more than $1.6 million in author and publisher costs.
They will support the growth and visibility of the institutional repository (the electronic home of all Tech-produced scholarship) while advancing the Library's mission to preserve and promote the scholarly and creative work of our campus community.
Evers brings experience in: scholarly communication, publishing workshops and talks for both students and faculty members; open access and open education resource creation; online exhibits, scholarly and research repository management; and electronic theses and dissertation support. They will work closely with colleagues across the Institute to support faculty and student submissions and expand repository services.
The Georgia Tech Institutional Repository is a home for research and scholarship via theses, dissertations, conference papers, and faculty publications. As part of their new role, Evers will work to increase of visibility through open access to and better discovery tools for the existing repository. Additionally, they will focus on repository strategy, outreach, product ownership and collaboration.
]]>To take advantage of this new option, simply use your @gatech.edu e-mail address when logging onto Zotero.org. If you're already using Zotero with a Georgia Tech e-mail address, the change will happen automatically.
If you are using Zotero without your Georgia Tech email address and would like to take advantage of the unlimited storage, simply add your institutional address to your account while logged in at https://www.zotero.org/settings/email.
]]>This exhibit will be open until December 2025. More programming is planned in fall semester.
A proud Georgia Tech alumnus, Portman reshaped the city’s skyline with his innovative designs, including the groundbreaking Hyatt Regency and Peachtree Center. This exhibit offers an exclusive look into Portman’s creative process, architectural achievements, and lasting influence on urban design featuring artifacts from both the Georgia Tech Archives & Special Collections and the Portman Archives.
Explore how Portman’s connection to Georgia Tech helped shape his remarkable career and continues to inspire future generations of architects and designers. We invite the Atlanta community to join us in celebrating the enduring legacy of one of Atlanta’s most influential figures.
“We couldn’t be prouder of Katie for showing her commitment to the archives profession, and her commitment to personal achievement and professional development,” said Jody Thompson, Head of the Georgia Tech Archives.
Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists is North America's oldest and largest national professional association dedicated to the needs and interests of archives and archivists. SAA represents more than 6,200 professional archivists employed by governments, universities, businesses, libraries, and historical organizations nationally.
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As a part of their work, students will compile a visual timeline of the evolution of the Garden. This includes gathering photographic documentation from those who have visited the Garden from its creation to the present. If you have ever visited the Garden and taken photographs, you can support their efforts by uploading your photographs to the Georgia Tech Archives at: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b18xy5wXKvXZJEG
Your donations will be added to the Georgia Tech Archives and shared with the Paradise Garden Foundation, ensuring the rich history of Paradise Garden is accessible for generations.
]]>Library Fund for Excellence
Gifts to the Library Fund for Excellence provide discretionary funds to support innovative pilots, projects, and programs that align with the Library’s strategic plan and fulfill our academic and research mission. Through this work, we create new paths of learning, knowledge, information, and resources to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.
Library Affordable Education Fund
Foster interdisciplinary teaching and learning for all students with a gift to the Library Affordable Education Fund. The costs of course materials have skyrocketed more than 1,000 percent since the 1970s, and your gift supports innovative solutions to ensure that faculty are partnering with the Library to provide students with the resources they need to be successful in the classroom, laboratory, and studio throughout their time at Georgia Tech.
To view the 2024 Impact Report, click here.
]]>retroTECH allows faculty, staff and students to interact with vintage technologies, from slide rules to Sega Genesis, as well as emulations of retro platforms on modern devices.
]]>The team’s goal for the 2025 spring semester is to collect data to understand better how the Institute utilizes XR technology. Thus, the team seeks Tech faculty to participate in a 15-minute online survey that will provide information on how they’re using extended reality (XR) technologies (virtual reality and augmented reality) in their teaching and research.
The survey will be open until Friday, March 7, will also help identify opportunities and challenges our faculty members face in using XR and find ways to facilitate and optimize its use at Georgia Tech.
If you are interested in participating, please review the consent form details and complete the Qualtrics survey here.
The Georgia Tech XR Cross-functional team is formed by Eric Sembrat and Meryem Yilmaz Soylu from C21U, Ameya Sawadkar from CTL, Warren Goetzel, Samba Diop, Allan Metts and Simeon Payne from OIT, Desmond Gardfrey and Jonathan Gardner from GTPE, Alison Valk from the Library, and Will Tran from Scheller.
For more information or questions about the survey, please contact Meryem Yilmaz Soylu at mmeryem@gatech.edu.
]]>Our partners in the current agreement, including the University of Georgia, Emory University, and other schools throughout the University System of Georgia, could also experience interruptions of access to these journals. Our consortia access ended Dec. 31, 2024, though Elsevier has extended access through the end of January.
As the largest academic publisher, Elsevier requires a large financial investment that has broad impacts on campus. Georgia Tech authors cited Elsevier journals more than 12,000 times in articles published in 2023, and campus downloaded nearly 1 million articles from Elsevier journals.
Updates will be available as information is shared throughout the consortia universities. In the meantime, if you have questions about access to Elsevier’s journals, please contact Assistant Dean for Content Strategy and Development Jay Forrest.
]]>In Fall 2024 Garth Milford and Sharetha Dantes, both of whom work for the Library providing service delivery, partnered with their colleagues in the Scheller College of Business to make the process of booking study rooms easier for students, faculty and staff.
“The expertise and the unwavering support from Garth and Sharetha have been instrumental in guiding this initiative to success,” said Will Tran, IT Support Professional in Scheller. “From project initiation through to its closure, their dedication ensured we had the tools, resources, and guidance needed to address any challenges.”
The work came out of the Library’s efforts throughout 2023 to simplify booking of the Library and Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons’ more than 200 separate study rooms – which see more than 41,000 bookings a year. In that process, said Milford and Dantes, the Library landed on a solution that could integrate with BuzzCards and existing room indicators for efficiency, visibility and ease of use.
Other units on campus took notice of the change, and soon Scheller asked for guidance in switching over their study room booking tool in a similar fashion.
“We set up tours, calls, lessons learned sessions and more to ensure the process went smoothly,” said Milford. For instance, Dantes delivered virtual training for all stakeholders and helped build the connections across campus to ensure success.
“Working with your team has been nothing short of phenomenal,” said Dr. Shannon Thomas, executive IT Director for Scheller. “They guided us meticulously — line by line, step by step — ensuring every aspect of the project was thoroughly addressed and brought to full and successful implementation.”
The Library’s College Administrative Officer, Sam Graham, said the project highlights the power of collaboration, demonstrating that the best outcomes are achieved through partnership.
“At the Library, we are committed to creating efficient solutions, and it’s rewarding to see this system’s benefits now reaching Scheller,” he said. “I encourage everyone to explore the system and experience its seamless integration, intuitive design, and easy user interface.”
To see all the service the Library offers, visit our Library Service Listing.
]]>Researchers have a suite of powerful new tools at their disposal, said Library Dean Dr. Leslie N. Sharp. Dimensions provides a holistic view of millions of publications, grants, citations, impact metrics, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents all in one place. Altmetircs Explorer looks beyond citation analysis by tracking online attention to published research in one, intuitive platform, she added.
“Faculty and staff can now also analyze research outcomes and gather insights on research funding and collaborations to inform future strategy,” said Sharp. “Then, they can easily track the online influence of that work in one place.”
A campus-wide training session is being set up for Spring, said Sharp. Additional information will be provided.
Dimensions Database
Dimensions, a Digital Science Solution, provides a suite of research applications and time-saving solutions that connect the dots across the research ecosystem for rapid insight.
It hosts the largest collection of interconnected global research data, including more than 70 percent of publications with full-text indexing. This data is then layered with easy-to-understand visualizations, purpose-built applications and integrated AI technology to speed up interpretation.
Dimensions covers publications, datasets, grants, patents, clinical trials, and policy documents. It provides both full-text and metadata searching to millions of documents and supports natural language searching, provides access to Library-licensed content, shows citations and references, and allows filtering by several dimensions including research organization, funder, and research category.
IP access is enabled, but for the full suite of site features please click the sign in button (top right) and use your GT account to sign in via GT SSO.
Altmetrics Explorer
The Institute also has access to Altmetrics Explorer, which meticulously and continuously scours the online world to establish the influence of research. It automates the process by tacking thousands of online mentions and collating them into one platform. It tracks policy documents, mainstream news outlets, social media, blogs, Wikipedia, online reference managers and more.
]]>“As we continuously invest in technology, it is important that the Library understands the needs of our disability community,” said Karen Manning, the Engagement and Inclusion Librarian. “Bringing awareness to our assistive technologies addresses accessibility needs and provides a method to improve the functional capabilities of our users.”
The Library recently purchased two timers, two large print keyboards, five decibel reducing headsets, two trackball mice and one talking graphing calculator, said Kimberly Griffis, the Public Services associate spearheading the effort.
“It’s a small group of items to increase our accessibility options,” said Griffis. “But I’m sure more will be added in the future.”
All items are circulated for 24 hours, said Griffis. Though, she added, the time may change based on community feedback to the program.
To learn more about the Georgia Tech Library’s Gadgets program, click here.
Manning received GLA’s Bob Richardson Memorial Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the Association through unselfish, dedicated service to the organization.
Thompson received the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA) Fellows Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to archives and archivists in the state.
“These awards make clear what we’ve known for some time, that Karen and Jody are top-tier professionals who give their time and energy every day to ensuring our students, faculty, staff and community are well-served by the Georgia Tech Library,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “I cannot think of two more deserving individuals.”
Manning, who counts decades of service to the Library, serves as the Library’s Campus Diversity Liaison, working within a network of peer positions across the University and colleagues for strategic planning of engagement and inclusion initiatives, programs, and practices.
Thompson, who also serves as head of the Records Management & Digital Curation department and the Library’s Preservation Manager, promotes research and instruction through archival collections relating to the academic curriculum.
The Bob Richardson Memorial Award was established by the Executive Board of GLA in 1999 in recognition of Bob Richardson’s dedicated service to the Association. It honors those who have given outstanding service to the Association.
The SGA Fellows Award was established in 2009. It recognizes members based on:
“This digital collection, generously donated by Mary Mikell Spence (ICS ’83), Hall’s great-granddaughter, features an intimate assortment of letters, postcards, photographs, and telegrams,” said Digital Projects Specialist Katie Gentilello.
The materials cover the length of Hall’s presidency, 1898 to 1905, but also stretch to 1930. To view the Archives’ collection of materials associated with Hall, simply visit our website.
Hall, Tech’s second president and first chair of Mathematics, served the Institute from 1896 to 1905. Among other noteworthy achievements, he hired John Heisman (namesake of college football’s coveted Heisman Award) as Tech’s first professional coach. Hall also oversaw construction of the Shacks, Knowles and French buildings and added four new degrees to the bourgeoning Institute’s catalog: electrical, chemical, textile and general engineering.
“The Lyman Hall Correspondence collection features 10 ledgers of letters addressed to various recipients, including prospective students, parents, donors, government officials, publishers, architects, and academic peers,” said Gentilello.
Due to the fragile condition of the collection, archivists Archives staff employed image processing techniques to enhance readability and contrast, facilitating transcription. Though time-consuming, the process improved accessibility through full-text indexing.
Significant content includes: President Hall’s appeal to the City of Atlanta for the paving of North Avenue; requests to city leaders and business figures for donations to establish the French Textile School; letters to Andrew Carnegie seeking funding for the first campus library; and efforts to secure legislative support for the institution.
“This collection from the Spence family adds an amazing accompaniment to the Archives' existing Lyman Hall materials and documents the early history of the Institute's second president,” said Jody Thompson, head of Archives.
To learn more about Georgia Tech’s unique and compelling history, or to schedule time for viewing materials in person in the Archives Reading Room, visit https://library.gatech.edu/archives.
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WHERE ARE THE BOOKS?
First, let’s address the elephant in the room (or lack of it): Many of the books are off the shelves. Don’t worry – this is merely an effect of the cooled water outage this summer. Temperatures and humidity rose in the Library for several weeks in late July and August, so we moved all of our physical collections to Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. It was a big effort – one which continues with cleaning every single book, as well.
It will take us several months to ensure all the collections are in good shape, and as we do, we’ll be able to move them back on the shelves where they belong. But don’t worry – the majority our collections, more than 99.9 percent, are still available online and through delivery from our Library Service Center, managed collaboratively with Emory University.
WHAT ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE?
Everything you love about the Library – our open spaces, our collaborative study rooms, our workshops and classes, our 24-hour help, our monthly events – is still happening. You’ll use the Library just as you always have.
And don’t forget that we have 24-hour, up-to-the-minute occupancy monitoring, so you always know which parts of the Library have space for you and your friends.
Also, keep an eye out for the recently completed Interactive Media Zone, located on Grove Level of Price Gilbert. We are testing content on it right now in anticipation of our Artist-in-Residence, Bojana Ginn, who will use the IMZ in October.
ROOM CHECK-IN
There is one change, though: You now must check into your reserved study space when you get there. You have a 10-minute window before the reservation is released and the room becomes available again. This decision was made in response to the tremendous amount of use the rooms receive, and we think students will be happy to know we listened.
There is so much more I could go into, but instead I’ll let you look at this month’s newsletter to see what we have available. Remember, we’re here 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week when school is in session. So, stop by and use the Library. We think you will be very glad you did.
]]>Users simply need to check in at the touchscreen monitor of each room, said John Mack Freeman, Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Director of Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. There will no changes to the established reservation process.
“We’ve heard students loud and clear: If you reserve a study or breakout room, you have to physically show up and use it,” he said. “Otherwise, after 10 minutes it will revert back to open use, meaning anyone can reserve the room.”
To book space in one of the Library or Clough breakout or study rooms, simply visit https://library.gatech.edu/spaces-technology/reserve.
To learn more about reservations limits, student organization use and more, visit https://library.gatech.edu/spaces-technology/faq-policies.
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To protect the physical collections in the Library, faculty and staffed moved every book to Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. Luckily, it still had air conditioning. If not, they would have not been able to arrest the growth of mold on the more than 30,000 books.
It could have been a disaster, meaning hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for the Institute. Here’s why: Mold is bad for physical materials. This is why the collections in the Library’s offsite storage facility, the Library Service Center, stay at 55 degrees Fahrenheit and 35 percent relative humidity. Those settings keep the materials in pretty much perfect condition for the next 250 years.
But back to campus: The high heat and humidity in campus buildings from the chilled water outage have made mold – which is ever-present no matter what -- very happy. When mold is happy, it grows and spreads. And that mold growth can mean serious health problems to the thousands of people who use the Library every day.
The Library will be OK in the long-term. Faculty and staff are now in the process of cleaning any new mold growth on materials so the Library can open as soon as the chilled water outage is fixed. This includes cleaning shelves and tables with alcohol and vacuuming every inch of carpet.
And once the humidity is back under control in your building, you’ll want to jump into action to protect your own cherished books.
To clean books, here is a list of materials you’ll need:
Since the Library’s books are currently in boxes, we first remove the books from the box. We vacuum the inside of the box on all sides and corners to get as many mold spores as possible that have fallen off the books. Then we turn our attention to the books:
What about papers? Unfortunately, cleaning single sheets is extremely difficult because of the suction. Instead, make photocopies of all your important documents and trash the originals. It’s a great way to clean out your office!
If you have any questions about your own materials, feel free to contact the Library.
We also recommend you check out this article from the Northeast Document Conservation Center, which specializes in treating and digitizing collections made of paper or parchment.
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“Save for the popular reading, science fiction, Core, and archives collections typically stored in the buildings, everything will be available to our users,” said Dean Leslie Sharp.
“We will return those physical collections to our shelves as they are cleaned,” she added.
WHAT IS AVAILABLE?
To see a full list of Library services, click here.
WHAT IS NOT AVAILABLE?
WHAT HAPPENED?
In late July and early August multiple campus buildings lost air conditioning due to a chilled water outage. To protect the physical collections in the Library, faculty and staffed moved every book to Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. Faculty and staff are now in the process of cleaning materials, plus shelves and tables.
The Library (both Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower) remains closed to non-building occupants until further notice. Public Services staff will be on hand at Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons' CORE Desk, located on the Clough's second floor, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, Aug. 16, barring an earlier Library open date.
The Library remains committed to providing a healthy environment for all visitors following the chilled water outage and will open as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience.
Learn more about campus impacts from the chilled water outage.
UPDATE 3: Thursday, Aug. 8
The Library (both Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower) remains closed to non-building occupants until further notice. Out of an abundance of caution, we're taking measures to ensure that the Library is a healthy environment for all visitors following the chilled water outage.
Learn more about campus impacts from the chilled water outage.
UPDATE 2: Friday, Aug. 2
Due to the ongoing chilled water outage impacting air conditioning in the Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower, the Library will close to the public at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2.
It will remain closed to non-building occupants until further notice. Virtual services remain available during modified operations.
Learn more about campus impacts from the chilled water outage.
UPDATE 1: Tuesday, July 30
Requesting of all physical Library materials has been suspended due to the ongoing chilled water outage impacting air conditioning in the S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower. Additionally, all enclosed study and breakout rooms in both buildings are unavailable for booking.
Some services are still available. The Library’s main service point, INFODesk, has been relocated to the Clough CORE desk on Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons’ second floor. Temperature and humidity remain stable in Clough, and users are urged to study there.
At the relocated INFODesk students, faculty and staff can still return items, check out instant-loan Gadgets and receive reference support. Price Gilbert’s third floor Print Studio is still open, as well. It will remain open through the end of finals.
In addition to materials lending, the Library has suspended reservation Gadgets and use of Price Gilbert’s fourth floor Dissertation Defense Room.
If you have an urgent request for materials that cannot wait until the Library is fully operational, please contact John Mack Freeman, Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Director of Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.
The Library, with help from the Institute, is working to move all physical materials out of the building and into storage in order to protect them from further damage caused by high temperatures and humidity.
Learn more about campus impacts from the chilled water outage.
]]>In this position, she will collaborate with teaching faculty, library staff, and other campus partners to promote open and affordable learning materials and access to library collections and course reserves.
Affordable learning resources and open educational resources (OER) are an important part of teaching at Georgia Tech. In the past, faculty would place print monographs and course packs on hold for students in their classes as part of the course reserves system. In the digital age however, the range of Library services has expanded to include e-books, journals, streaming media, and tutorials. As such, the Library seeks to support everyone and works to reduce textbook costs by providing best quality materials for faculty and students.
An underrated component of the GT/GTRI connection is the Georgia Tech Library. The Library aims to “create, maintain and secure for the future an environment where scholars can access the vast digital cloud….”
The arduous task of organizing, sorting and searching through that cloud falls on the savvy staff of the library. A couple of whom have as part of their main job duties providing direct and focused help to GTRI’s researchers.
Raven Davis, the inaugural Research Scientist in Data Analytics at the Georgia Tech Library, is pioneering a path that intersects technology, data, and education. With a background that moved from English-Creative Writing at Agnes Scott College to journalism, and finally to the realm of data analytics, Raven's journey has been anything but ordinary. Her role at Georgia Tech involves demystifying the complex world of data for faculty as well as students, providing a compass for those navigating the seas of information available.
Raven's journey into data analytics was sparked by her fascination with storytelling and its power to illuminate the human condition. Her academic pursuits, blending creative writing with a keen interest in the narratives data can reveal, led her to explore how information is transformed into actionable insights. This exploration was fueled by a story on a healthcare startup using predictive analytics to combat maternal mortality.
"After reading that article, I became interested in the possibilities of using data to improve society," said Raven. This epiphany led her to Georgia Tech's online Masters in Analytics program, a decision that has positioned her at the forefront of the library's efforts to integrate data analytics into academic research and learning.
"I provide course-integrated instruction on data visualization and analytics, as well as workshops on Python and R programming," Davis explains. Her approach is hands-on, offering a lifeline to researchers and students who find themselves adrift in the digital age. Whether it’s through email consultation or collaborative sessions, Davis is committed to ensuring that the Georgia Tech community is not just literate, but fluent in the language of data.
Raven's work extends beyond the classroom and consultations; she is actively involved in curating data sets for the library's repository, ensuring that students and faculty have access to high-quality, relevant data for their research projects. Her initiatives in promoting open data and research transparency are critical in fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration at Georgia Tech.
Bette Finn, the GTRI Subject Librarian, has witnessed first-hand the digital transformation of the Georgia Tech Library since 1989. Finn's tenure has seen the library's database offerings explode from a handful to over 700, a testament to the exponential growth of information and the technology used to harness it. Finn's role is multifaceted, offering everything from quick assistance by email to in-depth, personalized research consultations.
"My services include quick assistance by email, in-depth one-on-one customized assistance, and customized group orientations," Finn details. Her expertise in navigating the library's vast array of databases is a critical asset to the GTRI community, ensuring researchers have access to the most relevant and cutting-edge information available.
Finn's dedication to her role is fueled by a deep-seated love of learning and a personal connection to Georgia Tech, where her father taught engineering for 29 years. "Working as a librarian at the Georgia Tech Library has always been my dream job," she says. Her approach to librarianship is informed by a keen awareness of the transformative power of digital resources, which has revolutionized the way academic libraries support research and learning.
The collaborative efforts of Davis and Finn exemplify the library's mission to empower the Georgia Tech community with the tools and knowledge necessary to lead in an increasingly data-driven world. While Davis brings a fresh perspective on data analytics and visualization, Finn offers a bridge to the library's rich reservoir of resources, honed by years of experience and expertise.
Together, they embody the spirit of innovation that defines Georgia Tech, guiding GTRI researchers through the ever-evolving landscape of information and technology.
Bette Finn provided these links to resources that the GT Library has available for GTRI researchers.
]]>Digital Curation Librarian Susan Parham won the Frances Kaiser Faculty Award for her scholarship, service, and outreach in embracing the possibilities that digital preservation, curation, and access offer to the world of organized information.
Public Services Associate II Andrew George, Director of Development Chelsea Knott, and Technical Services Associate II Teresa Lathrom won Price’s Pride staff awards for innovations in the Library’s locker service, development efforts and cataloging.
Finally, Librarian Emerita Stella Richardson won the Dean’s Choice award for her work launching and supporting the Library’s Engagement and Inclusion Council.
]]>An awarded conceptual artist and former medical doctor, Ginn creates at the intersection of art, biology, medical sciences, and technology. She will work with the Library throughout the summer and into Fall semester 2024.
This year’s program, which focuses on a media Artist-in-Residence, is a collaboration between the Library and the Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA). It is funded by the Price Gilbert Jr. Charitable Fund and IMA.
“We are eagerly anticipating the art and experiences Bojana will bring to Tech’s students and the Library,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “We expect she will deliver her unique vision to the Library’s spaces and technologies in new and exciting ways.”
Interested in the microscopic worlds of the body and environment in the age of digital and biotechnologies, Ginn explores human identity, mental health, AI and virtual reality, the techno-sphere, and trans-humanism.
“I am thrilled to embark on this incredible journey as a resident artist at Georgia Tech,” said Ginn. “The prospect of connecting with innovative, esteemed faculty and bright students fills me with boundless excitement.”
Ginn is known for installations that create a "soft space" for discovering the intimacies between humans and technology, a place where the technological and natural worlds connect.
“Being able to facilitate rich conversations and exchange ideas within this dynamic community is a dream come true,” said Ginn. “Moreover, the opportunity to explore and harness cutting-edge technologies opens endless possibilities for creative expression and experimentation.
“I can't wait to dive in, connect, and create new media installations that engage and inspire. This residency promises to be an exhilarating fusion of art, technology, and collaboration, and I am beyond grateful for the chance to be a part of it.”
ABOUT BOJANA GINN
Dr. Bojana Ginn is an awarded interdisciplinary artist, medical doctor, scientist, curator, and writer. Merging art, science and technology, Ginn creates installations, video-sculptures, and photography.
Her work is shown in galleries and museums in Atlanta, New York, Barcelona, Venice, Baltimore, Nashville, Savannah, Berlin, and in International SciArt Conferences in the United States, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Ginn was honored with the prestigious Ellsworth Kelly Award by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Working Artist Project Award at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia. Ginn was a finalist for The World Technology Network Award in Art, and her video work was featured at the 2016 Venice Architectural Biennale. She often collaborates with scientific organizations like NASA, Georgia Institute of Technology, Augusta Cyber Center, Emory University, and SciArt Center.
ABOUT THE GEORGIA TECH LIBRARY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
The Georgia Tech Library Artist-in-Residence program, curated and programmed by Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist Catherine Manci, enhances and expands the current educational experience through arts-based programming as it relates to STEM fields and Georgia Tech areas of study. A visiting artist engages the Georgia Tech community in an artistic and aesthetic exploration of the role of the libraries in society, and the Artist-in-Residence program supports the mission of the Library through arts-based programming and engagement as a core responsibility of the artist-in-residence.
World-renowned multimedia visionary Deanna Sirlin was the inaugural 2022 Library Artist-in-Residence. Her piece, Watermark, is on display on the ground floor of Crosland Tower.
In 2023 the Library partnered with former Georgia Tech assistant professor and double-graduate Jacket Tristan Al-Haddad for the second installment of the Artist-In-Residence program. His piece, Polycentric Truthes, is on display in Price Gilbert’s First Floor Reading Room.
ABOUT THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA) champions the fusion of arts and tech to bring public attention to the social and cultural implications of science and technology.
It is a partnership of the Georgia Tech Library and the School of Literature, Media and Communication. The Library is a space for experimentation, connection, and communication in scholarship and creativity that seeks ways to reduce the barriers between disciplines and intellectual communities. The School of Literature, Media, and Communication defines new models of intellectual inquiry and practice that bring diverse humanistic perspectives to bear on technological invention and innovation.
The center defines Media Art broadly, as any form of creative expression—for example in the visual, literary, or performing arts—that requires or incorporates technology to be realized. The intersections of practices and media inherent to Media Art facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration and renew individual creativity. The Center aims to reduce the barriers of disciplinary silos at Georgia Tech and spur innovation in our research and artistic practices.
To learn more about Media Arts at Georgia Tech, visit https://media-arts.gatech.edu/.
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Designed by Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Diversity Resident Alex Brinson with oversight from University Archivist Alex McGee, the course is the result of Tech undergraduate Sam Bolton looking for information about her grandfather, Robert Cheeseboro, being denied admission to Georgia Tech in 1953.
“A reply to Cheeseboro and letters involving other prospective Black students were found in a collection called the ‘Board of Regents records,’” said Brinson. “Because the materials in which we eventually found information involving Cheeseboro were vaguely described, they were difficult to find — essentially burying a piece of Georgia Tech’s history.”
Finding these stories, she said, “demonstrates the power archivists have when processing or preparing archival collections for use.”
The course is broken into three main sections: the traditional narrative around integration at Tech and the efforts of Black students before 1961; the process of discovering the Board of Regents records, including historical context and the lack of “inclusive description;” and how the Georgia Tech Library now describes such records to unveil the important stories contained within.
“The decisions around how we describe and display these types of important historical records inform the way history is told and understood,” said McGee.
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