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.
]]>The Georgia Tech Library will reopen to students, faculty, staff and the public at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. All services and most physical collections will be available.
“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.
]]>In this new role, Holdsworth provides leadership for all aspects of instruction-related policies, procedures, and practices that support student learning. They also spearhead assessment programs in relation to student success and engage as a thought-leader with faculty and colleagues, developing and enhancing strategies for an inclusive Library culture.
“Liz joined the Georgia Tech Library in 2016 and has since proved themself a hard-working, committed partner in student and faculty education,” said Library Dean Leslie Sharp. “We’re thrilled to bring Liz’s unique insight and partnership abilities to the Library’s efforts to engage academically across the Institute.”
Holdsworth began their career at the Georgia Tech Library as the subject matter expert for STEM disciplines and digital learning objects. In February 2023 they transitioned to leading the Library’s Multimedia and Online Learning efforts.
“As a STEM Librarian and Team Leader, Liz demonstrated leadership and vision for academic engagement services and faculty,” said Aisha Johnson, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Outreach. “We are elated to promote them and the Library’s commitment to investing in our people.”
]]>The Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award recognizes documents librarians who have made significant contributions to the field of state, international, local, or federal documents. This award recognizes those whose contributions have benefitted not only the individual's institution but also the profession.
GODORT recognized Kenly for her committee work and officer positions in several professional library organizations. She has chaired the Georgia Government Information Interest Group (GIIG) and served on the Georgia State Depository Plan Committee. For many years she has actively participated on the Government Information Committee of the ACRL Science and Technology Section.
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If you'd like to learn more about how your Georgia Tech Library supported virtually all parts of campus last year, make sure to check out the 2023 Impact Report. As always, the report features interactive, customizable data covering circulation, consultations, instruction, facilities use, and much, much more.
]]>Freeman, who has been with the Library since 2021, is Head of Public Services. He will now also help coordinate both the Library buildings and Clough’s in-person user experience, including identifying opportunities for student-focused interdisciplinary initiatives that enhance the undergraduate learning experience.
“We are excited to bring Mack’s experience and expertise to bear on the interrelated user experiences of the Library and Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons,” said Library Dean Leslie Sharp. “His proven record of success in Library projects promises great things moving forward.”
In this role, Freeman will:
Freeman will continue to report to Associate Dean for Content, Access, and User Services Karen Glover. In his leadership capacity with Clough Commons , he will also have a dual line of reporting to Dr. Steven Girardot, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.
“Mack’s appointment as the inaugural director of Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons marks a pivotal moment in the building’s history and evolution,” said Girardot. “I am confident that with his leadership, and in collaboration with our academic partners, we will realize its full potential as a vibrant hub of undergraduate learning, ensuring that every student has the academic support and resources they need to succeed.”
Freeman will serve on the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) leadership team and co-chair the Clough Academic Partners group, which includes Academic Success and Advising (ASA), the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), The Office of Experiential and Engaged Learning (E2L), the Naugle Communication Center, and the College of Sciences.
Freeman was a 2015 American Library Association Emerging Leader and a 2021 recipient of the Georgia Library Association’s McJenkin-Rheay Award. His research interests include library services to traditionally under-served populations, privacy and surveillance in library spaces, the intersection of libraries and public policy, staff development, and equipment lending in libraries.
]]>As part of the exciting new initiative, librarians will review fall 2023 Scheller courses to discover if it is possible to purchase materials to support high expense and high-enrollment classes.
“What sets this effort apart is that our librarians will reach out to faculty about the potential cost-saving purchases,” said John Mack Freeman, Head of Public Services Librarian. “This moves past our current passive model where faculty recommend purchases for us.”
Dean Dr. Leslie Sharp said the Library is especially excited about the pilot program because it truly helps everyone in the course.
“The Georgia Tech Library is committed to helping students meet their academic goals, and reducing the cost of a class is a part of that,” said Sharp. “We are not waiting on the sidelines for someone to ask what needs to be done. Instead, we’re pushing up our sleeves and saying, ‘How we can use our expertise to advance student affordability?’”
Though the effort is immense, the rewards have huge potential to help students, said Freeman.
“It’s complex work behind the scenes, but every course where we can provide something gets us a little closer to our goal.”
]]>“These faculty and staff, coming from departments as disparate as electrical and computer engineering, mathematics, computer science, psychology and international affairs, brought real savings to their students,” said Library Dean Dr. Leslie Sharp.
Reading Lists allows instructors to add Georgia Tech Library resources, web resources, and their own documents to a single place in Canvas. Students then find all of their course materials in one place.
Potential savings for Leganto across the Institute total more than $175,000, said Associate Dean for Content, Access and User Services Karen Glover.
“We’re working diligently with our partners across campus to try and bring these savings to more students,” she said. “It is our sincere hope that we maximize the potential of this tool and make education more affordable for thousands more students.”
The following faculty and staff were among the top users of the service provided by the Library:
Want to learn more? Please refer to the comprehensive guide How to use Reading Lists by Leganto, or use the quick start guide.
]]>“This event is a celebration of new ways of learning and creating knowledge born from the intersection of arts and technology,” said Yanni Loukissas, director of IMA. “It marries the Library’s reputation as a space for experimentation, connection, and communication with the School of Literature, Media and Communication’s work defining new models of intellectual inquiry and practice.”
Media Arts Day 2024 events
Join a panel of Georgia Tech faculty Thursday, Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Library’s Scholars Event Network Theater, located on the first floor of Price Gilbert, as they discuss how they use media arts in their classes.
Moderated by Loukissas, this panel will include:
Join the Georgia Tech Library and IMA Thursday, Jan. 18 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. for the first “Bubbling Up” faculty mixer of 2024. The topic is “Media Arts.”
This event will be held in Price Gilbert Memorial Library’s fourth floor Faculty Research Zone. To RSVP for an accurate count for food and beverages, please click here.
All faculty and post-docs who research, teach, or are interested in Media Art are welcome to make low pressure, conversational connections around campus.
The "Bubbling Up" faculty mixer series is co-sponsored by the offices of the Provost, Executive Vice President for Research, and Vice Provost for Faculty.
Join Multimedia and Emerging Technologies Librarian Alison Valk Thursday, Jan. 18 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Georgia Tech Library’s Scholars Event Network Theater, located on the first floor of Price Gilbert, to explore her course “Empathy Bytes.”
This program will include both a presentation and interactive demonstration of the student-led digital archive.
Pulling in technology and techniques from virtual and augmented reality, 3D modeling, and media production, Valk’s Vertically Integrated Project “Empathy Bytes” builds an immersive digital archive of interviews, photographs, multimedia, and writings from diverse communities with connections to Georgia Tech.
Join Library Artist-in-Residence Tristan Al-Haddad Thursday, Jan. 18 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Georgia Tech Library’s Scholars Event Network Theater, located on the first floor of Price Gilbert, for a live Lost in the Stacks podcast recording.
Al-Haddad will be joined by Ph.D. student Gerry Chen. They will discuss using emerging technologies to achieve specific artistic visions, focusing on Al-Haddad’s “RAW AIR” mural project on Price Gilbert’s windows. Additionally, they’ll explore the fusion of art and technology and learn how experts leverage modern tools for innovative expression.
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.
The Center supports three interrelated programs:
To learn more about Media Arts at Georgia Tech, visit https://media-arts.gatech.edu/.
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This year’s theme, “My Kind of Data,” aims to highlight the personal aspects of data and its impact on our world, said Catherine Manci, the Library’s public programming and community engagement specialist.
“The overarching goal of Love Data Week 2024 at Georgia Tech is to encourage participants to explore the significance of data equity, inclusion, and its role in shaping a more compassionate and informed world,” she said. “By emphasizing the personal aspects of data, these workshops aim to bridge disciplinary communities and foster a kinder world through data.”
Love Data Week events include:
About Love Data Week
Established in 2016, Love Data Week is an international event in which a wide range of institutions, organizations, scholars, students, and other data lovers celebrate their data.
Organizers aim to promote good research data management strategies, share data success and horror stories, and ask hard questions about the role of data in our lives.
As part of the festivities, universities, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, corporations and individuals are encouraged to host and participate in data-related events and activities.
To learn more, visit the Love Data Week website.
]]>The award will be presented during this year’s annual conference in Athens Jan. 17-19.
“This is a huge, well-deserved honor for our exhibitions team, said Library Dean Dr. Leslie Sharp. “They spent hours perfecting and installing each aspect of the exhibit, from the artifacts to the accompanying narrative and photographs.”
Featuring historic photographs, first-hand accounts, documents, and artifacts, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill: New South Industry offers a unique opportunity to delve into the rich history and impact of the Mill.
]]>This year the Georgia Tech Library added three new publishers to its transformative read and publish agreements: Wiley, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society.
These publishers join previously established agreements with a number of popular publishers, including:
Read and Publish agreements are a game changing new model for scholarship that allows Institute researchers to publish their work freely. To learn more, watch the video above.
In 2023, these read and publish agreements saved Georgia Tech faculty and staff more than $1,000,000.
An interpretation of Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Polycentric Truthes also serves as a commentary on the echo chambers within which contemporary society is situated. It will be painted over two months on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and students, faculty and staff are invited to watch the piece coming to life.
“This piece has been a design and research exploration for more than a year and is now coming to fruition as the custom robotic technology and conceptual design converge,” said Al-Haddad. “This merger of art, science and engineering illustrates the type of exciting work that can be realized through multi-disciplinary research and design projects at Georgia Tech.”
In 2023, the Library partnered with former Georgia Tech assistant professor and double-graduate Jacket Al-Haddad for the second installment of the Artist-In-Residence program. Polycentric Truthes is the culmination of the program.
Al-Haddad, who also designed and implemented the Library’s seventh-floor roof terrace Crosland Chroma project, said Polycentric Truthes “seeks to transform the written knowledge stored in the library into large-scale, interpretive drawings across the north façade of the building.”
To create the work, Al-Haddad partnered with Chen to utilize his human-style painting robot.
The Georgia Tech Library Artist-in-Residence program 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.
]]>The FOCUS program is one of the nation’s premier graduate recruitment programs designed to attract highly skilled students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education. GTRI is partnering with Georgia Tech to attract students graduating in 2024 to share employment opportunities.
As the Research Scientist in Data Analytics, Davis serves as the primary service point for data-driven research focusing on data analysis and visualization within the library. She provides instruction, workshops, and research consultations on data tools and software for Georgia Tech students, staff, and faculty.
]]>Citations from reading lists in Spring 2023, Summer 2023, and Fall 2023 were migrated over to Leganto, the new course reserves platform launched in late August. To learn more about how to enable reading lists in Canvas, watch the short tutorial.
If you need access to reading lists from previous semesters, please email reserves@library.gatech.edu with the following information:
To ensure that we capture all Georgia Tech book publications, we're asking faculty and staff to self-submit information about your book(s) published between January 2022 and December 2023.
If you have authored or edited more than 1 book since 2022, you will need to complete the form multiple times.
Specifically, we're looking for books authored or edited by Georgia Tech employees that reflect the scholarship coming out of Georgia Tech.
We ask that employees submit book publications by Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, to be included in this year’s celebration.
Click here to submit your information.
]]>If you locate a journal article or eBook via Google Scholar or some other outside source and it seems inaccessible, it may be worthwhile to check the journal or book title in the Library's catalog to see if we have a different access point.
To see several tips and tools for accessing ejournal subscriptions and eBooks, click here.
]]>Welcome back to the Georgia Tech Library for Fall 2023.
As part of the Library's ongoing commitment to serve every student, faculty and staff member, we have produced a series of videos in the top languages spoken at Georgia Tech.
The videos quickly explain our spaces, services and educational opportunities and are available 24 hours a day on our YouTube channel.
Languages include:
The bot also supplies assistance with basic questions when the Library isn’t open (the Library does not stay open 24 hours during academic breaks).
The service is provided by Springshare’s LibAnswers platform. For more information, contact Public Services Associate Diann Lindsay at diann.lindsay@library.gatech.edu.
If you would like to provide feedback on the service, click here.
]]>The film, which tells stories of Black librarians who say they experienced discrimination and continued their efforts to keep diverse books accessible, features Johnson recounting her personal experience with archival research, the production of minority librarians and archivists for cultural preservation, and redefining the scholar.
In 2020, Johnson was dubbed Distinguished Alumni of Florida State University’s iSchool, where she earned her masters and PhD. In 2021, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History recognized her work and impact with the Freedom Scholar Award.
]]>This fall, the Georgia Tech Library launched Reading Lists by Leganto, an integrated resource list management system allowing faculty and instructors seamless access to course materials directly from any device.
With Reading Lists, instructors can link Library resources – from articles, eBooks, audio, video, and open access materials to external resources available on YouTube – directly through Canvas. This means students have access to those resources as though they were in the Library’s catalog – no more missing or broken links, no more searching in multiple places.
Faculty can even submit purchase requests to the Library with a simple click.
“This is a game changer for how the Library supports the teaching and learning needs of campus,” said Amy Johnson, the Library’s technical services manager and lead of the Leganto integration project. “With a few simple clicks, instructors can give students instant access to everything the Library offers.”
To learn more about how to enable Reading Lists in Canvas, watch the short tutorial.
This fall, the Georgia Tech Library launched Reading Lists by Leganto, an integrated resource list management system allowing faculty and instructors seamless access to course materials directly from any device.
]]>In this role, Shackelford will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Library, Archives and Special Collections, and the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons through strategic engagement and fundraising initiatives.
With a career marked by excellence in higher education advancement and alumni engagement, Shackelford brings a wealth of experience to her current position. Prior to her role at Georgia Tech, she served as the Director of Alumni Engagement at Emory University, where she built and managed a comprehensive alumni relations program for the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Her ability to forge lasting connections between alumni and their alma mater has consistently been a hallmark of her career.
]]>Interested in the ways industrial technologies influenced both the Georgia Tech and Atlanta we know today? Then do not miss the Georgia Tech Library’s newest exhibit, located in Price Gilbert's first-floor gallery through March 2024.
Featuring historic photographs, first-hand accounts, documents, and artifacts, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill: New South Industry offers a unique opportunity to delve into the rich history and impact of the Mill.
An official opening is planned for late September, with programming throughout the fall featuring local and Institute experts discussing the mill’s history and influence.
“Through an array of fascinating artifacts, photographs, and historical documents, visitors will witness the mill's evolution, its impact on the local community, and the lives of the individuals who worked there," said Jody Thompson, head of the Archives, Records Management & Digital Curation department. “Don’t miss this chance to explore the milestones, challenges, and innovations that defined the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill's legacy.”
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, established in 1881, holds a significant place in Georgia's industrial history and played a pivotal role in the state's economic growth. This iconic mill became a major contributor to the development of Atlanta's textile industry and was instrumental in shaping the city's landscape – particularly the area known as Cabbagetown. The mill is also closely tied to the growth of Georgia Tech’s textile engineering department, now known as the School of Materials Science and Engineering.
“In addition to providing a unique learning opportunity for students, we invite faculty members to integrate this exhibition into their syllabi,” said Thompson. “The exhibit's engaging content and historical significance make it an ideal teaching resource across various disciplines, including history, economics, urban development, and more.”
To plan a visit for your class and enhance your curriculum, contact Research Services and Instruction Archivist Alison Reynolds at alison.reynolds@library.gatech.edu.
For further inquiries or to schedule a visit to the exhibit, e-mail Exhibitions Program Manager Kirk Henderson at kirk.henderson@library.gatech.edu.
“We’re thrilled to bring the Interactive Media Zone, or IMZ, to campus,” said Library Dean Leslie Sharp. “It promises to add a new level of digital and physical experience to our beautiful buildings, making available to anyone who visits the Library the vast array of digital scholarship happening across campus.”
At launch the IMZ will feature three main content modes: Digital exhibit, pop-up lecture, and hero mode. The digital exhibit option will feature pre-planned animations and live data, allowing users who walk up to interact with a full digital experience. The pop-up lecture feature will allow faculty and visiting experts to hold short-form, impromptu lessons while utilizing the space’s unique interactive capabilities. Hero mode allows the IMZ to operate as a kind of largescale digital sign, promoting both Library and campus activities, researchers, students, and stories.
To learn more about the Georgia Tech Library and its efforts to bring campus scholarship to the world, visit library.gatech.edu.
]]>The graduates included:
ILA is a 13-week, hybrid leadership development course offered without cost to people and program managers at Georgia Tech. The program comprises of carefully curated content spanning multiple disciplines. Participants progress through the curriculum with a cohort of like-minded leaders, with whom they engage in interactive workshops and synthesize their learning.
]]>The Library would like to introduce its newest employees to campus.
Joining the Georgia Tech Library for Fall 2023:
Additionally, the Library welcomes two new faculty members:
Gadgets Pro, which launches Monday, Aug. 21, is a service that provides students, faculty, and staff with access to innovative audiovisual equipment and specialized technology. It empowers the Georgia Tech community to unleash their creative potential and foster collaboration through cutting-edge equipment.
Before reserving the specialized equipment, all users must enroll and pass a Canvas course, similar to working in the Library's video and audio production studios. To self-enroll in these Canvas courses, click here.
]]>Check it out at library.gatech.edu.
“Making sure our content is available to every user of Georgia Tech is a top priority for the Library,” said Web and Discovery Management Librarian Heather Jeffcoat. “This new set of tools provides session-based accessibility modifications based on each user’s individual needs.”
The widget, located on each page of the site, is an automated solution powered by artificial intelligence. It modifies each piece of content based on accessibility needs, like those required if the user is blind, has cognitive disorders, epilepsy, hearing loss, and more.
Jeffcoat said the tools work by using AI to handle the complex requirements of optimizing for screen readers and keyboard navigation. This functionality combines user interface and design-related adjustments made by the product’s custom interface to create an improved experience.
AccessiBe is used on more than 192,000 websites globally, and the tool constantly scans the Library’s website every 24 hours to update content and pages with the latest design requirements.
To learn more about the product, visit https://accessibe.com/accesswidget.
]]>Today the Library is proud to unveil its revamped digital repository to the Georgia Tech community. Visit https://repository.gatech.edu to explore the site.
The Georgia Tech Digital Repository collects, preserves, and expands access to the unique digital collections of immediate and long-term value to Georgia Tech and the global community. The site brings together scholarship, archives, and special collections and features persistent landing pages for Georgia Tech publications, authors, advisors, and units.
In addition, the revamped repository offers enhancements to support the Library’s open scholarship and digital archives offerings and functionality for integration with campus systems and data initiatives, including persistent identifiers.
“We’re thrilled to introduce the new and improved digital repository to the Georgia Tech Community,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “Years of work have going into making sure this next-generation repository allows researchers, scholars, historians, and archivists to preserve their work for generations of students and faculty to come. This is one of the many ways the Library is working to improve our services and users’ experiences to support the academic and research mission of Georgia Tech.”
The Georgia Tech Digital Repository welcomes submissions of university records, research, and scholarship, including student work and open educational resources. For more information, visit https://repository.gatech.edu/smartech-submission.
Researchers who would like a persistent landing page that provides access to the publications they have submitted to the repository are invited to contact repository@library.gatech.edu.
]]>The Georgia Tech Library today launched a new online learning module built to connect users to source materials from last year’s 50 Years of Title IX exhibit and programming with the Offices of Equity and Compliance Programs and Georgia Tech Athletics.
The module, which is available at all times at the Library’s website, includes recorded programs from the Title IX panel discussions in Fall 2020 and links to the first-hand research materials used to produce the panel exhibit on display in Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.
"With this module, we can invite users to engage with one-of-a-kind archival materials in a new way, meeting them wherever they are,” said University Archivist Alex McGee.
She worked with Lead for Multimedia and Online Learning Liz Holdsworth, Public Programming Librarian Catherine Manci, and Public Services Associate Gabe Nagel to produce the new module. Previously, they had worked on the year of programming to celebrate the June 23, 1972, Congressional passing of the landmark Title IX, which forever changed learning opportunities and women’s sports in the United States.
When all was said and done, the group realized there was a tremendous amount of original source material that could put the recorded programming – the persistent digital learning objects produced from the celebration – into context and allow users to connect with Georgia Tech history in a more meaningful way.
“It is important to be able to connect Georgia Tech history to national history,” said Holdsworth. “As a creator, I learned so much about connecting the print record to modern learning technologies.”
Manci, who helped moderate the September 2022 session in which Georgia Tech letterwinners and coaches shared stories, experiences, and advice over their athletic and professional careers, said providing access to the historical record of such an important event spurred the module’s creation.
“We wanted to present the 50 Years of Title IX recorded programs from Fall 2022 in the larger context of the past 50 years,” she said.
Tuesday, May 9 the Library held its annual awards ceremony honoring the employees whose hard work makes the 24-hour operation possible.
Pictured is Web and Discovery Management Librarian Heather Jeffcoat, who won the Frances Kaiser Faculty Award for her work on improving and streamlining the Library’s web presence and discovery tools.
IT Support Professional Manager David McDuffie, Application Developer Senior Jackey Hong, and Public Services Associate II Gabe Nagel won Price’s Pride staff awards for innovations in the Library’s hiring process, service solutions, and loaning process.
Finally, Executive Assistant to the Dean of Libraries Donna Riley won the Dean’s Choice award for her work supporting the Library’s Human Resources efforts throughout 2022 and 2023.
]]>McGee and her colleagues are often contacted by Tech alumni and relatives of deceased alumni who want to donate Tech memorabilia. The archives cannot accept everything, so they must weigh the research and historical value of what is being offered, noting there is much more to the archives than memorabilia.
“I ask a lot of questions about what they have, how they acquired it, and its condition,” she said. “If they have a Georgia Tech yearbook, we probably already have multiple copies of it. But if theirs is in better shape than ours, I may be inclined to take it.”
The Library Archives, located in Crosland Tower, maintains a digital archive as well as stacks of research material on a wide variety of subjects and a reading room for viewing it. There is also an assortment of artifacts ranging from movie scripts to an Olympic torch designed by Georgia Tech researchers for the 1996 Games held in Atlanta.
“When we take in something for the archives, it is in perpetuity — as long as Georgia Tech exists. So, we want to make sure that we are good stewards of what comes into our care. That means making decisions about how we arrange, describe, and preserve things so they are accessible and will stand the test of time.”
McGee has a bachelor’s degree in history and women’s studies from the University of Georgia, and a master’s in history from Georgia State University. Her first job as an archivist was with the Portman Archives in downtown Atlanta, collecting and documenting material to preserve the architectural legacy of John C. Portman Jr., artist, architect, developer, and Georgia Tech alumnus. After that, she worked at MIT for almost four years as the archivist for the Women@MIT project.
“While at MIT, I also took on the role of interim head of Public Services, focusing on outreach exhibits, instruction, and community engagement with the archives collections,” said McGee, who came to Georgia Tech in 2022. “Being from Atlanta, I was really keen to come back. When this job became available, I jumped at the opportunity, and thankfully, they thought I was a good fit.”
As university archivist, McGee is eager to serve as a resource for anything related to Georgia Tech’s history, assisting a wide range of users with needs regarding Tech history. She enjoys talking to people about their research projects and hearing their excitement when she assists them.
“It's rewarding to see how folks end up using the material in their work, such as research, instruction, and exhibits,” she said. “That is the ultimate goal — not just to save things, but to have people use them.”
When she isn’t working, McGee enjoys attending concerts, reading with her cat, Luxe, working out at Orange Theory, and walking her dog, Sadie.
“I go to a lot of concerts. Before the pandemic, I probably went to 40 or 50 shows a year,” she said. “I met my husband at a Grizzly Bear concert at The Tabernacle.”
When McGee and her husband, Tyler, lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they walked a lot. “So, now we walk our poor dog everywhere,” she said. “Some days she just looks at us like, ‘Please don’t make me go.’”
A couple of little-known facts about McGee are she has a twin brother, and she is a hot tub enthusiast. Because she and her brother don’t look alike, most people don’t think they are related, much less twins.
She has also always loved hot tubs. She and her husband even received an inflatable hot tub as a wedding present when they got married in Atlanta. When she took the job at MIT, they returned the hot tub they had just received because they didn’t have room for it.
"I made a deal with him that we would get a hot tub the next time we lived somewhere that could accommodate it," she said. "He made good on it last year when we moved back to Atlanta."
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]]>Proposals submitted to NIH after this date are expected to include a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP). Plans should include information about the types of data to be managed and shared; related tools, software and/or code; the standards that will be applied to the data (including metadata standards); timelines and other information regarding data preservation and long-term access; considerations for data distribution or reuse; and oversight of data management and sharing.
NIH program staff will assess data management and sharing plans. For assistance with developing a DMSP, see the NIH website linked above or the DMPTool.
Effective data management supports research integrity. NIH encourages consistency with the FAIR data principles, making data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. Data management processes should include documentation about data collection or creation, variable definitions, and all other information required to understand or reuse the data.
Under the NIH policy, investigators are able to choose the most appropriate methods for sharing their data, including available data repositories.
The Georgia Tech Library supports research data curation; investigators may share and archive their data using the Georgia Tech Digital Repository, currently known as SMARTech.
The Library will assign persistent identifiers to research datasets, ensuring long-term access to authentic, authorized Georgia Tech research. Contact smartech@library.gatech.edu for assistance.
]]>Al-Haddad (BSArch and MArch) will kick off his Reading, Arithmetic, and Writing Artist-In-Residence (RAW AIR) student co-created project at noon Friday, Feb. 3 with a lunch in the Scholars Event Network Theater, located on the first floor of Price Gilbert. This free event is open to interested students and includes pizza and a discussion with Al-Haddad about the project.
To learn more about this event, click here.
He will also take part in the Meet the Artist Reception Monday, Feb. 6 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. with artists-in-residence from the schools of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) and Music.
To learn more about this event, click here.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tristan into the Library once again to grace us with his unique artistry and vision,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “I cannot wait to see his project take shape through the marrying of student creativity with his experience as an artist and teacher.”
Al-Haddad, who also designed and implemented the Library’s seventh-floor roof terrace Crosland Chroma project, said RAW AIR “seeks to transform the written knowledge stored in the library into large-scale, interpretive drawings across the north façade of the building.”
“The library as a historical typology is the repository of knowledge,” he said. “The majority of that knowledge is codified in the form of text. However, ideas can be expressed in many forms.”
For this project, said Al-Haddad, robotically enabled machines will translate the library’s information resources into a sprawling work of art spanning a whole side of the Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library. This work will be co-created by students and executed by the human-style painting robot from by PhD student Gerry Chen.
Al-Haddad said as part of the project, students will use two seminal texts – the “Reading, Arithmetic and Writing” portion of RAW AIR -- as “provocations” to get their creativity flowing.
“We will sample bits of Euclid’s Elements as an alchemical precursor and consume in whole cloth Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican as our base alloy,” he said.
Work will continue through the spring and summer, with workshops and classes a planned part of the residency.
To learn more about Al-Haddad and his RAW AIR project, visit https://www.library.gatech.edu/AIR.
ABOUT TRISTAN AL-HADDAD
Tristan Al-Haddad is a multi-medium designer and visual artist in addition to previously holding the position of assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech. He leads Atlanta-based Formations Studio.
Al-Haddad’s work has been exhibited in venues including the Pompidou Center, The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Boston Center for the Arts, The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, and The AIA’s Center for Architecture in New York, as well as being published in print sources including the New York Times, Dwell, Metropolis, Art Papers and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Al-Haddad was one of seven recipients of the ARTADIA Artist Award in 2009 in addition to being a Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria in Valparaiso, Chile. In 2014 Al-Haddad was selected by the US Department of State to represent the United States at the Colombo Art Biennale in Sri Lanka. He has large scale permanent sculptures located throughout the United States.
ABOUT GERRY CHEN
Gerry Chen is a PhD student at Georgia Tech, where he studies artist-robot collaboration to understand how robots can superpower artists and how art can drive technology. Growing up, Chen had a passion for science and technology and was inspired to pursue a career in robotics by a 2006 documentary about self-driving cars (DARPA grand challenge).
During his undergraduate time at Duke, he double majored in engineering and minored in computer science and math, culminating in breaking two Guinness World Records for vehicle fuel efficiency as a leader of the Duke Electric Vehicles team.
Chen continued his studies at Georgia Tech's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) PhD program in the School of Interactive Computing under Professors Frank Dellaert and Seth Hutchinson. He authored several publications in the fields of robot art, optimal control, and agricultural robotics, evidencing that learnings in the field of robot art can readily transfer to other applications. Chen’s thesis on human-robot collaboration in the art domain is a key step in his longer-term ambitions to make personalized robots accessible for everyone.
Through technological innovations, robot literacy, and open discourse, Chen dreams of a world where, instead of feeling fearful of robots stealing jobs, we can all feel empowered by the potential they have to help each and every one of us.
ABOUT THE GEORGIA TECH LIBRARY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
The Georgia Tech Library Artist-in-Residence program 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.
Watermark addresses the most important issue of the 21st century -- climate change -- through color, transparency and composition, and it is influenced by the exhibition “50 Years of Science Fiction at Georgia Tech.”
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Europa World Yearbook (Must be on campus or on VPN to use)
First published in 1926, the Europa World Year Book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information from more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Human Kinetics Library
The Human Kinetics Library is built around a mission to increase the knowledge, enhance the performance and improve the health and fitness of all people around the globe through authoritative information about physical activity and sport. The platform features a growing collection of cross-searchable e-books and videos from the world’s leading educational publisher for fitness, exercise, coaching and sport.
New Standards on the ASTM Compass Platform
This resource includes the standards of both the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and the American Petroleum Institute.
Sage Premier
The Georgia Tech Library now provides access to the full set of journals by Sage with coverage back to 1999.
British Journal of Sports Medicine
The British Journal of Sports Medicine is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering sports science and sports medicine including sport physiotherapy.
Critical Care Medicine
Established in 1973, Critical Care Medicine is a peer-reviewed monthly medical journal in the field of intensive-care medicine.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the official journal of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, a scientific society with membership drawn from more than 60 countries, dedicated to the study of environmental epidemiology and exposure assessment.
Heart
Heart is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all areas of cardiovascular medicine and surgery. It is the official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society.
Journal of African American History (1988-present)
The Journal of African American History is a quarterly academic journal covering African-American life and history. It was founded in 1916 by Carter G. Woodson.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is a peer-reviewed public health journal that covers all aspects of epidemiology and public health.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research and reviews in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.
Journal of Politics (2000-present)
The Journal of Politics is a peer-reviewed academic journal of political science established in 1939 and published quarterly by University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association.
Materials Research Society MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive
The MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive includes more than 100,000 peer-reviewed papers online—proceedings published from Volume 1 through the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting. The Archive is fully searchable and can be sorted and viewed by meeting or topic.
Atlanta Journal Archive, 1883-1985
Full image access to Atlanta Journal. Until 1982 the Atlanta Journal had a separate editorial staff and served as the region's afternoon paper after the merger.
Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, and Pittsburgh Courier coverage has been enhanced to include papers published through 2010.
IEEE
The library now provides access to the following eBook Collections on the IEEE platform:
JoVE Core Statistics
JoVE Core Statistics introduces the concepts and application of the collection, analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data to students. These animated lessons provide an understanding of statistics beneficial to students from a wide range of disciplines. Additionally, the scientist-in-action videos demonstrate the application of related concepts in classical and original research experiments performed in today's laboratories worldwide.
JSTOR
Thanks to the generous support of the Provost's Office, in February and March the Library added five JSTOR collections to our databases. This means students, faculty and staff have access to all 15 JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections, the Life Sciences Collection, and the Thematic Collections on Sustainability.
IEEE-SMPTE Digital Library
The SMPTE Digital Library includes the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, proceedings from SMPTE conferences, and more than 1,100 standards documents, recommended practices, and engineering guidelines, dating back to 1916.
American Institute of Physics (AIP) Archives
The Library recently added three collections from the American Institute of Physics Archives:
Sabinet (Note: You must be on a Campus IP address or VPN)
Sabinet African Journals encompasses the breadth and depth of African research content by offering the most comprehensive, searchable collection of full-text African electronic journals available on one platform.
American Mathematical Society (Note: You must be on a Campus IP address or VPN)
We have recently acquired access to the following volumes:
ACM Open
With support from the Provost's Office we have a three-year trial to ACM Open. Including the existing content from ACM Digital Library, this new upgrade allows your papers to be published without an Author Publishing Charge (the corresponding author must use their @gatech.edu address to qualify).
Want more information? Visit our publishing Libguide.
British Medical Journals Archive (2007-2021)
Available title by title from the library catalog, this shallow archive provides recent articles from the BMJ Journals, with several titles being brand new to GT.
Made available with special funding from the Institute and Provost.
Cambridge Companions
Note: Must use VPN | Cambridge Companions are a series of authoritative guides written by leading experts offering lively, accessible introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods.
Made available with special funding from EVPR.
Hispanic Life in America 1704-2009
Sourced from more than 17,000 American and global news sources, including more than 700 Spanish language or bilingual publications, HLA provides a window into Hispanic American history, culture, and daily life.
Made available with special funding from the Institute and Provost.
Human Kinetincs
We have added two new modules to the Human Kinetics Library:
Made available with special funding from EVPR.
JSTOR Lives of Literature
This collection gathers academic journals devoted to the deep study of writers and texts associated with core literary movements.
Lives of Literature contains 107 journals that are all new to JSTOR. The collection comprises four thematic modules:
Made available with special funding from the Institute and Provost.
JSTOR Security Studies
Explore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and approximately 20,000 Open Access research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.
Made available with special funding from the Provost.
JSTOR World Heritage Sites Africa
World Heritage Sites: Africa links visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites. The materials in World Heritage Sites: Africa serve researchers in African studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, Diaspora studies, folklore and literature, geography, and history, as well as those focused on geomatics, advanced visual and spatial technologies, historic preservation, and urban planning.
Made available with special funding from the Institute and Provost.
Oxford Handbooks Online
Now available handbooks in the following subject areas: Business & Management, Economics & Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
Sage Journals Deep Backfile
In January, the Library expanded access to Sage Journals by upgrading our subscription to Sage Premier. Premier contains nearly all Sage journals from 1999 to the present. Now with support from EVPR, that access now includes volume 1 to 1998 and brings digital delivery to over 931,000 articles.
Made available with special funding from EVPR.
Sage Research Methods: Data Visualization
An enhancement module to Sage Research Methods, this new resource provides a data viz gallery, video tutorials, and over views and step by step guides to visualizations in a variety of tools including Excel and Python.
Made available with special funding from EVPR.
SpringerNature Experiments (formerly Springer Protocols):
With support from the Institute's Office of Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR), we have added Springer Protocols, which includes publications of the following series:
SpringerProtocols is an invaluable resource for the modern research laboratory. It is the largest database of reproducible laboratory protocols (more than 66,000) in biomedicine and and life sciences. Users can find the right protocol for their lab set-up, eliminating the need to compromise or find "work-arounds." SpringerProtocols offers researchers access to up to 30 years' worth of time-tested, step-by-step protocols for immediate use in their labs.
The Library recently added the archives of the following consumer publications:
Constellate Use VPN
Constellate is the text analytics service from the not-for-profit ITHAKA, the same people who brought you JSTOR and Portico. It is a platform for teaching, learning, and performing text analysis using the world’s leading archival repositories of scholarly and primary source content.
Jane's Online Use VPN
New for 2022: Military Capabilities Module
Enhanced Air and Space Module adds:
IEEE-Artech House Publishing
This resource includes antennas, RF/microwave design, communications (including telecom and wireless/satellite), radar engineering, electronic defense, GPS/GNSS, power engineering, MEMS, nanotechnology, computer security, block chain, IoT and more.
Wiley Online Library
New for 2022: Full Wiley Journal Backfile
Architecture & Design Archive
Backfile includes: The Architect's Journal: 1906-1907, 1929-2005; The Architectural Review: 1896-2005; Casabella: 1928-2015; Building Design: 1969-2014; Canadian Architect: 1955-2005; Contract: 1960-2015; Crit.: 1976-2015; Eye, the International Review of Graphic Design: 1991-2005; Frame: 1998-2015; Graphis: 1944-2005; Hospitality Design : HD: 1979-2015; House Beautiful: 1989-2015; How: 1985-2015, ID: 1954-2010; Mark: 2005-2015; Preservation: 1949-2015; Print: 1940-2005
The Atlantic Magazine Archive
Atlantic Magazine Archive, 1857-2014
Chernobyl: Newspapers Collection
The Chernobyl Newspapers Collection contains all obtainable issues of three newspapers:
The Economist Historical Archive
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
This is an archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century. The core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. Issues have been scanned in high-resolution color, with granular indexing of articles, covers, ads and reviews.
The Library provides access to:
Rolling Stone Archive
The backfile of Rolling Stone, from its launch in 1967 to the present. One of the most influential consumer magazines of the 20th and 21st centuries, it initially sought to reflect the cultural, social, and political outlook of a generation of students and young adults. It has been a leading vehicle for rock and popular music journalism, as well as covering wider entertainment topics such as film and popular culture.
Time Magazine Archive
Time Magazine Archive, 1923-2000
U.S. News and World Report Magazine Archive
U.S. News and World Report Magazine Archive, 1926-1984
Women's Magazine Archive
New for 2022: Archive III
Age of Exploration
This collection focuses on European, maritime exploration from the earliest voyages of Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus, through the age of discovery, the search for the New World, the establishment of European settlements on every continent, to the eventual discovery of the Northwest and Northeast Passages, and the race for the Poles. Bringing together material from twelve archives from around the world, this collection includes documents relating to major events in European maritime history from the voyages of James Cook to the search for John Franklins doomed mission to the Northwest Passage. It contains a host of additional features for teaching, such as an interactive map which presents an in-depth visualization of over 50 of these influential voyages.
America in World War Two
This digital resource shows how World War Two changed American society and the economy, how it impacted individuals and families, and the legacy of the War in human terms. Follow individuals and their families from enlistment and training, to deployment on the US Home Front, or on campaigns overseas. American military and civilian involvement in all major theatres of operations is represented, whilst service branches range from the army, navy and air force, to the marines, merchant marines, coast guards, and medical personnel. Experience operations in the Pacific, the D-Day landings in Europe and the post-war occupation of Germany through personal letters, diaries, photographs, artifacts and military records, and watch as 300 people share their memories of military life, prisoner of war camps and the Home Front in oral history video interviews recorded by The National WWII Museum.
American Indian Newspapers
American Indian Newspapers presents the publications of a range of communities, with an extensive list of periodicals produced in the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Nevada and Oklahoma, from 1828 to 2016
Archives Unbound: Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Enforcement of Federal Law in the South, 1871-1884
This publication includes their correspondence with the attorney general as well all other letters received by the attorney general from the states in question during that period, including the correspondence of marshals, judges, convicts, and concerned or aggrieved citizens. This publication comprises the letters and enclosures contained in the source-chronological file for various states in the South. The correspondence covers a variety of subjects connected with legal matters: Reconstruction conflicts; civil rights; voting rights; internal revenue and customs; regulation of trade, commerce, and transportation; special classes of claims involving the United States; the defense and supervision of public officers; protection of the rights and property of the United States; and other subjects.
Baltimore Afro-American, 1893-2010
New for 2022: 1989-2010
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records
The focus of the Federal Government Records module is on the political side of the freedom movement, the role of civil rights organizations in pushing for civil rights legislation, and the interaction between African Americans and the federal government in the 20th century. Major collections in this module include the FBI Files on Martin Luther King Jr.; Centers of the Southern Struggle, an exceptional collection of FBI Files covering five of the most pivotal arenas of the civil rights struggle of the 1960s: Montgomery, Albany, St. Augustine, Selma, and Memphis; and records from the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations, detailing the interaction between civil rights leaders and organizations and the highest levels of the federal government.
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers
Details here and here.
The Organizational Records and Personal Papers bring a new perspective to the Black Freedom Struggle via the records of major civil rights organizations and personal papers of leaders and observers of the 20th century Black freedom struggle. Includes records and papers from: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Africa-related papers of Claude Barnett, and the Robert F. Williams Papers.
Black Thought and Culture
Black Thought and Culture is an electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders, teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of over 1,000 authors present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.
British Association for the Advancement of Science Archives (Wiley)
The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) archive from Wiley Digital Archives contains an aggregation of collections from the BAAS and from archival collections related to the BAAS, contributed by various institutions across the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1970.
Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922 From Silk Road to Soviety Rule
This resource provides digital access to official British government records relating to the region, from the decline of the Silk Road, through the diplomatic confrontation between the British and Russian Empires known as the Great Game, to the influence of the emergent Soviet Union in the 20th century.
Chernobyl Files: Declassified Documents of the Ukrainian KGB
The Chernobyl Files collection contains 152 documents totaling over 500 pages, and features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other East View digital resources. Documents in the collection are in Russian and some in Ukrainian, with all titles translated into English.
Children's Literature and Culture
This digital resource showcases a broad range of richly illustrated primary source material which reveals the history and literature of childhood between the 1820s and 1920s. Rare books and unique works of art trace the development of children's publishing from early mass-produced items through to the flourishing print culture that followed.
Cleveland Call and Post, 1934-2010
New for 2022: 1992-2010
Colonial America, 1606-1822
New for 2022:
Colonial America makes available all 1,450 volumes of the CO 5 series from The National Archives, UK, covering the period 1606 to 1822. CO 5 consists of the original correspondence between the British government and the governments of the American colonies, making it a uniquely rich resource for all historians of the period.
This extensive digital resource covers three centuries of Caribbean history. Drawn from the vast archives of the British Colonial Office, this is simply an essential resource for all students and researchers of the Caribbean and British colonial rule.
Demography and Economy Series: Crimea
East View offers a broad range of library services and databases of global authoritative content, including numerous collections from Russia and the former Soviet states, East Asia, and the Middle East.
Disability in the Modern World
One person in seven experiences disability, yet the story of this community and its contributions is largely absent from the scholarly record. Access to the primary and secondary source materials within this collection enables you to include this important piece of the puzzle in your research.
Early Modern England, Society, Culture and Everyday Life, 1500-1700
This collection of primary sources looks at two centuries of everyday, political, religious, working, trading and administrative life in England during this pivotal epoch.
From the Company's charter in 1600 to Indian independence in 1947, East India Company tells the story of trade with the East; politics; and the rise and fall of the British Empire. It records the challenges of a globalising world and sheds light on many contrasting narratives from records of powerful political figures, through to the lives of native populations and the individual traders who lived and worked at the edge of Empire.
First World War Portal
New for 2022: Module IV: A Global Conflict
The First World War portal makes available invaluable primary sources for the study of the Great War, brought together in four thematic modules. From personal collections and rare printed material to military files, artwork and audio-visual files, content highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of a conflict that shook the world.
Food and Drink in History
The story of food and drink is a unique lens through which to view social and cultural history. The materials in this collection illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics, power, gender, race, and socio-economic status, as well as charting key issues such as agriculture, nutrition, and food production.
Foreign Office Files for Japan
This collection provides significant insight into the events between First World War victory and Second World War defeat, crucial to understanding the political journey of Japan during this period. Topics covered include ultra-nationalism and the Japanese agenda of imperial dominance in the Far East, employment and social conditions in a time of global economic instability, and the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 which flattened Tokyo. These documents record relations with Axis Powers in the context of changing alliances, the deterioration of relations with the Allies as World War Two reached the Pacific, and American post-war occupation of Japan.
Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia
This collection offers an insight into the significant changes that took place in Southeast Asia during 1963-1980, including the creation of Malaysia and the response to this from the wider region. Material from The National Archives, UK covers the Cobbold Commission, the end of the Malayan Emergency and tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as rising animosity towards the perceived threat of communism at this time.
Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981
New for 2022:
Providing an invaluable resource for researchers and students seeking to understand the modern Middle East, this collection contains complete runs of Foreign Office files, providing an expansive view of key events and their global political impact. Users can explore the Arab-Israeli War, Henry Kissinger’s ‘shuttle diplomacy’ and the historic Camp David Accords that followed. The resource also examines internal conflicts, such as the uprising in Dhofar, the military coup in Cyprus, the Lebanese Civil War and the Iranian Revolution. Energy concerns dominate this resource, with reports on the oil policies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, and how price hikes, embargoes and industrial strikes affected the G8’s energy supply and economy. Additionally, users will be able to scrutinize policies on international arms sales.
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
A richly varied range of archival sources charts the contradictions of the age. The resource includes the personal and business papers of key industrialists; records of rail, steel and oil corporations; material on labor disputes, politics and progressivism; and rich visual content on fashion, material culture and architecture.
Interwar Culture showcases a vast collection of popular and lesser-known periodicals published during these dynamic yet turbulent decades with articles covering arts and culture, fashion, home and family life, travel, world current affairs, class, social and welfare issues as well as a wealth of writing from some of the most prominent literary figures of the era.
LGBT Thought and Culture
An online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community with content including selections from The National Archives in Kew, materials collected by activist and publisher Tracy Baim from the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, the Magnus Hirschfeld and Harry Benjamin collections from the Kinsey Institute, periodicals such as En la Vida and BLACKlines, select rare works from notable LGBT publishers including Alyson Books and Cleis Press, as well as mainstream trade and university publishers
Literary Print Culture: The Stationers Company Archive, London
The archive of the Stationers Company is widely regarded as one of the most important sources for studying the history of the book, publishing and copyright. The Company was instrumental in the development of the printed book in early modern England, exerting enormous power over the publishing industry as it developed. This resource provides essential primary sources for students and scholars of English literature, Renaissance theatre, and print culture from the early modern period to the twentieth century.
Los Angeles Sentinel, 1934-2010
New for 2022: 2006-2010
Mass Observation Project 1981-2009 provides digital access to a unique life-writing archive, capturing the everyday experiences, thoughts and opinions of people living through the turbulent final decades of the 20th century and the advent of the 21st century.
Medical Services and Warfare, 1850-1949
From the beginning of the Crimean War to the discovery of penicillin, Medical Services and Warfare gathers material from multiple conflicts to build a picture of the experience and development of medical practice as influenced by the wars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Migration to New Worlds
New for 2022:
From the century of immigration, through to the modern era, Migration to New Worlds charts the emigration experience of millions across 200 years of turbulent history. Explore the rise and fall of the New Zealand Company, discover British, European and Asian migration and investigate unique primary source personal accounts, shipping logs, printed literature and organizational papers supplemented by carefully compiled teaching and research aids.
New York Academy of Sciences Archives (Wiley)
The New York Academy of Sciences archive encapsulates the history and development of natural science, technology and modern biomedical sciences, and documents anti-intellectualist sentiments towards scientists. The archive includes chronicles of efforts by governments and corporations to influence research into the exploitation of natural resources, labor conditions, and the environmental and economic impacts of mining, drilling, industrial waste and pollution.
New York Amsterdam News, 1922-2010
New for 2022: 1994-2010
Nineteenth Century Literary Society: The John Murray Publishing Archive
Nineteenth Century Literary Society offers unprecedented digital access to the peerless archive of the historic John Murray publishing company. Held by the National Library of Scotland since 2006 and added to the UNESCO Register of World Memory in 2011, the Murray collection comprises one of the world's most important literary archives.
Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1916-2010
New for 2022: 2004-2010
Philadelphia Tribune, 1912-2010
New for 2022: 2002-2010
Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain
This digital resource documents the interactions between government policy and public philanthropy in Victorian and early twentieth-century society, tracing developments in welfare reform and the social tensions surrounding poverty. Discover the conditions of workhouses and the administration of the new poor relief system through the official government correspondence of the Poor Law Commission, and explore the demonstrable shift in social conditions and welfare reform through a variety of material.
Royal College of Physicians Archive
The Royal College of Physicians Archive (RCP) includes content within the date ranges of 1101 through 2000. From the founding charter to 20th Century reports on the effects of smoking, there is a wealth of material on the RCP's role in relation to contemporary medical advances.
Service Newspapers of World War Two
Service Newspapers of World War Two contains an extensive range of both rare and well-known wartime publications for soldiers serving in major theatres around the world. Publications are included from many key nations involved in the conflict, such as the US, Canada, New Zealand, India, and the countries of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Both Allied and Axis publications are presented, offering a broad view of the war and the experiences of those on its front lines.
Shakespeares Globe Archive: Theatres, Players & Performance
Renowned worldwide for the iconic reconstruction of the original Globe Theatre, Shakespeares Globe celebrates William Shakespeare through the power of performance to make his work accessible to all. From architectural plans to costume designs, prompt books and programs, the digitized archive of Shakespeares Globe offers researchers a comprehensive insight into performance practice in this unique theatre space. Documenting over 300 productions from 1997-2016, this digital collection is a critical resource for the study of Shakespeare, theatre, cultural history and early-modern literature.
Socialism on Film: The Cold War and International Propaganda
New for 2022:
Sourced from the British Film Institute (BFI), Socialism on Film documents the communist world, from the Russian Revolution to the end of the Cold War. This unique collection of documentary films, features and newsreels reveals all aspects of life behind the Iron Curtain, as seen by filmmakers from the USSR, Vietnam, Cuba, China, East Germany, Eastern Europe and more.
Trade Catalogues and the American Home
This collection presents a wealth of highly visual trade catalogues, cards and marketing ephemera, tracing the rise of the American dream and evolution of commerce throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The content is sourced from three of the pre-eminent collections of trade literature in America: the Lawrence B Romaine collection at UC Santa Barbara, the Hagley Museum and Library and the Winterthur Library.
World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean
A rich collection of primary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news-feeds covering the region; reference articles and commentary; maps and statistics; audio and video; and much more.
New Standards on the ASTM Compass Platform
This resource includes the standards of the American Welding Society, American Water Works Association, and EN/European ISO-adopted standards. It also includes a new collection of videos on ASTM standards.
African Diaspora, 1860-present
Essential for understanding Black history and culture, African Diaspora, 1860-Present allows scholars to discover the migrations, communities, and ideologies of the African Diaspora through the voices of people of African descent. With a focus on communities in the Caribbean, Brazil, India, United Kingdom, and France, the collection includes never-before digitized primary source documents, including personal papers, organizational papers, journals, newsletters, court documents, letters, and ephemera.
Archives Unbound
The library has acquired several new Archives Unbound collections including:
Japanese American Incarceration: Records of the War Relocation Authority
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II in December 1941, the Roosevelt administration decided that for reasons of “military necessity,” the government would evacuate all persons of Japanese heritage from the West Coast states. The Records of the War Relocation Authority document the day-today running of the 10 relocation camps from 1942-1946. The collection is organized by relocation center. Records include reports and correspondence on issues such as security, education, health, vocational training, agriculture, food, and family welfare.
Law and Society since the Civil War: American Legal Manuscripts from the Harvard Law School Library (1861-1976)
This module consists of 11 collections from the Harvard Law School Library, highlighting three Supreme Court Justices, the first Black federal judge, high-profile cases, and insights into developing ideologies and laws, as far back as 1861 with the Papers of Oliver Wendell Holmes, which span from the Civil War to the Great Depression. The Papers of Louis D. Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter provide a behind-the-scenes view of the Supreme Court between 1919 and 1961.
Queer Pasts
Queer Pasts is a collection of primary source exhibits for students and scholars of queer history and culture. The database uses “queer” in its broadest and most inclusive sense, to embrace topics that are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender and to include work on sexual and gender formations that are queer but not necessarily LGBT. Each of the document collections in the database will include a critical introductory essay that helps explain the significance of the primary sources in historical terms and in relationship to previous scholarship. We ask our project editors to address the strengths, limitations, and characteristics of their archive and to explore the ways in which archives are constructed, constrained, and contested.
Two newspaper archives now have expanded coverage:
Black Women Writers
Black Women Writers presents 100,000 pages of literature and essays on feminist issues, written by authors from Africa and the African diaspora. Facing both sexism and racism, black women needed to create their own identities and movements. The collection documents that effort, presenting the woman’s perspective on the diversity and development of black people generally, and the works document the evolution of black feminism.
Latin American Women Writers
Latin American Women Writers collection comprises 100,000 pages of literary works, along with memoirs and essays, in their original language, by Latin American women from the colonial period in the 17th century to the present. It brings together all the voices of Latin American women and presents a tool for understanding the diversity and development of Latin America through a feminine perspective.
Music Online Classical Scores Library (Volume 5)
Music Online Classical Scores Library is a reliable and authoritative source for scores of the classical canon, as well as a resource for the discovery of lesser-known contemporary works. The new addition, Volume V builds on Volume IV with an emphasis on contemporary composers and works from the 20th and 21st centuries alongside a selection of scores from medieval, baroque, classical and romantic time periods.
Victorians on Film
Victorian Film Collection and the Mitchell and Kenyon Collection, provides a glimpse into the lives of the late Victorians and Edwardians captured between 1895 and 1913 by some of Britain’s earliest film pioneers and innovators.
Primary Sources:
Louisville Defender
Louisville Defender historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1951 - 2010
Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-2012)
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.
New Resources from the University System of Georgia
Points of View Reference
Points of View Reference Center contains resources that provide content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop critical thinking skills.
Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books, high-quality videos, science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and image collection.
MLA Handbook Online
The Modern Language Association of America's resource for writers of research papers and those citing sources.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Associated Press Collections Online: U.S. City Bureaus Digital Archive
Associated Press Collections Online is a publishing program focused on making the varied treasures of the Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive available to libraries worldwide.
Chatham House Online Archive 1920-2008 Digital Archive
Chatham House, a world leader in policy research on international affairs, provides online access to a rich archive covering the 20th and 21st centuries. Module 1 contains high-level analysis and research on global trends and key events and issues, from the aftermath of World War I into the Cold War. Module 2 covers European Integration, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communist rule in Russia and Eastern Europe.
China and the Modern World Digital Archive
China and the Modern World is a series of digital archive collections covering a period of about 180 years (1800s to 1980s) when China experienced radical and often traumatic transformations from an inward-looking imperial dynasty into a globally engaged republic. China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China 1841–1951 presents a collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong, spanning a period of over a century.
Collections added:
Early Arabic Printed Books: Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues, and Periodicals
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library: Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues, and Periodicals includes early Arabic printed books of folktales, pre-Islamic literature, Islamic poetry and prose, proverbs and sayings, language and lexicography, dictionaries, grammar, syntax, rhetoric, manuscript catalogs, and periodicals. The collection includes European translations of Arabic works and Arabic translations of European books. It exemplifies the long exchange of ideas and learning between Europe and the Arabic-speaking world.
International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013 Digital Archive
The International Herald provides a valuable counterpoint to the Anglo-American press, adding a new dimension to research. The International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013 features the complete run of the International Herald Tribune from its origins as the European Edition of The New York Herald and later the European Edition of the New York Herald Tribune. The archive ends with the last issue of the International Herald Tribune before its relaunch as the International New York Times.
Indigenous Peoples of North America Part 2: Indian Rights Association Digital Archive
Indigenous Peoples of North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth. Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations.
The Making of the Modern World, Part I – IV
The Making of the Modern World is an extraordinary series covering the history of Western trade, encompassing the coal, iron, and steel industries, the railway industry, the cotton industry, banking and finance, and the emergence of the modern corporation. Part I includes the Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850 and other Archives from 1800 - 1945.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II Digital Archive
This second part of the Science, Technology, and Medicine archive includes some three million pages of scientific material from the late-17th century through the first quarter of the 20th century, with a primary focus on the 19th century. The collection is divided into four major parts: academies of science publications, natural history, public health, and entomology.
National Geographic Magazine Digital Archive 1888-2015
National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest nonprofit educational and scientific organizations, is recognized world-wide as journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery. From its founding in 1888, the National Geographic Society has developed the iconic National Geographic magazine as well as the popular National Geographic Traveler and hundreds of books, maps, videos, and images.
Political Extremism and Radicalism, Part 1: Far-Right & Left Political Groups US, Europe, & Australia DA
This resource explores the ways liberal democracies of North America, Europe, and Australasia have experienced a variety of forms of extremism and radicalism throughout the 20th century, shaping mainstream political thinking, as well as cultural norms.
Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 Digital Archive
Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity — and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. Includes approximately 7,900 issues (200,000 pages) from all volumes of Punch from 1841 to 1992, including Almanacks and other special numbers (issues), as well as prefaces, epilogues and indexes.
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is devoted to the study and understanding of the history of slavery in America and the rest of the world from the 17th century to the late 19th century. Archival collections were sourced from more than 60 libraries at institutions.
U.S. Declassified Documents Online Annual Supplement FY18-FY21
U.S. Declassified Documents Online provides immediate access to a broad range of previously classified federal records spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection brings together more than 700,000 of the most sensitive documents from all presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies in a single, easily searchable database.
Women's Studies Archive Additions
Female Forerunners Worldwide concerns women trailblazers, both individuals and organizations , who have impacted society through social reform, popular culture, healthcare and more.
Collections added:
Archives Unbound
Archives Unbound presents topically focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward -- from witchcraft to World War II, to 20th political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Collections added:
Brill Cold War Online
This collection of 2,360 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher) provides readers for the first time with the declassified documentary record of the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
LGBT Magazine Archive Collection 1 and Collection 2
The archives of magazines serving LGBT+ communities are of central importance for research into LGBT history, often being the principal sources for the documentation of gay cultures, lives, and events. The archives of many leading but previously hard-to-find magazines are included in LGBT Magazine Archive, including some of the longest-running, most influential publications.
New full-text content on ProQuest Congressional
All types of faculty and post docs from across campus and GTRI are welcome, as are faculty from other colleges and universities. To RSVP for this event so we can have an accurate count for food and beverages, click here.
All faculty and post docs who research, teach, or are interested in disability accommodation are welcome, said Library Dean Leslie Sharp.
“Our idea is to use our specialty spaces and central location to host events centered around a research theme, idea, or topic to provide an informal opportunity for faculty of all kinds to come together, meet each other, share ideas, and dream,” she said. “There will be no formal program, just a gathering of faculty interested in expanding their network, getting to know their colleagues across campus, collaborating in the research and academic space, and talking about what is exciting in their work."
Professor Stephen Sprigle of the schools of Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Provost Steve McLaughlin, Executive Vice President for Research Chaouki Abdallah, and Vice Provost for Faculty Michelle Rinehart will join the Library in hosting the event.
]]>The residents, Alexandra “Alex” Brinson and Kayleah Brown, are both early-career librarians looking for an opportunity to bring new perspectives and fresh ideas to the Library, said Dean Leslie Sharp.
“We could not be more thrilled to welcome these two emerging professionals to our Library,” said Sharp. “We can’t wait for them to help our multi-year mission of highlighting and increasing the diversity of faculty positions at major research libraries.”
Brinson (she/her) holds a master’s Library and Information Science from Kent State University and a bachelor’s in English Literature from Agnes Scott College in Decatur. Her research interests include metadata design, special collections, and how technology can improve the discoverability of cultural heritage materials.
She has worked on projects contributing to the Black Women’s Suffrage collection for the Digital Public Library of America and editing Wikidata records for Georgia's Natural, Cultural and Historic Organizations linked open-data project. In 2019 she was named an American Library Association Spectrum Scholar, and in 2022 she joined the Diverse BookFinder’s Metadata Community of Practice.
Kayleah Brown (they/them) joins the Georgia Tech Library from Emory University. As an Electronic and Continuing Resources Specialist, they oversaw acquisitions and electronic resource management for the Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Brown received their master’s of Library and Information Science from Valdosta State University in 2020 with a focus on collection development in academic libraries. In addition to their work in libraries, they have a background in literary studies. In 2016, Brown earned their Master of Arts in English from Emory University, where they studied posthumanism and the representation of marginalized identities in 20th-century literature.
During their first year at Georgia Tech, Brinson and Brown will be dedicated to academic librarianship and archival work through experience in Public Services, Community Engagement and Scholarly Outreach, Archives and Special Collections, Information Technology, Technical Services, and Administration. In the second year, they will work on a capstone project to develop, complete, and report research or creative work at a conference and as a publication.
]]>We asked several Georgia Tech Library staff members for recommendations. The books range from a graphic novel series on how disinformation can become reality to a memoir by longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
By James Tynion IV, author, and Martin Simmonds, artist, Image Comics (2021 and ongoing)
“Cole Turner has always been a bit of a conspiracy theorist: JFK assassination, lizard people, shadowy government superagencies, and the like. He had no idea that he was right. This ongoing graphic novel series details what goes on when Cole gets recruited into the government agency that helps determine what reality is. This series is a dystopian contemporary science fiction take on how disinformation can become reality — and it is both farfetched and a little too real. The first three trade collections are currently out and will make quick reading for those without lots of spare time over the break.”
—John Mack Freeman, head of public services librarian
By Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books (2022)
“Estranged siblings, Benny and Byron, reunite when their mother passes away, leaving them just two things: an eight-hour voice recording (and a stipulation that they must listen to the whole thing together, in the presence of their family lawyer), and a black cake (a traditional Caribbean dessert). Listening together, they hear the story of a determined Caribbean girl named Covey who loves to swim. They learn long-kept family secrets, turning what they thought they knew about their mother on its head. This evocative and beautifully written story traces the extraordinary journey of a family forever changed by the choices of its matriarch.”
—Alex McGee, university archivist
By Alison Bechdel, Mariner Books (2021)
“What compels some of us to time every mile we run, track our resting heartrate, or buy the coolest new workout gear? Alison Bechdel’s incisive, funny The Secret to Superhuman Strength is a memoir focused on exercise and the aging body. Anyone who takes an obsessive interest in a sports hobby only to pick up a new favorite a few years later will see themselves affectionately skewered here. Bechdel’s illustrations are lovely and sardonic; the details and small gags throughout reward repeat readings.”
—Liz Holdsworth, librarian for STEM disciplines and digital learning objects
By Lucy Foley, William Morrow (2020)
“This mystery novel is set on an island off the coast of Ireland with a cast of characters thrown together for a wedding. The characters narrate chapters from their own perspective, and their complex web of relationships is revealed while the plot advances. As the festivities begin, old resentments, feelings, and traditions begin to surface, and eventually someone turns up dead. This novel reads like a classic Agatha Christie novel — full of clues and a bit dark, yet cozy.”
—Catherine Manci, public programming and community engagement specialist
By Matt Haig, New York: Viking (2020)
“The Midnight Library tells the story of Nora Seed, a woman who may be at the end of a life full of regrets and resentments. Before she goes, however, she passes through a liminal space full of books (overseen by a librarian) that tell the story of her life’s choices and how things might have otherwise turned out. The librarian acts as a spirit guide, but at heart, she is a true librarian — not giving Nora the answer but providing the tools Nora needs to find her own way toward happiness.”
—Marlee Givens, librarian for modern languages and Library learning consultant
By Michael Useem, Soft Cover: Three Rivers Press, Hard Cover: Crown Business (2001)
“This book explores the role of leadership from several different levels. The author uses historical events that most readers would be familiar with, such as the Rwandan genocide, and cleverly weaves them into a compelling leadership story and coaching session. ‘The complete disconnect between the front line in Kigali and the executive suite in New York was a reminder that getting an unwanted message up to the top can be one of the most challenging but also one of the most important actions for the upward leader.’”
—Garth Milford, IT service delivery manager
By Alex Trebek, Simon & Schuster (2020)
“The book is a quick and easy read and touches on everything about Alex Trebek’s life. It includes lots of photographs and short chapters on life, humility, courage, conscience, camaraderie, teamwork, work-life balance, and of course, Jeopardy! Trebek delicately managed the art of writing an engaging memoir on his life, even with his own impending mortality. His writing is humorous, philosophical, optimistic, self-effacing, and engaging. The audience will enjoy reading his stories about celebrities (Queen Elizabeth), Jeopardy! champions, and his favorite books (by Bronte and Maugham). It is a real treat for Jeopardy! and non-Jeopardy! fans alike.”
—Anu Moorthy, electronic resources librarian
Robert L. Jordan Jr., facility manager for the Library and Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, recommended two books:
By Farah Jasmine Griffin, W. W. Norton & Company (2021)
“This, by far, has been my favorite read of year. The journey that these 10 chapters take you on, as Professor Griffin recounts her personal story of growing up in Philadelphia and providing insights and lessons from the Black American writers, is amazing. In the introduction she writes, ‘This book begins with a girl and ends with grace. Along the way, through a combination of memoir and readings of African American literature, it touches upon the question of mercy, the elusive quest for justice, the prevalence of beauty, even in the presence of death and throughout, hope in the face of despair.’ I enjoyed this book because it gives insight through the readings of literature and music on the themes that we face and struggle with daily. Not only read until you understand, but also listen.”
By Robert O’Meally, Columbia University Press (2022)
“Although this book deals with a little heavier subject matter, I still found it entertaining and informative. Professor O’Meally explains how the concept of antagonistic cooperation is modeled in jazz performance through friendly competition, challenge, and support to create beautiful musical experiences. Through the works of artists such as Romare Bearden and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the literature of Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison, and the music of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, he provides illuminating examples of antagonistic cooperation. When we face challenges when cooperating with others as colleagues and leaders, antagonistic cooperation can help us to grow, develop, and mature. Through the author’s eyes, ‘antagonistic cooperation is a form of community building competition and coordination with a jazz player’s spirit of love.”
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]]>It will temporarily open Saturday, Dec. 17 from noon to 3 p.m. for graduation photos on the rooftop garden.
Michael Patten, facilities manager for the Library and Clough Commons, said the main staircase will be refinished from the current metallic surface to a polished concrete that will better stand up to the wear and tear of heavy foot traffic. Additionally, crews will replace all carpet in the common areas throughout the building. This includes hallways, common study areas, and common lounge areas. It will not include breakout rooms, office suites, or classrooms.
Faculty and staff with offices in Clough are encouraged to find alternate working arrangement during this time period.
]]>Some costumes are so large and expansive, it makes the person wearing them appear as if they are carrying an unbelievably heavy load on their shoulders. Built on techniques in the traditional craft of wire-bending, these costumes and dancing sculptures are dynamic and performative and decorated with painted textiles, feathers, and beads.
Wire-bending has been a traditional method of constructing costumes for the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival since the 1930s, but Vernelle A.A. Noel, a joint professor with the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing and School of Architecture in the College of Design, has been conducting research on this at-risk practice.
Three masters of the craft have passed away since Noel began her research in 2012. Most recently, Albert Bailey, one of the masters who assisted Noel with her research, passed away in September. Those who are still alive are getting older.
“The craft is dying because of aging practitioners, the absence of a system to pass this knowledge on, and more,” Noel said. “There is currently no system of pedagogy for it to be passed on, so this was the first problem I addressed in my research. How do we document and make explicit this tacit knowledge in wire benders so that it can be shared and taught to others?
“This material practice is a language. For the continued telling of histories and cultures, these languages, which are ways of understanding and describing the world, should not disappear.”
Noel believes it’s possible to revive the craft through computational approaches.
Noel will be hosting her first physical exhibition, Design and Making in the Trinidad Carnival: Histories, Re-imaginations, and Speculations of Computational Design Futures, from Nov. 17 to Feb. 28, 2023, at the Price Gilbert Memorial Library at Georgia Tech.
The exhibition is funded by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and showcases wire-bending through traditional and technological forms of making.
“Specifically, I’m looking at wire-bending and how we can rethink craft, computation, and computers,” Noel said.
Noel, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, began her research in wire-bending during her graduate studies.
“I grew up looking at Carnival,” she said. “I always knew it was deep and rich, but during my graduate studies, I started to look at the scholarly side of Carnival and realized there was a gap in scholarship in terms of design,” she said. “I wanted to understand, unpack, and reveal what was there.
“At first, I focused more on the design and fabrication side of things, but it became much more than that. I’m a constant observer of how cultures change. The question started with an aesthetic change that I noticed that was different from the aesthetics of the past. I noticed that the aesthetics of Carnival were trending toward bikinis, beads, and feathers, and I wanted to know why. My hypothesis was that it was a design problem among the people, processes, knowledge, tools, methods, economies, and more.
Traditionally, the practice of wire-bending is a male-dominated practice, but Noel believes integrating computer technologies in the craft might make it more accessible to children, women, and those with physical limitations.
As she designed and produced her first exhibition, Noel said she had to think about what she wanted spectators to walk away with after viewing it.
“Craft practices can help us rethink technology, and technology can help us rethink craft practices,” she said. “The work also gives voice to the contributions of cultures and people who are often excluded from discourses in computation and technology.
“I’m looking forward to hearing how the work is received. I want people to feel the joy I felt curating, designing, and making it. I want them to be curious, to think across worlds and disciplines. I want them to acknowledge and appreciate this history.”
]]>A private space meant to serve as a temporary escape from the rigors of campus life, the Wellness Room is organized to comfortably accommodate a single person and well-suited to serve a variety of self-care needs.
Some common uses include serving as a lactation room for nursing parents, acting as a reflective space for prayer and meditation, or as a temporary respite for those with other health needs.
The room, which is available first-come, first-served, can be booked by seeing a Public Services Associate at the INFODesk on Grove Level of Price Gilbert.
The Georgia Tech Library is updating its Strategic Plan, the “roadmap” that helps the Library set goals and direct resources over the next three years.
As part of this process, the Library invites everyone who would like to contribute to the planning process to stop into a drop-in listening session from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 15 and 16.
Tuesday, Nov. 15, the listening session will be held at the Grove Level Reading Room next to Sideways Café.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, the listening session will be held in the Price Gilbert First Floor reading room by the Exhibits Gallery.
These listening sessions will be open feedback times where students, faculty and staff can freely discuss their ideas for the Library, including what works, what doesn’t, and what the Library should focus on over the next three years.
Additionally, through Friday, Nov. 18, blank whiteboards for open feedback will be available at:These boards will be monitored and recorded daily.
The Georgia Tech Library is updating its Strategic Plan, the “roadmap” that helps the Library set goals and direct resources over the next three years.
Looking for photos of campus and Georgia Tech history? At the end of 2022, access to archival images from the Georgia Tech Archives Portal site will transition to the Library's digital repository. You'll be able to discover archival images, Georgia Tech scholarship, and more unique collections all in one place.
Looking for photos of campus and Georgia Tech history?
If so, your card can be picked up at INFODesk, located on Grove Level of Price Gilbert, between now and Dec. 1.
]]>Beginning in 2023, researchers applying for many sources of federal funding will be required to have a digital persistent identifier.
Fortunately, there is an easy way to meet this requirement: creating an Open Researcher and Contributor iD (ORCiD iD).
Beginning in 2023, researchers applying for many sources of federal funding will be required to have a digital persistent identifier.
The locker pickup station, located on the Grove Level of Price Gilbert next to Sideways Cafe, will serve as an option to students, staff and faculty who have requested books from the Library's collections. Continued pickups from the INFO Desk will also remain available.
This includes materials from the off-site Library Service Center, the Core Collection throughout Price Gilbert, the Popular Reading Collection on Price Gilbert's first floor and the Circulating Science Fiction Collection on Crosland Tower's first floor.
]]>The web site features a beautifully designed theme based on current campus-standards, improved search capabilities, enhancements to support the vast public programming and instruction offerings of the Library, and completely revamped resource guides for each Georgia Tech college, as well as several interdisciplinary guides.
“We are thrilled to introduce this powerful new resource to campus,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “It has been a months-long project involving every aspect of the Library working together to produce the best possible portal for Georgia Tech’s learning, research, and teaching needs.”
The site was built in partnership with Montreal-based Evolving Web and features numerous service enhancements, in addition to a substantial design upgrade.
The most obvious is the single "Discover" super search, which now searches across multiple channels, and provides access to databases, resource guides, and, for the first time, Georgia Tech's institutional repository, known as SMARTech.
“The site also features a framework to support the Library’s service management efforts, including custom views for both internal and external users,” said Heather Jeffcoat, the Web and Discovery Management Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. “The new framework also allows us to establish a continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline for future upgrades and enhancements, making it easier to keep the site up to date.”
To see the new site and learn about everything the Georgia Tech Library offers, visit library.gatech.edu.
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Simply go to this link before Oct. 1 and request your card virtually.
To have your card sent to the Georgia Tech Library for pickup, type GATECH in the phone number field. Cards can be picked up at the INFODesk on Grove Level in Price Gilbert until Nov. 1.
Your public library card gives you access to free:
“This is fantastic news and well deserved,” said Dean Leslie Sharp. “Karen is an exceptional colleague and human being who brings all that she has to work and any other activity with which she is involved.”
In this role Manning will work to develop new activities providing a forum for BIPOC people working in ASERL libraries to develop professional connections and gain support in their career development.
“Karen brings passion, energy, emotional intelligence and creativity to the Visiting Program Officer position,” said Elaina Norlin, Professional Development and DEI Coordinator for ASERL. “We are so excited to work closely with her as she works her magic.”
Manning also currently serves as the President of the Georgia Library Association. She also recently finished her term as the inaugural Chair of the Library Diversity Council and served on the working group that developed recommendations for improving diversity at the Library, including forming the council.
“Karen’s service to the library community underscores how seriously she values librarianship, cares for the profession, knows that change is possible, and most importantly believes in the people who make up our institutions,” said Sharp.
To learn more about the Library’s efforts in inclusivity, equity and excellence, visit the Library Diversity Council’s website.
]]>Systema Cosmicum, or Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, outlines Galileo’s arguments in support of the heliocentric Copernican model. At the time, this was controversial with the Catholic Church, which supported an Earth-centered model of the universe. After its publication in 1624, the Inquisition charged Galileo with heresy and condemned him to life imprisonment. The book remained on the Inquisition’s list of prohibited books until 1822.
This copy is bound with Galileo’s last published work Two New Sciences, which discusses mechanics and motion. Two New Sciences is often cited as the first modern textbook of physics; Isaac Newton claimed it influenced his first two laws of motion.
The Archives’ copy was published in 1699 in Latin and contains the fifth edition of Systema Cosmicum and the third edition of Two New Sciences.
The Archives also acquired a first edition of Galileo’s Opere, consisting of 17 books and published letters bound in 2 volumes, printed in 1655 and 1656. It includes the well-known work Sidereus Nuncius, in which Galileo observed the cycles of the moon with a telescope and included engravings of the lunar surface. This makes it the first published scientific work based on observations made through a telescope.
These books can be viewed by appointment in the Archives Reading Room. Contact the Archives to schedule an appointment or learn more.
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Below you will find a quick primer on what we offer here at the Georgia Tech Library, from our team of committed and talented subject matter experts, to our innovative physical and digital spaces, to our millions of resources available 24 hours a day, seven days a week both online and in our buildings. Take a look – I am sure you will be glad you did.
Before you delve into a sample of what we offer for students, faculty, and staff, I want to take a moment to talk about the importance of living our values every day at the Georgia Tech Library. As members of the Georgia Institute of Technology, we commit ourselves to the following core values and strive daily to integrate them into every aspect of our service to you.
I want to talk about a few of these namely: making students our top priority, safeguarding freedom of inquiry and expression, and nurturing the well-being of our community.
Every member of the Georgia Tech Library’s passionate and caring team starts from a point of making students our top priority. We are here to serve you, and that is a responsibility we take seriously. Even if it is the middle of the night during finals, we are here for you whenever you need us.
Second, but no less important, is our commitment to safeguarding freedom of inquiry and expression. The library, as an institution, springs from the belief that anyone can achieve fulfillment and success through study. Couple that with our staunch support of personal privacy, and we think you will find the Georgia Tech Library is a safe space for anyone to explore ideas and challenge themselves intellectually.
Additionally, I want to extend a personal invitation to each and every student, faculty, and staff member to make yourself at home in the library. We truly value your well-being and seek to nurture it with spaces, services, and resources for introspection, collaboration, and reflection. We welcome all, and we look forward to serving all members of our community throughout the year.
Lastly, I want to hear from you! Feel free to email me at dean@library.gatech.edu with your thoughts and suggestions.
I hope you will check out our offerings and have an amazing year.
Go Jackets!
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]]>Crosland Tower's rooftop terraces are open every day from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
]]>Looking to get into something new this summer? Try these recommendations from our Popular Reading Curation (PRC) team.
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Recommended by John Mack Freeman, Head of Public Services Librarian
A new look at one of the most finite resources that anyone has at their disposal: time. If a person lives to be 80, they have just over 4,000 weeks at their disposal. How this time is used and managed is a primary challenge of life, and this book takes a blunt and counterintuitive approach towards its topic. More humorously philosophical than self-help, this book is great for the type of person who uses their summers to "level up" rather than wind down.
Intimations : six essays by Zadie Smith
Recommended by Catherine Manci, Public Programming & Community Engagement Librarian
This book of short reflective essays was penned by Zadie Smith during the 2020 lock down. In these essays, Smith reflects on life during the pandemic with a clarity that is unsettling in its truth and comforting in her ability to describe the moment with such precision. At just 100 pages, Intimations is a quick read to kick off the summer.
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor: Book 1) by Shelley Parker Chan
Recommended by Chris Britt-Rogers, Library Service Center Associate Senior
Prepare to lose yourself in a world of mysticism, power, and love as you read She Who Became the Sun. In this first book of what promises to be an epic fantasy series, Chan re-imagines the life of Zhu Yuanzhang, the son of peasant farmers who became the founder and first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In Chan’s novel, Zhu is an orphaned girl who assumes her brother’s identity after raiders kill her family. Living as a man, she becomes first a monk, then a soldier, and finally a powerful general as she seeks to fulfill her brother’s prophecy of greatness.
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Recommended by the PRC Team
Although from the Wayward Children series, each book can be read as a standalone. Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late. When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her to "Be Sure" before swallowing her whole, Regan must learn to live in a world filled with centaurs, kelpies, and other magical equines ... a world that expects its human visitors to step up and be heroes. But after embracing her time with the herd, Regan discovers that not all forms of heroism are equal, and not all quests are as they seem.
Bloom by Kevin Panetta, artwork by Savanna Ganucheau
Recommended by PRC Team
Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band -- if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom ... that is, if Ari doesn't ruin everything.
The Georgia Tech Library Popular Reading collection is located on the first floor of Price Gilbert. Titles are refreshed monthly, and can be checked out for 21 days. Holds and renewals are not available.
The essays included input from a dozen international authors and experts, but time was not on their side, as traditional printing and shipping would take months, if not years, to get the collection into the hands of those who needed it most.
“I researched for weeks to find an online publication platform,” said Gazi. “Many of the services were fee-based. [Additionally], the book was about Covid-19's impact on learning at scale, so it was very timely.”
Gazi knew of Georgia Tech Library’s SMARTech Digital Repository, which collects, curates, preserves, and provides access to unique digital content of enduring value to the Institute, including Georgia Tech scholarship and research.
She reached out to Fred Rascoe, scholarly communication librarian, and by February 2021 Moving Horizontally: The New Dimensions of At-Scale Learning at the Time of COVID-19 was safely stored, published, and ready for digital distribution across the globe.
“People around the world accessed our publication,” said Gazi. “Besides it being a free book, with this kind of publishing we dramatically reduced the book's time to market. Had we followed a more traditional publication path, we would probably just now be seeing the book hit the market.”
Susan Parham, digital curation librarian, manages and helps maintain the SMARTech open scholarship repository with Rascoe and a team of content curators
“We collect Georgia Tech scholarship and research, international publications, grey literature, and all sorts of other content of value,” said Parham. “Our work helps to ensure the authenticity, reliability, integrity, and stability of Institute scholarship.”
This includes pre-print versions of journal articles, research datasets, conference presentation material, videos of scholarly lectures series, technical reports, working papers, faculty podcast recordings, student scholarship, and the entire digitized collection of Georgia Tech Theses and Dissertations.
In addition to the archival value for the Institute, the repository also helps researchers meet funder and publisher requirements for sharing and archiving research results. This means researchers don’t have to worry about long-term data management or sharing – SMARTech takes care of it all.
That includes persistent identifiers for archived content, guaranteeing long-term access. This is important for researchers submitting manuscripts for publication that require a permanent link to underlying datasets or other supplementary material. Plus, the repository is indexed by Google Scholar and other search engines and repositories, broadening access to content.
“Our goal is to help Georgia Tech researchers disseminate their scholarship widely by providing a permanent, easily discoverable home for their work,” said Parham. “If SMARTech isn’t what they need, we’ll always help them find the best vehicle for sharing and archiving their open access research and scholarship."
To learn more about SMARTech, its collections, or how it can help you in your research efforts, visit https://smartech.gatech.edu/.
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]]>Additionally, she will create a major artwork in dialogue with the Library’s collection and new building.
“We are absolutely thrilled to kick off our Artist-in-Residence program and collaborative space with a talent of Sirlin’s caliber,” said Library Dean Dr. Leslie Sharp. “Tech’s students have long had a passion for the arts, and we’re proud to help them bring their visions to life.”
Sirlin, whose work ranges from large-scale, gestural paintings, to small-scale collages, to monumental in situ installations, is perhaps best known for her 1999 installation at the High Museum of Art, Retracings.
Her idiosyncratic aesthetic —biomorphic shapes and gestural brush marks in a dynamic sea of layered, sensuous colors -- establishes a contemplative tone.
“The Library is a place of research, reflection, ideas and thought,” said Sirlin. “I am looking forward to the conversations and dialogues that will occur in the process of making this artwork. I will create with the engagement of the Tech community; these interactions and having the opportunity create art are the essence of my life as an artist.”
Sirlin will work with students virtually and in the Library’s second-floor Artist-in-Residence (AIR) space to create work for installation.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOP SERIES
Mapping the Text: Jan. 24 through Feb. 18
AIRSpace (Room 2222, Price Gilbert)
Sirlin kicks off her residency Jan. 24 with an open collaborative workshop entitled “Mapping the Text.” Inspired by quotes from Frank Herbert’s landmark novel Dune, the workshop acts as response to and appreciation of “50 Years of Science Fiction at Georgia Tech,” a collaboration between the Library and the Literature, Media and Communication program in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
This asynchronous drop-in workshop, open through Feb.18, allows participants to “make and take” a collage kit or stay and create their collage in the space. Once finished, they will digitally photograph the work for manipulation into a collage.
Sirlin will virtually present a short introduction to the concept of collage in the history of art, using images of work by artists from Giuseppe Arcimboldo to contemporary artists such as Julie Mehretu, Ed Ruscha, and Veja Celmins.
Science Fictions in Real Time: Feb. 19
Second Floor Classroom, Crosland Tower
Join Sirlin in this creative workshop Saturday, Feb. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Library's Crosland Tower second floor classroom to create a Utopian/Dystopian environment using Adobe Photoshop. Full information is available here.
Participants will take photo(s) with their phones of a place in Crosland Tower or the Price Gilbert Library, either looking out from or into the building. Using Photoshop, participants will learn techniques to alter the photo into a science fiction tableau.
Participants will have access to Photoshop using the in-room computers.
This workshop is open to Georgia Tech students, staff, and faculty.
Image to Realization: April 6
Second Floor Classroom, Crosland Tower
Join Sirlin in this creative workshop Thursday, April 6 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Library's Price Gilbert second floor AIRspace to translate digital images into physical art. Participants will use the altered photography from the February workshop to translate the digital images into physical art. For participants who weren't able to attend the February workshop, there will be photographs available to work with. Full information is available here.
Materials will be provided for participants.
This workshop is open to Georgia Tech students, staff, and faculty.
Artist Talk and presentation of artwork: April 13
Scholars Event Network Theater, Crosland Tower
In this final event of Sirlin’s residency, she will discuss her process of working with students and reveal the art work she produced exclusively for the Georgia Tech Library.
ABOUT DEANNA SIRLIN
Sirlin received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Queens College, following a bachelor's degree in Art from SUNY Albany.
She has received grants and awards from the Judith Alexander Foundation; the Nexus Fund; US Artists; Georgia Chapter of The National Museum of Women in the Arts; The US State Department; and a Creative Capital Warhol Foundation award. Sirlin has had artist residencies at Yaddo; the Mark Rothko Centre, Latvia; the Cini Foundation Venice, Italy; Padies Foundation, Lempaut, France; and the City of Nuremberg, Germany. Her upcoming exhibition Borders of Light and Water will part of the 59th Venice Biennale in Italy.
To learn more about Sirlin’s work, visit www.deannasirlin.com.
]]>Special thanks to the GTPD for helping make this opportunity a reality.
]]>The Library will continue to provide archiving and digital curation support for your recorded lectures and seminars. Using our online submission form, you can submit your files to us for archiving in SMARTech.
Georgia Tech Professional Education offers virtual and in-person meeting support for campus partners. Please see here for more information. Additionally, IT A/V Services is available to assist you with operational and technological issues relating to your event spaces.
]]>The Crosland Tower kiosk is located in the first floor Science Fiction Lounge. The Price Gilbert kiosks are located on either side of the first floor Popular Reading Collection.
“We’re extremely excited to bring this functionality back to the Library,” said Sharetha Dantes, the Library’s senior business analyst who oversaw the project. “Students are our top priority, and we want to make sure we optimize the lending process to make their Library experience smoother.”
The process is simple. Just walk up to a kiosk:
When you’re done with your materials, simply deposit your books in the drop boxes located in the Library and Clough.
To learn more about the Library and its range of options for faculty, staff and students, visit the Library’s service listings.
]]>Clark Whittington, an artist from North Carolina, took an old, discontinued cigarette vending machine and filled it with his art. After seeing how successful his machine was, he decided to spread what he called Art-o-mats throughout the country and fill them with the work of local artists.
Once Alison Valk, a librarian at Georgia Tech, found out about the project, she immediately wanted to bring it to Tech’s campus.
“One of my passion projects is exposing students to the arts, especially public art,” Valk said. “I’m always looking out for opportunities to bring more arts to campus.” The effects of the machine are already being seen. Just while loading it, multiple people talked to Valk about their experiences with Art-o-mats. There is something about the space-themed, vintage vending machine that draws people in. Students walk by to get coffee and stop to observe the new machine, located on the first floor of the Price Gilbert Library near Blue Donkey Coffee.
The artwork in the machines ranges from circuit board jewelry to small paintings or prints, and all artwork can be sent to the company that maintains Art-o-mats. They will review the work and determine if it will be placed in machines across the globe. Valk is hopeful this Library initiative will inspire students to think creatively. It is a way to promote the humanities on campus and allow students to showcase their talents, and the broad range of art lets any student combine their passions with the Art-o-mat.
In time, the Library will offer workshops encouraging students to create their own prototypes. This is part of a larger initiative to bring new programming to the Library.
“The Art-o-mat is a concept that started small and grew to something with a much larger reach,” Valk said. “The Library hopes this resonates with Tech students. The machine is already inspiring new programming here through upcoming workshops in Spring 2022.” Though the art is small, it could have a big impact.
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]]>In May 2021, she earned an MBA from the Scheller College of Business and a Ph.D. from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering -- and she used the Library's Multimedia Scholarship Commons and Dissertation Defense Room to do it.
See how: https://youtu.be/E89Qy3bP5z0
]]>The Georgia Tech Library, which finished its decade-long reimagining and renovation in September 2020 with the opening of Price Gilbert Memorial Library, has been awarded multiple times for its efforts in historic preservation, architecture and lighting design.
“We accept these awards with the utmost gratitude to our peers who recognize the hard work, dedication and artistry our teams have put into this project and these buildings,” said Library Dean Leslie Sharp. “It is truly gratifying to see everyone’s efforts pay off so handsomely.”
The Georgia Tech Library received an award for “Excellence in Sustainable Preservation” during The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s 44th annual Preservation Awards ceremony in Macon Saturday, Oct. 9.
According to the Trust, awards for Excellence in Sustainable Rehabilitation recognize excellent rehabilitation projects that also incorporate appropriate conservation and sustainable treatments to lessen a building’s environmental impact while preserving significant features that convey its historic significance.
“Following its rehabilitation, the Library is once again a state-of-the-art facility, serving an integral role in Georgia Tech’s core educational ecosystem,” wrote the trust in its justification for the award. “The final design ultimately transformed a well-designed but inefficient building into a technology-rich, people-centered space at the heart of campus.”
This win was especially sweet for Dean Sharp, as her research includes historic preservation and the intersection of people and the places they inhabit.
“When we began work on these buildings, we knew that we wanted to preserve the incredible post-war detail and charm from original architect Paul M. Heffernan,” she said. “Being recognized for those efforts to bring his vision and craft to the project some 70 years after it first opened is truly an honor.”
The Georgia Tech Library also received two awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), both from the South Atlantic Region and the Georgia chapters. The South Atlantic Region ASPIRE Design Award was presented at a digital ceremony on Sept. 15, and design team representatives received the Georgia AIA Honor Award on Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta.
“We’re all very proud the Library renewal is receiving such broad recognition, and AIA awards are equally a testament to visionary and supportive clients … in this case, all at Georgia Tech that made this possible, the Library deans, faculty and staff, as well as Capital Planning and Facilities Construction,” said Stuart Romm, Professor of the Practice in the College of Design, where he has taught for more than 25 years.
Romm, who is also a co-founder at design firm PRAXIS3, spent years working on the Library project, overseeing numerous aspects of its cutting edge, user-centered design.
“The challenge of transforming the Library, in addition to critical environmental priorities, was to convert its historic role as an inward-oriented book repository space into outward-reaching people spaces for creative collaboration. And such broad collaboration was the hallmark of our design process as well, partnering with Kansas City-based architect BNIM, a national leader in high performance and sustainable design.” he said.
According to the AIA, winners “elevate the general quality of architectural practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance, and inform the public of the importance of design.”
In September the Georgia Tech Library received the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) Merit Award for the custom chandelier design in the Crosland Tower Grove Level reading room.
“It’s gratifying to have others recognize the quality of our collective investment in good design,” said Derek Porter, the associate professor at Parsons Design School in New York City who helped create the stunning statement piece.
According to the IES, award recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design.
]]>Meant to act as both public art and safety barrier, it will accentuate and enrich Crosland Tower's seventh floor roof terraces. Completion is expected in Spring 2022.
To learn more about the project, visit the Library's YouTube page.
]]>The collection hails back to her father's childhood and contains about 120 books from the late 1800s and early 1900s up through the 1950s. Titles include Tom Swift novels by Victor Appleton, books from Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs, and many others.
"He loved science fiction in all of its forms," said D'Unger. "It was an enduring passion and love of his, and I think he would be really honored to know that new generations of students, but also scholars that have an interest in science fiction as a genre, will have access to these materials."
The books are accessible in the Archives Reading Room, and you can request the books via the Library's catalog. Watch the video from Jason Wright at the Georgia Tech Library to learn more!
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di.minardi@gatech.edu
]]>“This was such an interesting story in the archives, so indicative of college culture at the time” she said. “It’s just charming and kind of quirky – exactly the type of thing we love about Georgia Tech history.”
Operation Books, as it was known, has all the classic elements you want – rowdy students getting in *just* a little bit of trouble, the campus community coming together with a can-do attitude, and a little color to add to the history of a beloved Georgia Tech mainstay.
And it’s coming back to campus Oct. 29 at noon in the courtyard of the Georgia Tech Library, between Price Gilbert and Crosland Tower, to celebrate books being back in the Library.
Operation Books
It was Thursday, Oct. 29, 1953. Hundreds of freshmen collected, milling about Cherry Street on a sunny late October morning with coffee in hand. They stood in line a quarter mile-long, ready to pass 150,000 books from the Carnegie Building, Tech’s original library, to the newly constructed Price Gilbert Memorial Library. It was a punishment for what the Georgia Tech Alumnus described as “pranks” during a “hyper vitiminized” pep rally after the game against Tulane.
The “shirt-tail parade,” as it was known, got so out of hand there was collateral damage to passers-by caught in the melee.
According to the Oct. 14, 1953 edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Freshmen took up a collection to pay hospital expenses of a downtown theater concessions operator who was hospitalized for hysteria after rampaging students invaded the theater.”
Using a plan developed by older Industrial Engineering students utilizing a “human chain,” the books began to move. Slowly at first, because Tech’s librarians were quite protective of the materials and training each new shift took precious time. Then human nature began to take over. There were grumbles about the plan; some broke rank in open defiance.
The plan was scrapped on the fly. A new ad hoc model was attempted. It, too, failed. Soon, plans were made to return to the original human chain option and things began to pick up again.
“It turned into a really interesting practical application of engineering to solve a real world problem,” said Alumni Historian Jennifer Rogers.
All told, students fell short of their lofty 150,000-title goal. Final totals of books moved were somewhere around the 55,000 to 75,000 mark. That left the rest of the collection to be moved over the weekend by Georgia Tech faculty and staff, who came in to make sure the job was done. The new library opened Monday, Nov. 2.
The Institute saved an estimated $5,000 from the effort, a little over $51,000 in today’s dollars. And according to the first-hand accounts of Operation Books – including the Technique, Georgia Tech Alumnus and Atlanta Journal Constitution – the hubbub took weeks to die down on campus.
And there the books stayed … until 1968, when the Graduate Addition, now known as Crosland Tower, sprang from atop Freshman Hill to hold the exploding print collection. Nearly 50 years later, in 2016, all print materials moved into cold storage for renovation and reimagining of both Library buildings.
Operation Books Redux
Now, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, 67 years to the day of the first Operation Books, the Library is celebrating the core collection, about 30,000 books representing each school’s most required manuscripts, moving back into the building.
This event, held in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and using resources furnished exclusively by the Georgia Tech Archives, will include a brief history of the original book passing from the Carnegie Building to Price Gilbert from Rogers (HTS 07, MS HSTS 09), Alumni historian. It starts at noon and includes the Reck, Buzz and members of the band providing fanfare for the ceremony.
After remarks, feel free to join into the human chain placing the last 53 books back on the shelves of Price Gilbert for the Core Collection.
]]>“We are extremely excited to welcome Dr. Johnson to our team,” said Library Dean Leslie Sharp. “She brings a wealth of experience, a deep background in cutting-edge user research, and a dedication to preserving the academic and social missions of the library.”
Formerly an assistant professor in NCCU’s School of Library and Information Sciences and a lecturer at Clayton State University’s Master of Archival Studies program, Johnson also spent three years as Supervisory Archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
Johnson will be responsible for Library instruction, subject matter expert and archivist outreach activities, academic campus partnerships, services and faculty development. She will also oversee public programming, assessment, special collections, records and research data management and digital curation.
Johnson received her bachelor’s in Political Science from Florida State University. She continued her studies at Florida State, achieving a Master’s in Library and Information Science in 2009 and PhD in Information Science in 2015.
In the last decade, Johnson has received grants from Duke University, the Digital Library of Georgia, Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. She also received the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Honor from Florida State University’s School of Information. Dr. Johnson’s work was also recognized by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, which honored her as a 2021 Freedom Scholar Award.
Johnson is a member of the American Library Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the Association for Library and Information Science Educators, and the Societies of American and Georgia Archivists.
]]>Cards can be picked up at the INFODesk in Price Gilbert Library (Grove Level) between Sept. 20 and Oct. 1.
The Fulton County Library System offers books, eBooks, e-Audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, books on CD, books on MP3, and videos for you to borrow to use and enjoy, with additional services available online through the library system’s website. Cardholders may borrow up to 50 items at one time, and cardholders may also reserve meeting rooms at no charge.
Georgia Tech is truly an international campus with students, faculty, and staff from all over the world. Celebrating and learning more about the experiences and origins of the members of our community represents the Library’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice on campus and beyond.
To explore the reading room, click here.
]]>This schedule will also be posted at each location.
Crosland Tower seventh floor rooftop terraces will be open:
Friday, April 30: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Monday, May 3: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 4: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Clough rooftop gardens will be open:
Wednesday, May 5: 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 6: 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 7: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 8: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
]]>Located on the third floor in the Price Gilbert building, the MSC's recording studios provide campus access to professional-level hardware and software for the creation of creative, media-rich projects and research.
Opening Jan. 25 are reservable video and audio recording studios with control room, whisper booth, lightboard, and green screen technologies. At a later date, the MSC will also provide users with a reservable, post-production editing room and a computing zone with multimedia software including the Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools. The space will be staffed by student experts and provides services and support for poster (wide-format) printing.
Due to the specialized nature of the equipment in the studios, we require users to briefly review some training materials. The training materials will orient you to the equipment in the recording studios and elsewhere in the MSC.
Located on the fourth floor of Price Gilbert, the Teaching Studio is the Library’s hub for the design, support, and practice of teaching. It features a self-serve recording space for practice presentations and pre-recorded lectures. The open space features plenty of comfortable sofa seating and highboy tables with integrated outlets and power.
Second Offense:
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Reference assistance is available online and by phone at 404-894-4500.
]]>To launch our celebration of that milestone, and in honor of Science Fiction Day, Jan. 2, we asked the science fiction experts of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts for book and movie recommendations from 1971.
Click on the link to read their recommendations:
https://iac.gatech.edu/news-events/features/georgia-tech-science-fiction-day-2021
]]>From Monday, Dec. 28 through Thursday, Dec. 31, virtual services will be available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. To utilize virtual services, visit our Help page.
]]>Since 1998, Georgia Tech’s collection of science fiction books has been one of the largest and most important such compilations in the United States. Now, thanks to longtime Georgia Tech supporter Kathy Betty, that already renowned collection is even better.
Betty, a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Association Board of Trustees, has donated 2,724 of her late husband Garry Betty’s science fiction novels to Georgia Tech. Many of the books are first editions, including J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot.
“Garry always wanted the books to end up at Georgia Tech,” said Betty of her late husband, the former CEO of Earthlink, who graduated from the Institute in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
“I’m so excited these books will be shared with science fiction enthusiasts at Georgia Tech,” Betty said. “Garry used to refer to characters in these books as his friends, and I know that he would be so happy to see them at a place that meant so much to him.”
Georgia Tech’s science fiction collection is a unique resource frequently used by faculty and students in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC). Many of the books were donated in 1998 by Irving “Bud” Foote, who founded Georgia Tech’s science fiction studies program in 1971. The collection ranks as the third-largest in the United States.
Regents Professor Lisa Yaszek, a science fiction scholar in LMC, said the donation is an important addition.
“I often tell our engineering students that reading science fiction is an ideal way to learn what people living in specific historical moments think about the sciences and technologies of their times,” Yaszek said. “Getting a science fiction collection like this, owned by a Georgia Tech alumnus who helped shape the Internet as we know it, provides us with a unique opportunity to understand what science fiction can tell us about the dreams of engineers themselves.”
Jody Thompson, head of the Library’s archives and special collections department, said the donation fills some gaps in the existing collection and increases the number of award-winning titles.
“Garry Betty’s collection was almost exclusively first editions, which may not mean a lot to the average reader but is really something for those of us in library and science fiction worlds," Thompson said.
LMC Associate Professor Karen Head, who knows Betty through Georgia Tech’s athletics program, helped facilitate the donation.
“One night, we went to dinner, and I started telling her about the books,” Betty said. “She said, ‘You do understand what we have at Georgia Tech, don’t you?’” said Betty, who until then was unaware of the existing collection here.
Head said the two “became giddy and aminated about the possibilities.” She soon arranged a visit for Betty with LMC’s science fiction faculty. Soon after, Betty and her nephews Cameron Lane (BSBA, 2005) and Wesley Morris began organizing and archiving the collection and obtained an appraisal fixing the works’ value at $168,000.
The extensive work done by Betty, Morris, and Lane — who is a current student in the Online Master of Science in Computer Science program — to prepare for the donation will speed integration of the donation into the Library’s holdings, Thompson said.
Head, a poet, associate professor, associate chair in LMC, and director of the Naugle Communication Center, said she was happy to participate in such a meaningful donation.
“There are few gifts to a university that come with so much love,” she said. “I am so delighted that we were able to make Kathy’s dream of having Garry’s books at Georgia Tech come true.”
]]>In celebration of the 2020 International Education Week, the Georgia Tech Library invites students, faculty and staff to explore the vast collection of international entertainment in the Georgia Tech Library’s Collection.
Modern Languages Librarian Marlee Givens has a few recommendations to get you started:
Sony Pictures Classics is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom (similar to Fox Searchlight Pictures and Focus Features).
Persepolis (2007)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)
The Lives of Others (2006)
This unique collection includes the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, masterpieces from the mid-20th century, and contemporary films from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America. The collection shines a light on the history of cinema while also providing a glimpse into the cultures and issues of countries worldwide—making it useful beyond film studies departments by bringing value to programs in area studies, political science, history, world languages, and more.
WIT (2001)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
In celebration of the 2020 International Education Week, the Georgia Tech Library invites students, faculty and staff to explore the vast collection of international entertainment in the Georgia Tech Library’s Collection.
]]>Exploring the "endless frontier" of scientific discovery requires coordinated effort from all corners of the Institute. We at the Library appreciate all the Research Administration staff do to ensure that a robust and cutting-edge research enterprise helps define Georgia Tech as a world class research Institute. We recognize the many spillovers from Georgia Tech R&D labs into industrial applications, innovations in teaching and learning, and, most significantly, improving the human condition.
Leslie Sharp, Dean of Libraries, sees the research administrators as critical to the mission of Georgia Tech and to the Library.
"These valuable members of the community played a key role in Georgia Tech’s crossing of the billion dollar mark in research expenditures for the second year in a row and have been vital to the training of students, making key discoveries, and expanding our global presence.
The Library thanks the research administrators who are the backbone of supporting Tech’s students and faculty in ‘Creating the Next’ in research and education."
The Library stands ready to support our research administrator colleagues in the spirit of "Progress and Service." Most of all, we want each and every one of you to know just how much your work means to us, to the Institute, and to society at large.
]]>The Georgia Tech Library opened August 3 with the goal of prioritizing health and safety while providing the delivery of critical services to support campus-based instruction for students, faculty and staff.
Our guiding principles include:
Is the Library open? What are the hours?
Yes. The Library, which includes the S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower, plus connections to Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, opened August 3. All three resumed 24-hour schedule Sunday, August 16 in anticipation for the coming semester. All three buildings will be open to the campus community from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., access will be BuzzCard only.
As always, before entering any campus building conduct the Daily Self-Checklist. Use the provided hand sanitizer at each entrance and exit. Masks are required throughout the building.
In order to maintain high standards of cleanliness and mitigate health risks, the Library experience will be different. We ask the Georgia Tech community help us ensure the Library sets the gold standard for Jackets Protecting Jackets.
Can I use the Library to study?
Yes. Please be advised that all entrants must wear a CDC-compliant face covering per University System of Georgia mandate. They are also encouraged to maintain social distancing of at least six feet per CDC guidelines in all areas of the Library, including the collaboration rooms. As such, open study rooms will have furniture removed/covered to promote social distancing. Additionally, some study areas may be used periodically to accommodate distanced, in-person instruction. Overall, total seating capacity will be reduced by 40 to 50 percent.
We ask that use of elevators be limited to one or two people (restrictions are posted for each elevator). If you are capable of using stairs, please do so to keep elevators free for those who need them. Please do not use stairwells for calls, conversations, eating or studying.
Eating and drinking is discouraged in the buildings due to the removal of masks, which are required in all publicly accessible areas of the buildings.
Please note signage throughout the building for entry and exit, traffic flow on stairs, queuing for service, seating, and other normal business procedures.
Are collaboration rooms open?
No. Collaboration rooms are currently unavailable.
Can I use the Library’s computers and printers?
Remote printing is available throughout both buildings in the Library and Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. Printing from the Library and Clough cluster computing stations is currently unavailable due to the clusters being closed.
Computing stations are currently closed, but are expected to open within the first two weeks of the semester. The delay is due to the delivery of a UV-C chamber to sanitize keyboards and mice.
Please be advised that once open, students will find computing stations have been reconfigured to accommodate social distancing. Upon delivery and testing of the UV-C chamber, keyboards and mice will be available for checkout and contact-less delivery using a Library locker. After use, the keyboards and mice will be quarantined, then sanitized.
Each patron is responsible for using centrally located cleaning supplies on each work station and printer before and after use. Hand sanitizer will also be available for use.
There will be no visitor terminals for the non-Georgia Tech community.
How do I get physical materials?
All Library collections, including the circulating science fiction collection, are now in the Library Service Center as part of Covid-19 response. Physical materials can be requested using the Library’s online catalog and will be delivered without contact using Library lockers. Returned items will be in quarantine for four days. Expect delivery delays for physical items borrowed from non-Georgia Tech libraries due to quarantine procedures.
Physical course reserves and gadget lending will begin after the delivery and testing of the UV-C chamber for sterilization.
Visiting researchers seeking in-person archival materials must schedule an appointment at least 48 hours in advance using the online contact form. The Archives Reading Room is open by appointment only Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Masks are required in the Archives Reading Room.
Can I borrow a camera, microphone, or other periphery?
In September, again dependent on the delivery of the UV-C chamber for sterilization, the Library will reinstate gadgets lending. All lending will take place online, with contact-less delivery to a Library locker.
Can I borrow a laptop for long-term use?
For students in need of a computer, a limited supply of laptops/tablets are available for no-cost, long-term loan and can be shipped to addresses off campus or picked up on campus by appointment.
Contact customersupport@library.gatech.edu to request a laptop or tablet.
Will I be able to use a Library locker?
Not currently. The Library is using lockers for contact-less delivery for the foreseeable future. If demand does not meet capacity, lockers will be made available for checkout.
They include an introduction to fact-checking and recognizing trusted sources, how to write a literature review, searching databases, avoiding plagiarism, and much, much more.
To import the resources into your classes using Canvas Commons, simply click the links below:
The “Remembering John Lewis” section of the Black Lives Matter reading room includes e-books, films, journal articles and primary source material from the NAACP database. Among the specific resources are a New York Times opinion piece he wrote in 1975, correspondence between Lewis and labor and activist groups, and original photography from the National Archive.
To view the resources, please visit the Black Lives Matter reading room, located on the Library’s website.
]]>Click here to explore the Black Lives Matter Reading Room.
]]>Murray-Rust served as the dean of Libraries since August 2008. During her tenure, Georgia Tech took bold, transformative steps to actively engage with faculty and students in research and learning by providing inspirational physical and digital environments, information expertise, curated scholarly content, and excellent services.
Murray-Rust guided creation of the shared collection and Library Service Center with Emory University and the recently completed renovations of Crosland Tower and Price Gilbert. In total, the projects represent a more than $100 million investment in the future of research, teaching and learning at the Institute.
“We are incredibly grateful to Dean Murray-Rust for her service as dean for more than a decade,” said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “Her leadership and vision helped to shape and shepherd the transformation of the Georgia Tech Library into a reimagined space of collaboration and scholarship for our students, faculty, and staff.
“We thank her for her leadership and contributions as dean as this exciting transformation is realized.”
In spring 2019, Murray-Rust began transitioning toward a sole focus on the successful completion of the Library Next project and library resource development and fundraising. In addition, she represented Georgia Tech’s thought leadership in the area of library innovation across the country by frequently writing and presenting about the future of academic research libraries in the changing landscape of higher education.
She is currently working on a book about the transformation of the Tech Library for the American Library Association's ALA Editions and recently began service on the Growth Committee of the Atlanta Fulton County Public Library's Foundation.
Prior to becoming dean at Georgia Tech, Murray-Rust served as the Dean of Libraries at Colorado State University, Associate University Librarian at Oregon State University, and Associate University Librarian at Cornell University.
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Previously, Sharp served as interim chief executive officer for the Library since March 2019, a role she shared with her duties as associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development.
“This is an exciting time to be at Georgia Tech with its new leadership, increasingly strong academic reputation, crossing of the billion dollar mark in research expenditures, and expanding global presence,” she said. “The Library has the opportunity to be at the center of this transformation by supporting Tech’s students and faculty in ‘Creating the Next’ in education and research.”
As interim CEO of the Library, Sharp was responsible for overseeing all personnel, financial, and operational decisions. She also began to craft a long-term vision for the human resources, technology, space, and culture of the Library, including strengthening integration of the Library with the Institute’s research and academic efforts.
Starting this summer, Sharp will continue work on her priorities for the Library. These include:
“My personal goal is for the Library to be the heart of Georgia Tech’s scholarly community,” she said. “However, to achieve this the Library must be a place that fosters community and where people want to come. This includes all students, faculty and staff.”
In her time as Interim Library CEO, the organization made tremendous strides toward its goal of being the new model for a public, STEM-focused research library. The accomplishments included:
Sharp has more than 25 years of administrative experience in both academic and history-related organizations, and has been at Georgia Tech since 2006. Her time here includes service as the assistant dean for Academic Affairs and Outreach for the College of Design and, most recently, as the associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development, a position she has held since 2013.
As associate vice provost, Sharp managed operations across the organization, including communications, human resources, finance, and general administration. She also oversaw an expanding organizational mission and operations, including growing personnel and services that offer enhanced graduate student support, professional development for graduate students and postdocs, postdoctoral services, and more intentional faculty development. Additionally, she authored new procedures for the Regents Professor and Researcher processes, resulting in more representative and inclusive practices for nomination, selection, and reappointment, and helped put in place a transparent and consistent promotion path for lecturers and academic professionals, which included adding a principal level to both.
Sharp is a Georgia Tech alumna, earning a Ph.D. in the history and sociology of technology and science, with a doctoral minor in architectural history. She holds a master’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a B.A. in history from the University of Georgia.
While at Tech, Sharp has been appointed to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association Board of Trustees (2019-present); selected as a participant for the ACC Academic Leadership Network (2018-2019); named to the Georgia’s Most Beautiful Libraries Selection Committee of the Georgia Public Library Service, USG (2017); awarded the Alumni Trailblazer Award, School of History and Sociology, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts (2015); and received the Dean’s Award, College of Architecture (2008).
]]>“Leslie Sharp has been an outstanding administrator during her time at Georgia Tech and I thank her for her service to the Library over the last year,” said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and K. Harrison Brown Family Chair. “She is a trusted collaborator and leader, and a passionate and compassionate educator. That leadership will be critical as the new dean of the Library and as we realize the full potential of the Library Next initiative.”
Sharp has more than 25 years of administrative experience in both academic and history-related organizations, and has been at Georgia Tech since 2006. Her time here includes service as the assistant dean for Academic Affairs and Outreach for the College of Design and, most recently, as the associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development, a position she has held since 2013.
As associate vice provost, Sharp has managed operations across the organization, including communications, human resources, finance, and general administration. She also oversaw an expanding organizational mission and operations, including growing personnel and services that offer enhanced graduate student support, professional development for graduate students and postdocs, postdoctoral services, and more intentional faculty development. Additionally, she authored new procedures for the Regents Professor and Researcher processes, resulting in more representative and inclusive practices for nomination, selection, and reappointment, and helped put in place a transparent and consistent promotion path for lecturers and academic professionals, which included adding a principal level to both.
In the role of interim CEO of the Library, Sharp was responsible for overseeing all personnel, financial, and operational decisions. She also began to craft a long-term vision for the human resources, technology, space, and culture of the Library, including strengthening integration of the Library with the academic and research mission of the Institute.
“I am proud to have served alongside the faculty and staff of the Library over the last year and am honored to be named the next dean of an incredible organization,” said Sharp. “The Library is the true scholarly heart of our community and I am excited to steer the vision of Library Next and continue my work.”
Sharp is a Georgia Tech alumna, earning a Ph.D. in the history and sociology of technology and science, with a doctoral minor in architectural history. She holds a master’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a B.A. in history from the University of Georgia.
Sharp was one of four finalists in the search for the next dean of the Library. The search committee was chaired by Jason Freeman, professor and chair in the School of Music. Members of the Office of the Provost who served on the committee included Michael Toney, director of Academic Administration, who served as the search administrative lead, and Mary Thomas, senior program manager. Representatives from outside search firm Isaacson Miller assisted.
“The candidate pool yielded a field of impressive finalists, and I’d like to extend my gratitude to the search committee and the Georgia Tech community for their support and counsel throughout this important search,” said President Ángel Cabrera. “Dr. Sharp’s long and deep history at Georgia Tech make her uniquely suited to lead our Library into a new chapter of partnership with all academic units, service to our learning and research missions, and innovation in how we access and leverage information. I very much look forward to continuing to work with her.”
]]>Here’s a look at some of the resources you can access from home. Some, because of the extraordinary nature of the situation, are time-bound.
For more information, visit the Library’s COVID-19 response page.
Laptops
The Library has a limited quantity of laptops available for long-term loan for students in need. Students can contact customersupport@library.gatech.edu to request a laptop.
Special Electronic Resources
AAMI, ASTM, and IEEE Standards
If you are doing any research related to COVID-19 with ventilators, protective clothing, barrier protection, or organizational issues during this pandemic, some applicable standards are now available at no cost, but you must register. Through our subscriptions, we already have access to ASTM and IEEE standards. Contact your subject matter expert if you have any questions.
ProQuest has partnered with renowned provider Film Platform to bring more than 500 high-demand, thought-provoking documentaries to Academic Video Online. Film Platform is known across the globe for award-winning films curated for academic audiences. Highlighted titles include RBG, An Inconvenient Sequel, The Hunting Ground, Human Flow, and How to Survive a Plague.
Access to APA Publication Manual and Other Resources
This resource provides temporary free access to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th and 7th editions), the Concise Guide to APA Style, and more than 160 other books published by APA Books through VitalSource and RedShelf.
All Bloomsbury databases are open through the end of May. They include:
Many publishers have upgraded their licenses to unlimited users through June.
Gale has created an online toolkit where librarians and educators can optimize their existing resources, access additional resources supporting health research and content for teaching, find professional development resources to help transition to virtual learning, and more.
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of the partner institutions in digital form, preserving them securely to be accessed and used today — and by future generations. Items in the public domain are available in full text. Others are fully searchable.
With the support of select content partners like First Run Features, Samuel Goldwyn, Collective Eye Films, FilmRise, Films We Like, Media Education Foundation, NYX, and more, Kanopy has put together a collection of films that you can watch at no cost until April 12. This is a very limited selection.
Several publishers have chosen to temporarily make content freely available on Project MUSE. Each publisher designates the specific content and the amount of time it will be freely available on MUSE. View the list of participating publishers daily, as it changes often.
VitalSource
You will need to create a free account to access the texts. Expires May 25. Georgia Tech's bookstore, Barnes and Noble, has partnered with digital course materials provider VitalSource and leading publishers to launch VitalSource Helps, a program that provides students with access to e-books. Participating publishers include Cengage, Wiley, McMillan, McGraw Hill, Taylor and Francis, and many more, as well as university presses.
Georgia Tech‘s journal access has been upgraded to include all World Scientific journal content published since 2001. It is available until June 30.
]]>“As digital media and technologies transform the study of the humanities around the world, this volume provides the first hemispheric view of the practice of digital humanities in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Americas. These essays examine how participation and research in new media have helped configure identities and collectivities in the region.
Featuring case studies from throughout Latin America, including the United States Latinx community, contributors analyze documentary films, television series, and social media to show how digital technologies create hybrid virtual spaces and facilitate connections across borders. They investigate how Latinx bloggers and online activists navigate governmental restrictions in order to connect with the global online community. These essays also incorporate perspectives of race, gender, and class that challenge the assumption that technology is a democratizing force.
Digital Humanities in Latin America illuminates the cultural, political, and social implications of the ways Latinx communities engage with new technologies. In doing so, it connects digital humanities research taking place in Latin America with that of the Anglophone world.”
-University of Florida Press
Professor Rodríguez is a Latin American film scholar whose research focuses on the representation of Latin American cities in documentary. He studies how Latin American documentaries represent contemporary urban issues such as housing problems, transportation dynamics, water resources, economic development, and social movements. In his publications, Rodríguez explores documentaries as moving maps and embodied cartographies of contemporary urban issues.
]]>The 18-member advisory search committee is comprised of faculty and staff, as well as students from the undergraduate and graduate student government associations. The committee will be co-chaired by Charles Isbell, dean of the College of Computing and Susan Lozier, dean of the College of Sciences.
Two town halls are scheduled for students, faculty, and staff to hear about the search process and provide feedback on the candidate considerations:
Additional town halls are planned for later in the semester as the search progresses.
The full search committee includes:
Georgia Tech will be assisted by Jackie Zavitz, Ellen Landers, and Kaley Palanjian of Heidrick & Struggles. Nominations and applications should be directed to GTProvost@heidrick.com.
Once finalized, an application link will be provided, as well as ongoing search updates, via the search site.
]]>“I start my day by inspecting every floor and making sure all of the equipment and systems (HVAC, lighting, AV, etc.) are in working condition,” Oliver said. “If something is not functioning, I try to take corrective measures to have the issues resolved before students and staff arrive.”
He also inspects the furniture, flooring, wall coverings, meeting spaces and collaboration rooms, and the public facilities to make sure everything is “on point” for the day.
Oliver is part of a team that consists of another building manager who oversees Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, a project manager, a senior facility manager, an event coordinator, and a director who manages the whole team. He has worked in Price Gilbert Memorial Library as well as Clough Commons from time to time.
“Everybody on our team has been cross-trained to work throughout the three buildings,” he said.
Oliver came to Georgia Tech in 2016 after nine years at Georgia Perimeter College.
“When I started at Georgia Tech the building we’re in — Crosland Tower — was pretty much a shell,” he said. “What you see now is the finished product of a total renovation. There are no books except for our Sci-Fi collection, but there is an increase in the seating capacity. The students seem to like having more study space.”
Contractors renovated the facility, with Oliver and his colleagues performing a lot of the inspections throughout the process. The refurbished Crosland Tower opened in January 2019. Price Gilbert’s renovation is scheduled for completion in June.
“When the building was completed, I felt like I was in dreamland,” he said. “I’m still in awe of how nicely the project turned out.”
His favorite part of Crosland Tower are the terraces on the top floor because they offer a great view of campus. The most rewarding part of his job is knowing that anyone coming into the library will have a positive experience.
“I like students, and I enjoy working with my team. I have never had a day that I didn’t want to come to work. I just love coming here,” Oliver said. “Every day is different, but every day is a good day.”
Away From the Office
Oliver and his wife Shelia have been married 35 years, and they have two adult daughters. The couple met in Atlanta after he moved from Orlando.
Oliver, who is 6’ 4” tall, grew up playing basketball in Jacksonville, Florida.
“When I was about 10 years old my mom bought a basketball goal for me. I installed it myself, and I’ve been playing ever since,” he said.
His favorite team is the Los Angeles Lakers, and he remembers watching Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jerry West play ball.
“That’s when basketball was basketball,” he joked.
Oliver hasn’t been to a Tech basketball game yet, but he said he’d like to go.
In addition to basketball, he enjoys renting a boat at Callaway Gardens to fish on the lake. He also likes old movies and TV shows from the ’60s and ’70s.
“My favorite is The Andy Griffith Show. I love Barney and Andy. It’s just that hometown feeling of Mayberry, with Floyd in the barber shop. There’s a camaraderie. It’s a good thing,” he said.
The Wizard of Oz is his favorite movie.
“When I was a kid I would watch The Wizard of Oz on Sunday night — the one time it showed during the year. It was special because you’d have to wait a whole year to see it again,” he said. “I just fell in love with that movie.”
Oliver has a B.S. in political science with a minor in history from Florida A&M University. He aspired to attend law school, but he never pursued it.
“I started working after college and have been working ever since,” he said. “Once I retire I may do it, just to say I did it.”
]]>Institute Communications
]]>One hundred and fifty student artworks presented in the mediums of film/video, literature, poetry, digital or code-based art, photography, structural art, drawing, and painting will be on display throughout the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. We invite you to explore the collection of pieces, which examine the theme of Identity, Community, and Belonging and are on display throughout the building until July 2020.
Just as varied as the artwork on display are the majors of the participating students who represent the departments of Architecture, Computer Science, Industrial Design, Neuroscience, Materials Science Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, and beyond. Georgia Tech Arts is thrilled to share the talents and creativity of these students in addition to their work in the classroom and research labs and hope you will immerse yourself in the incredible art.
To learn more about the biannual Clough Student Art Crawl and view the People’s Choice Award winner(s) after March 15, 2020, visit arts.gatech.edu/content/clough-art-crawl.
]]>“Digitization of collections is here, and it will never stop,” he said. “It’s an amazing resource, of course. There’s a lot there, but what do you do with it?
“Does it just sit there? And how is it ever going to reach us?”
These are vital questions in a world where more than 2.5 trillion bytes of data are created every day, drowning most people in a sea of information, he said. The results include a growing distrust in science, the phenomenon of fake news, and a loss of trust in public institutions.
Clough found answers to these questions during years of building and maintaining the digital enterprise for some of the world’s most important natural, artistic, engineering, and technological collections.
“Take your knowledge base and give it to the public,” he said. “Take the collections and help teachers make lesson plans.”
The promise of museums – and the education of society as a whole – was something close to the hearts of the founding fathers, Clough stressed. Even now, nearly 250 years later, it still goes back to the philosophy of George Washington regarding the importance of education to democracy.
“Democratization is achieved by reaching out — not sitting back, hoping it will happen,” he said.
Clough’s talk, organized by the Library Faculty Advisory Board, is one of several events taking place in the Library’s new spaces, as word gets out about the innovative, reimagined Crosland Tower and the ongoing renovation that is transforming Price-Gilbert, scheduled for completion in Summer 2020.
“This event is really one of the first that’s been organized to celebrate the return of a whole library to campus,” said Dean Catherine Murray-Rust. “We hope it will be the first of these kind of events that will be focused on academics and the role of libraries in our community.”
]]>The blank walls of the Clough Commons will once again be transformed into a make-shift gallery, all centered around the artistic work of Georgia Tech students on Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. This year's event will kick off the Tech Arts Festival, a month long celebration of Arts at Tech. All Georgia Tech students, regardless of major or year, are welcome to submit at least 3 pieces total. The deadline to submit is Monday, January 27 by 5 p.m.
Last year, over 360 students submitted and exhibited work in this student-only art show, which serves as a unique opportunity for Georgia Tech students to close their books, catch their breath, and enjoy the therapeutic effects of art.
All media will be considered, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, craft arts, graphic design, code-based art, music, poetry/prose, performance, film, and video. The event will also include live readings and special performances put on by artistic student groups, spoken word, and open mic opportunities. Light refreshments will be available throughout the building.
]]>Communications Officer I
Georgia Tech Library
]]>The nuclear energy panel will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in the Library's Neely Room. The panel will feature:
Panelists will explore a range of quesions concerning the future of nuclear energy, such as: What are the positive and negative environmental effects of nuclear energy when compared to other energy sources? How safe is it? The disastrous events in the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan following an earthquake and tsunami have heightened concern over the safety of nuclear energy.
]]>Georgia Tech Librarian
]]>From now until January 27, students of all media (photography, painting, drawing, music, poetry & spoken word, etc.) are invited to enter their work to be featured in this year’s event, which will take place on February 13 from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. throughout the Clough Commons. All art will remain on display until March 15. Students can submit online at art.clough.gatech.edu.
“The [Art] Crawl takes a very STEM-oriented, techy student and puts them in an artistic context,” said Alex Duncan, Computer Engineering major and 2013 Poetry/Prose/Spoken Word winner.
With more than 300 submissions from a diverse range of majors at last year’s event, the Art Crawl is an annual opportunity for every Tech student a chance to show off their talents. All artists are eligible to win one of the eight cash prizes awarded for best work in a category and a People's Choice award. Art Crawl guests can vote for their favorite overall piece during the event to determine the People's Choice winner.
“I think it’s good to get people out of their little bubbles every now and then,” Duncan added. “You never know what they’ll create or pick up and bring back to the STEM field.”
A group of six professors and working artists from the Atlanta community will jury art. Prizes are is $100.
The seven, juried categories are as follows:
Quick Facts:
- Only three (3) submissions total per artist
- Printing is available free of charge if formatted properly
- Deadline to submit is January 27 by 5 p.m.
- Only currently enrolled students can submit
- See website for art drop-off locations
The Clough Art Crawl is free and open to the public. It will also serve as the opening event for the 2014 Tech Arts Festival.
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Georgia Tech Library
]]>Curated by the Georgia Tech Library in honor of Project One, retroTECH is a crowdsourced exhibit of technological treasures from the personal collections of Georgia Tech faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
The exhibit features a display of treasured technology pieces from the personal collections of Georgia Tech community. Each item is paired with a note from the item's owner. retroTECH is located across from the Library Services Desk on the first floor of the Library. Vote online for your favorite item!
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]]>Digital Archivist
Georgia Tech Library
]]>Join the Library for a presentation by Dr. Michael Nielsen on "Doing Science in the Open” Monday, October 3 at 3 p.m. in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building.
Nielsen informally defines Open Science as “the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as is practical in the discovery process.” Nielsen is an author and renowned scientist who helped pioneer the field of quantum computation. Currently, he is on an international tour presenting his message about the benefits of and barriers to achieving openness in the scientific community.
“The Georgia Tech Library has consistently supported open access to scholarly literature," said Lori Critz in a recent blog post about the lecture. Critz is the head of the Library’s Faculty Engagement Department and a Subject Librarian.
"Dr. Nielsen, and other supporters, are trying to extend the concept, beyond just finished products, to the actual process of creating new scientific knowledge,” she continued. “We hope this presentation will help spark further campus-wide conversations on both open science and open access issues."
In a recent TedXTalk lecture on Open Science, Nielsen asked, “Can the culture of science be changed? Should publicly funded science be Open Science?” His upcoming book, “Reinventing Discovery,” describes a major shift in the way scientific discoveries are made due to the emergence of online collaboration and sharing scientific information.
The general lecture is free and open to the public. Visit the Library's Web site for more information.
]]>Join the Library for a presentation by Dr. Michael Nielsen "Doing Science in the Open” in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building at 3 p.m. Monday, October 3.
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Georgia Tech Library
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Libby offers:
Note that the OverDrive app and website are still available—Libby simply offers an alternative for those who would like to give it a try.
]]>Family Storytime, held from 10-11 every Thursday, is a rare opportunity for those living on campus to enjoy a fun and enriching activity aimed solely at children.
It’s a pilot program started by Nadia Szeinbaum, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Diana Roldan Rueda, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Policy. In Spring 2019 they received a grant from the Office of Diversity’s Inclusion and Diversity Fellowship Program to help enrich the experiences of international graduate students with family living on campus.
"We had a few conversations to understand the needs of spouses and partners of students at Tech, and one of the suggestions that came up was to have more activities for children on campus" said Roldan Rueda. " So we contacted Bruce Henson, Jason Wright and Kimberly Goler-Stubbs at the Library. They agreed to host and collaborate with us and have been very helpful throughout the process."
Angela Sanabria is one of the mothers taking advantage of the program. Her husband, Frank, is Fulmer’s Building Hall director, and they live on campus. They’re new to town, so she brings her 16-month -old daughter to Family Storytime at the Library to get to know campus, other parents, and other children.
“We read a lot at home,” she said, “but I want her to come interact with other children. There are not many activities for young children on campus, so when a friend told me about the program, we decided to give it a try.”
Volunteering to read this week is Jeannie Lightsey, a member of the Georgia Tech Women’s Faculty Club. Her husband, Edgar Glenn Lightsey, is the director of the Space Systems Design Lab and associate director of the Center for Space Technology and Research. She’s active in the Friends of the Ponce De Leon Branch Library and jumped at the chance to be a part of the fun.
“Books are so important for children at this age,” she said. “It’s imperative that we get a book in every child’s hand.”
To learn more about Family Storytime at the Georgia Tech Library, visit library.gatech.edu or interact with the Library on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Reddit.
]]>As a pilot during Fall 2019 semester, "Family Storytime at the Library" will be held in Crosland Tower once a week beginning Thursday, Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. on the second floor.
Family Storytime at the Library will host children of students, faculty and staff for a 30-minute reading session. The goal of the program is to be a family-friendly initiative to promote an inclusive campus.
This program is sponsored by the Georgia Tech Diversity and Inclusion Fellows and was initiated by two of this year's cohort: Diana Roldan Rueda, a Ph.D. student in the School of Public Policy; and Nadia Szeinbaum, who has both an M.S. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in microbiology from Georgia Tech and is currently at Tech as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow.
Family Storytime at the LIbrary is an official Youth Program at Georgia Tech and parents or guardians are required to attend with children.
Both supported by external search firms, the two searches will run concurrently, and will fill vacancies left by Dean Jacqueline Royster and Dean Catherine Murray-Rust, respectively. John Tone, professor in the School of History and Sociology and associate dean of undergraduate studies, was named interim dean of the Ivan Allen College in April and will continue to serve until the post is filled. Dean Murray- Rust will serve until July 31, 2020, allowing her to focus on successful completion of the Library Next project, library resource development, and fundraising. To facilitate that effort, Leslie Sharp, associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development is currently serving in the role of interim CEO until the search is completed.
The search for the new dean of the Ivan Allen College will be chaired by Bonnie Ferri, vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development and professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Jason Freeman, professor and chair in the School of Music, will lead the search for the new dean of the Georgia Tech Library. Michael Toney, director of Academic Administration, will serve as administrative lead for both searches.
“Deans Royster and Murray-Rust have spearheaded transformations that firmly place the Ivan Allen College and the Library among the best institutions of scholarship and innovation,” Bras said. “We are looking for visionary leaders who can continue to push boundaries and bring us to yet new levels of excellence. I encourage our faculty, staff, and students to participate and get engaged in the search for these new leaders.”
Two town halls for faculty, staff, and students to learn about the respective search processes and timelines, and to provide feedback on the characteristics of ideal candidates have been scheduled as follows:
Both town halls will be held in Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Room 152.
Nominations for both positions can be sent to provostsoffice@gatech.edu. Application links for each search will be provided once details are finalized. Details on the selection of search firms will be made available on the search sites below in the coming weeks.
Search committee rosters and ongoing search updates can be found at http://provost.gatech.edu/ivan-allen-college-liberal-arts-dean-search and http://provost.gatech.edu/library-dean-search.
]]>The #RATS Digital Scavenger Hunt is open to everyone on campus. All you need to do is post pictures of the following areas to your social accounts, all tagged #RATS.
On Friday, Aug. 23 from 3-5, everyone who can verify they’ve taken the photos can come to a pizza party in the seventh floor reading room. We’ll have all the projection screens down running retroTECH’s Time Machine emulator and several vintage systems.
Questions? Just hit up the Georgia Tech Library on social (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram), DM us on the Georgia Tech sub-Reddit or e-mail jason.wright@library.gatech.edu.
]]>Please note: OpenAthens is a “gateway” service to facilitate access to publisher content. It does not include any content of its own.
When did the change happen?
The Georgia Tech Library activated OpenAthens authentication in mid-May.
Why did we change services?
OpenAthens offers a single sign-on, integrated with Georgia Tech’s authentication service, to access the library’s subscription-based content. End-users are able to access e-resources across service provider sites with just one login.
What is different?
While accessing e-resources a user should see an OpenAthens login screen (see below for an example). It will ask the user to identify their home institution – in our case Georgia Tech. From there, they will use the Georgia Tech login service and be given access to the resource. Users should choose the “find your organization” box to search for Georgia Tech.
Will login link/screen look the same for all resources?
No, it will be resource specific. Look for sign in or login links, usually at the top. It might also ask you to select your Federation.
What is my Federation?
Open Athens Federation.
Do I need to login when I am on campus?
No, OpenAthens will recognize campus IP ranges.
Do I need to login when on VPN?
No, OpenAthens will recognize campus IP ranges.
My bookmarks to databases, books and articles no longer work. What should I do?
The best solution is to create a new bookmark following these steps:
I usually access library resources through Google or Google Scholar. Will I still be able to use OpenAthens to authenticate?
Look for the “Login through OpenAthens” prompt on the resource homepage. Select “Georgia Institute of Technology” under “Find your institution.” If Georgia Tech Library has access to this resource, you will be redirected to the Georgia Tech login screen.
What happens if I change devices or use a different browser? Will OpenAthens remember me?
OpenAthens uses cookies to remember your device’s IP address. If you change web services – from Firefox to Chrome or Internet Explorer – you will be asked to login again. Additionally, if you change devices, like from a laptop to a mobile phone, you will be asked to login again.
What happens if I clear my cookies daily, weekly or monthly?
You will be asked to login again.
What happens if I never clear my cookies or change my browser? Will OpenAthens remember me forever?
It depends on your browser, but generally the OpenAthens temporary browser cookie expires every eight hours. After eight hours you will be prompted to login again. Also, please remember if you clear your browser cookies or close out your browser session, the cookies are lost and you will have to login again.
I’ve bookmarked resources using EZProxy, do I need to update my bookmarks?
Your existing permalinks will be redirected to the new OpenAthens service through the fall. As part of the redirect, we have placed messages alerting users to the change. Once users are redirected to the page, they can make a new bookmark. The new permalink should contain “https://go.openathens.net/redirector/gatech.edu” or something similar.
After the redirect period, users who need to make a new bookmark should follow these steps:
How do I know if EZproxy is used in my permalink?
Your link will contain “prx.library.gatech.edu” or some variation of it, like in this example: http://prx.library.gatech.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/aerospace
If I need help with my permalinks, with whom do I talk?
Please do not hesitate to contact ept@library.gatech.edu. They will guide you through the process.
What is the best way to bookmark something, so I can always get access with my Georgia Tech credentials (off and on campus)?
Using the OpenAthens permalink is the best option, as it will work regardless if you are on or off the Georgia Tech network.
What if I have other questions about authenticating to Georgia Tech library resources?
Contact ept@library.gatech.edu.
The program, Fostering a Community of Practice: Software Preservation in Libraries and Archives, aims to empower librarians, archivists and curators to address the key challenges to providing long-term access to software-dependent cultural heritage. Work kicks off in June, with projects ending in November 2019.
For their part, the Tech Librarians will bring a new service, retroTECH Online, to fruition. It will offer an online emulation environment through which authenticated Georgia Tech users (as well as possibly researchers and visitors who create accounts) can utilize emulated software from retroTECH’s collections for teaching and learning, explore the stories surrounding that software, and foster a virtual community.
In the effort, retroTECH joins teams from the universities of Virginia, Arizona and Illinois, the Guggenheim Museum and the Living Computer Museum + Labs.
]]>The tower, closed for renovations since January 2016, features eight stories of archives, classroom, study, and studio space for Tech’s students, faculty, and staff. Included are spaces and technology for data visualization, high-performance computing, multimedia studies, collaboration, and iterative design.
“Tech’s dream of a Library designed for inspiring future scholarship and learning is finally coming true,” said Dean of Libraries Catherine Murray-Rust.
Over the last 36 months, crews removed the brick façade of Crosland Tower, built in 1968 to house a rapidly growing collection of books. Originally, the building was meant to keep out sunlight harmful to the books, housing stacks on seven-foot high, reinforced floors.
In its new iteration, Crosland Tower boasts loads of natural light and soaring, multi-floor atriums mirroring the midcentury modern architecture of Price Gilbert Memorial Library, now under renovation until 2020.
When complete, both buildings will more than double seating capacity while cutting energy consumption by nearly 60 percent.
The opening follows a complete overhaul of the Library’s collections and business model. In 2016, nearly all of the million-volume physical collection was moved into preservation-quality storage at the Library Service Center, a $26-million facility built through a public-private partnership with Emory University. Students and faculty now request materials online for delivery the next day.
The Library has also adopted a number of concepts from outside of higher education, including supply-chain logistics and customer-focused retail models, in its commitment to research and learning excellence.
The ultimate goal? To become the model research library of the 21st century — connected, responsive to sea changes in academic needs, and dedicated to the stewardship of analog information in a digital age.
In conjunction with reopening Crosland Tower, the Library launched a new website this week.
For more information about the ongoing transformation, visit library.gatech.edu or join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
]]>jason.wright@library.gatech.edu
404-861-9271
]]>The mobile-first site features a simplified, user-focused design, a single super search of the books, media, articles, journals and the site itself, 24-hour chat functionality and streamlined access to the world-class expertise and resources of the Georgia Tech Library. It is also the first site to conform the Institute’s new web design guidelines.
The site, more than a year in the making with partners Mediacurrent, completes phase one of the Library’s digital transformation -- part of the ambitious Library Next program.
“With a physical presence as beautiful and functional as Crosland Tower, we knew we needed a digital companion that was as good, if not better, at delivering service,” said Heather Jeffcoat, Technology Program Manager and Web Services Librarian. “While we’re only at phase one of this digital transformation, I believe we’re well on our way to fulfilling this promise.”
The site overhaul comes just four days after the Library opened its doors in the refurbished Crosland Tower. The tower, closed for renovations since January 2016, features eight stories of archives, classroom, study, and studio space for Tech’s student and faculty. Included are spaces and technology for data visualization, high-performance computing, multimedia services, collaboration, and iterative design.
The new site and building reflect a complete overhaul of the Library’s collections and business model. In 2016, nearly all of the million-volume physical collection was moved into preservation quality storage at the Library Service Center, a $26-million facility built through a public-private partnership with Emory University. Students and faculty now request the materials online for delivery the next day.
The ultimate goal? To become the model research library of the 21st century -- connected, responsive to sea changes in student and faculty academic needs and dedicated to the stewardship of analog information in a digital age.
For more information on this incredible transformation, visit library.gatech.edu or join our conversation on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
]]>jason.wright@library.gatech.edu
404-861-9271
]]>Price Gilbert, the portion of the Library that has welcomed campus since 1953, will close for renovation on Friday, Dec. 14. Its sister building next door, Crosland Tower, will reopen after three years of closure and will be the new Library home for campus starting Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at 8 a.m.
The Library, currently located in Price Gilbert, will be open 24/7 during final exams. From Dec. 14 to Jan. 6, 2019, Library employees will work out of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, with employees available at the second floor Core Desk from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Users will be able to request gadgets and return materials at this desk.
Requests for library materials will continue to be made through the Library’s website, and delivery will continue from the Library Service Center through the transition. Users might experience delays or service interruptions due to a software upgrade scheduled to take place Dec. 14–17.
The switch from Price Gilbert to Crosland marks the last phase of the Library Next project, a five-year transition that has seen the renovation of one building, opening of the Library Service Center with Emory University, and reimagination of how the Library uses its space and serves its users.
The project is scheduled to be complete in 2020, with the reopening of Price Gilbert and new connectivity between the two buildings. Learn more about the project at librarynext.gatech.edu.
]]>Library
]]>Now, the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), in partnership with the Georgia Tech Library and Office of the Arts, is telling a few of those stories through the Everyday Georgia project. Everyday Georgia is a collection of interviews and photographs of people from across the state who have worked with Georgia Tech in some capacity but aren’t directly affiliated with the Institute.
In her role as marketing communications manager for IPaT, Alyson Powell Key talks with researchers about their work all the time. Getting to talk to the sources behind those stories, though, was a new experience.
“A lot of times we focus on data, technology, or conferences, but on the other side are the people who are participating in our research,” she said. “It’s important that we get to know them and learn about their lives, their families, their careers, their challenges.”
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]]>This year, the Library wants to share the joy of the season during the holidays and beyond by stocking book shelves at one of the country's leading pediatric hospitals - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Hospital. The annual Charitable Book Drive benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will run until December 21.
"We strive to maintain a presence and strengthen our relations throughout the community," said Karen Walton of the Library's Staff Activities Committee. "We have been a community partner donating to organizations such as: My Sister's House, Atlanta Community Food Bank, Centennial Elementary School and now the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta."
Decorative donation boxes for the Charitable Book Drive are located in the Library Rotunda, G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons CORE Desk, and Architecture Library. Due to health concerns, only new items can be accepted. Donation items include:
For additional information, email the Library's Staff Activities Committee at lib-sac@library.gatech.edu.
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Scholarly Communication & Digital Services
]]>Two years ago, the Library conducted a survey asking what resources it should offer, and data visualization services was among the top requests. Mi is Georgia Tech’s first data visualization librarian.
She helps students and faculty working on assignments or research create visuals to support their projects.
“Data visualization uses charts, graphs, texts, maps, and all kinds of visual components,” Mi said. “I let the components interact with each other to tell a story. First, I try to find out the story hiding behind the data, then share that story with the audience.”
In June 2017, Mi came to Tech from Georgia State University, where she worked in a similar position. One of Mi’s first projects was a collaboration with faculty in the School of Modern Languages for the Climate Data Visualization Symposium in fall 2017.
“They wanted a time-lapse visual to show what has happened [regarding climate change] and what may be happening in the future,” Mi said. She put together a workshop that showed how to use satellite images from 1984 to today to show how the icecaps and shorelines have changed.
Last spring, Mi worked with Brittain Fellows who were looking at multiple volumes of journals from the 19th century in search of an interesting topic. For one project, she used the keyword “beauty” to see what visuals were associated with it — as opposed to what is associated with the word today.
“We had a small data set, but it showed that ‘beauty’ was associated more often with feminine and passive words and less often with active or intelligent words in our data set,” said Mi.
Mi is currently working on Data Visualization’s site service that allows students to do simulations with virtual reality. An Industrial and Systems Engineering class used the service to test how different vehicles perform on the road. And a psychology research team used virtual reality to see if people will get the same level of relaxation by meditating in a virtual environment as compared to a real environment.
“I really enjoy research because every research project is a new problem to be solved or understood,” said Mi. “Every project is different. My job allows to me help other people, but it also helps me to understand all of these topics across different disciplines. I feel like a sponge. I have absorbed so much information and knowledge from my coworkers.”
Mi said she appreciates the Georgia Tech community because it is filled with intelligence and curiosity.
“I keep telling my friends that I don’t have a dull moment. Every day is fresh and full of learning experiences,” she said.
Mi has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. After graduating, she worked for Thompson Reuters before returning to school to earn two master’s degrees. The first is in education policy curriculum and leadership from Arizona State University. Her second master’s degree is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in library science.
Away from work, Mi likes to stay active. If she feels stressed, she goes for a long run.
“I like to be outside,” she said. “Atlanta is very beautiful and green, and I like to be in nature whenever I have time.”
She also likes to shop at small stores that sell things that aren’t usually found elsewhere. She likes thrift stores, and she recently visited a glass store because she’s interested in making pottery.
Because she thought she might adopt a cat, Mi visited a cat café to interact with cats to see how it felt. To her surprise, she found out she is allergic to cats.
“That was the saddest thing that could happen!” she said.
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]]>Lights! Camera! PAPER!
The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking and the Georgia Tech Library present Fast Film Fest, a paper animation festival and competition.
Blending the tactile with the visual, the inaugural Fast Film Fest is coming soon. Using paper as the basis of animations, participants will create a "fast film"- created, filmed, and edited in a two-week period between Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.
]]>Please note: OpenAthens is a “gateway” service to facilitate access to publisher content. It does not include any content of its own.
When did the change happen?
The Georgia Tech Library activated OpenAthens authentication in mid-May.
Why did we change services?
OpenAthens offers a single sign-on, integrated with Georgia Tech’s authentication service, to access the library’s subscription-based content. End-users are able to access e-resources across service provider sites with just one login.
What is different?
While accessing e-resources a user should see an OpenAthens login screen (see below for an example). It will ask the user to identify their home institution – in our case Georgia Tech. From there, they will use the Georgia Tech login service and be given access to the resource. Users should choose the “find your organization” box to search for Georgia Tech.
Will login link/screen look the same for all resources?
No, it will be resource specific. Look for sign in or login links, usually at the top. It might also ask you to select your Federation.
What is my Federation?
Open Athens Federation.
Do I need to login when I am on campus?
No, OpenAthens will recognize campus IP ranges.
Do I need to login when on VPN?
No, OpenAthens will recognize campus IP ranges.
My bookmarks to databases, books and articles no longer work. What should I do?
The best solution is to create a new bookmark following these steps:
I usually access library resources through Google or Google Scholar. Will I still be able to use OpenAthens to authenticate?
Look for the “Login through OpenAthens” prompt on the resource homepage. Select “Georgia Institute of Technology” under “Find your institution.” If Georgia Tech Library has access to this resource, you will be redirected to the Georgia Tech login screen.
What happens if I change devices or use a different browser? Will OpenAthens remember me?
OpenAthens uses cookies to remember your device’s IP address. If you change web services – from Firefox to Chrome or Internet Explorer – you will be asked to login again. Additionally, if you change devices, like from a laptop to a mobile phone, you will be asked to login again.
What happens if I clear my cookies daily, weekly or monthly?
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What happens if I never clear my cookies or change my browser? Will OpenAthens remember me forever?
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The Architecture Core Collection — those books, resources and materials most used by students, faculty and staff — is in Hinman 208.
Fall Semester access to the collection is available Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and via LENDS. Users can also request items to be picked up at the Library Store.
Cathy Carpenter will continue to be the liaison to the College of Design.
When Library Next construction finishes in 2020, the Architecture collection will move back into the Price Gilbert building, with the rest of the core collection (currently housed in the Library Service Center, an off-site, state-of-the-art cold storage facility).
]]>Syndetics Unbound: (pilot program)
Syndetics Unbound offers several virtual browsing options, including a “browse shelf” feature, “you may also like” recommendations and tagging. It provides users with an engaging, modern and convenient browsing experience for books and multimedia titles.
To see an example of the features included with Syndetics Unbound, view the record for Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. Scroll down until you see the Syndetics Unbound section or click on the EXPLORE link located on the left navigation.
You can try your own searches via our Library Catalog. To learn more about Syndetics Unbound, visit https://proquest.syndetics.com/Marketing/Detail/SeeIt.
]]>Since its inception in 2008, ResearchGate has been widely used by scholars in the research community. Currently, there are over 14 million registered members and more than 100 million publications.
This social networking platform has caused significant copyright concerns, especially among publishers and the research library community. In October 2017, Elsevier and the American Chemical Society filed a law suit against ResearchGate for massive copyright infringements. While the parties are negotiating, ResearchGate updated its Terms of Service a week after the filing and its Intellectual Property Policy in January of this year.
The new Terms of Service are much more detailed than the previous version, limiting ResearchGate’s liabilities. Specifically, ResearchGate emphasizes that their service consists of information uploaded by users. ResearchGate does not “preview or review or filter such information,” therefore claiming that they have no idea of possible infringements and are not liable for content that violates others’ rights. Reading together with the added clauses like Liability, Indemnity, Venue, and Arbitration, apparently ResearchGate is improving their protection shields.
If you currently use ResearchGate or other social networking platforms to share your research and scholarship, this is a good reminder of author rights and responsible sharing. Generally, the publishing agreement you signed specifies what rights you retain as an author and what you can share.
For example, IEEE allows authors to choose their publishing options, including copyright being assigned to IEEE or being held by authors through a Creative Commons Attribution License. While Elsevier asks for copyright assignment but allows authors to share preprints with any website or repository at any time.
If you have any questions about copyright, fair use, author rights, and sharing information, please contact Bing Wang, J.D., copyright expert, at bing.wang@gatech.edu.
]]>The program, Fostering a Community of Practice: Software Preservation in Libraries and Archives, aims to empower librarians, archivists and curators to address the key challenges to providing long-term access to software-dependent cultural heritage. Work kicks off in June, with projects ending in November 2019.
For their part, the Tech Librarians will bring a new service, retroTECH Online, to fruition. It will offer an online emulation environment through which authenticated Georgia Tech users (as well as possibly researchers and visitors who create accounts) can utilize emulated software from retroTECH’s collections for teaching and learning, explore the stories surrounding that software, and foster a virtual community.
In the effort, retroTECH joins teams from the universities of Virginia, Arizona and Illinois, the Guggenheim Museum and the Living Computer Museum + Labs.
]]>Featured Panelists are:
Dr. Adegboyega "Yomi" Oyelere -- Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Dr. Steven Hira -- post-doctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Christine Payne, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
and Nazanin Masoodzadehgan -- graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Gang Bao, Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
They will discuss the use of gold nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery into tumor cells, intracellular synthesis of conducting polymer nanowires, and the use of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as MRI contrast agents and hyperthermia agents for cancer cells.
This is the fourth installment of the Blended Research Series presented by the Faculty Engagement Department. The Blended Research Series is a panel discussion series focusing on multidisciplinary research. At each session, faculty and graduate students from various departments present research in an area that crosses over multiple disciplines.
For more information, visit http://libguides.gatech.edu/nanomedicine.
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]]>Etress, facilities manager for the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, discovered the reading list about two years ago while listening to a podcast on organizational effectiveness.
“It intrigued me because I had no idea that the Marine Corps has an intentional structure in place for promoting reading at every level of the organization, from the highest-ranking officer to the newest Marine,” Etress said. “I’ve always had a deep respect for our armed services, and I was looking to put some structure around what I was reading, so I started working through the list.”
He said the reading list changes slightly every year, with most of the books remaining the same.
“I’m not normally interested in sci-fi or really even fiction for that matter,” Etress said, “but I really enjoyed Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. It offers some great lessons on leadership and team dynamics.”
Voracious reader Margaret Tate also chooses what to read from a list — an American literature reading list from her daughter’s AP English class when she was a high school junior in 1998.
“The list was compiled by her teacher,” said Tate, a senior writer and editor in Institute Communications. “It’s not a definitive list of great American literature, although most of the books could be found on any such definitive list.”
Tate said the teacher sent the reading list to parents so they could indicate which books they would not want their child to read,
“I had already read 36 of the 152 books on the list, but I saw there were a lot of great books I’d missed,” said Tate. “So, my quest began.”
Now, 20 years later, she has read all but five and a half of the 152 books. She said doesn’t read from any other lists, but if she picks up an interesting book at a yard sale, she will dive in.
“Right now, I’m reading David McCullough’s John Adams, and it’s really good,” Tate said. “I’m also reading William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! from the list, and it’s pure torture.”
One of the things Tate has liked best about the list is the diversity of authors it led her to read, from Faulkner to James Baldwin. “It has opened up so many different historical and cultural doors to me as a reader.”
Another passionate reader, Scott Sergent, gets reading lists from his favorite website: thriftbooks.com.
“The site sells used books at great prices, and it supplies me with lists according to the books I have purchased,” said Sergent, video producer and director at Georgia Tech Cable Network. “I am into history, biographies, and sports, so the lists I get are filled with those types of books.”
Sergent has been using reading lists from Thriftbooks for five years. He likes them because they shed light on books that he otherwise may have missed. He also likes how sometimes a storyline in a book makes him curious about a related subject, and he ventures in that direction.
“An example would be the book I am reading now, Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America [by Donald L. Miller],” he said. “The book is about New York City in the 1920s and how America was shaped from the things that went on there, such as the creation of speakeasies, jazz music, politics, the construction of skyscrapers, and the way business was conducted.”
Book lover Sravanthi Meka usually reads one or two books a month, mostly historical nonfiction and biographies.
“I have read a couple from the book clubs of Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, but most of those tend to be fiction, and I lean more towards nonfiction,” said Meka, marketing manager in Housing and Conference Services. So, she takes a different approach to finding books, including attending author lectures.
“I am a member of the Atlanta History Center, and they host author lectures several times a month,” Meka said. “I usually go to one every other month, depending on the topics, books, and authors. The first one I attended featured Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, who co-authored America’s First Daughter, a fictional work about Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, Patsy. Most recently I went to see Janet Dewart Bell, who wrote Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement.”
Meka, who wanted to be a librarian until about age 16, also cites museums as a good source for books.
“I go to at least two or three museums in every city I visit, and the gift shops often have great selections of books,” she said. “I don’t always buy the books at the museum, but I’ll make a note and try to find it in the Georgia Tech Library.”
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]]>Many of these resources can be accessed with a Georgia Tech login from the comfort of your desk or dorm, whether you are reading for pleasure, catching up on current events, or testing new technology.
Here are just a few things you have access to — all of which are free:
Magazines: The Library’s subscription to Flipster lets users read current issues of Wired, Inc., Popular Science, and more.
E-books: Overdrive offers access to e-book checkouts in various formats, including Kindle.
Research Guides: The Library’s knowledgeable staff puts together guides on special topics. Two recent ones that may be of interest are the 2017 solar eclipse and the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Films on Demand: Supplement your Netflix subscription with documentaries from acclaimed sources including PBS, HBO, Ken Burns, and NOVA.
ProQuest: Read full-text articles from an array of news sources, including many that would normally require a paid subscription, such as The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, or The Washington Post. Note that the reading experience may not always be as user-friendly as the publication’s full website or print edition.
Gadgets: Students, faculty, and staff can check out Kindles, iPads, Go Pros, DSLR cameras, and more through the Gadgets program.
Archives: If it’s Georgia Tech you want to learn more about, the online archives are a trove of historic photos and documents — as is SMARTech.
Learn more about the Library and its resources at library.gatech.edu, or follow the Library on Twitter (GTLibrary), Facebook (GeorgiaTechLibrary), or Instagram (GTLibrary).
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]]>We asked several members of the Tech community for recommendations. The books range from a tale in which a record listening group’s strict rules result in factions and chaos to an edgy trilogy in which much of humanity is wiped out by a virus, and a few colonies hold out against the infected masses.
“Magnus Mills writes his novels in succinct language, and his protagonists are regular blokes in the U.K. Two friends convince their local pub owner to allow a record listening group to hold meetings in an empty room on Monday nights. However, the strict rules of the club spawn other groups, and chaos ensues. This short novel will require at least two readings: one to understand the plot, and later, to divine the deeper meaning of technology and new connections to others.”
—Isabel Altamirano, Engineering and Chemistry Librarian
“This sci-fi thriller from the writer behind the popular Wayward Pines trilogy plays like a blockbuster movie in your mind with its tightly paced plot and existential scares. Facing a choice early in his professional life, a brilliant physicist could have focused all his energies advancing his career and being celebrated for his genius, but instead he chose to devote himself to the love of his life and build a family with her. But one night that all changes: he’s abducted and sedated by a masked stranger, and when he wakes up he finds the script has been flipped. As he tries to make sense of this alternate reality and searches for his wife and son, he is forced to face the startling ramifications of the path he thought he didn’t follow.”
—Roger Slavens, editor, Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine
“For the past several months, I have been recommending The Miracle Morning due to its powerful introduction to an almost fatal accident that was life changing for author Hal Elrod. Through this experience, Elrod introduces the concept of LIFE SAVERS, ‘the most effective, proven practices which combine to make up the Miracle Morning.’ If you are looking for something to help jumpstart the new year, The Miracle Morning is a definite read!”
—Colleen Riggle, assistant dean of students/director of Women’s Resource Center
“For those of us who need an edge on all the holiday cheer, I recommend The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin. In the series, most of humanity is wiped out by a virus, and only a few colonies hold out against the infected masses. The novels are readable, thrilling, and humane; they’re perfect for long delays at the airport or twenty minutes of stolen peace at home.”
—Liz Holdsworth, STEM Librarian
“This star computer scientist designed technology for global development for a decade and came to a surprise conclusion: social innovation and community processes are the solutions to difficult societal problems, not technology. The pervasive cult of technology indoctrinates us with the idea that miraculous new apps or gadgets bring social progress. This technology myopia results in fancy gizmos and repeated failures in sustainable social change. Products don’t solve problems, local people do.”
—Kirk S. Bowman, Associate Chair and Jon Wilcox Term Professor of Soccer and Global Politics, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
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]]>The Library renewal project has been years in the making, but construction has finally heated up in the area and work is becoming visible to all of campus. The Library recently hosted a town hall to share updates with the campus community on progress and details of programming and design inside the space.
Representatives from the design teams as well as Library staff provided updates and answered audience questions. A live-stream of the presentation is archived at c.gatech.edu/librarytownhall.
The Library also recently took drone footage of the area in its current state. See aerial views of the construction at: c.gatech.edu/librarydrone.
Linda Daniels, architect in Capital Planning and Space Management, opened the presentation with a historical look at libraries at Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech’s first library was a collection of books on a professor’s shelf in Tech Tower. Early drawings of Tech Tower call the library area a “drawing studio,” as that was its main purpose prior to housing books.
The Carnegie Building was Tech’s first library building, built in 1907. It was replaced by Price Gilbert in the 1960s and Crosland Tower in 1968.
When planning for a replacement for the Carnegie Library, which had outgrown its capacity by the 1940s, it was proposed to demolish Tech Tower and put a new library on its site. That plan was ultimately revised, but the site was still chosen to make the library central, easily accessible, and able to expand.
Brian Tanner of Praxis 3, the Atlanta-based part of the architecture team, gave an overview of building design and features.
Overall, the interior design is driven by the need to host people instead of books.
Tanner noted that some of the most visible change will happen at the existing ground level, which will now have a grove on the side facing Fourth Street. The goal in that area is to create more connection between the two Library buildings.
The first and second levels will resemble their existing state in that the large reading room with overlooking balconies will remain. The third floor will house more digital space and labs for audio, video, computing, and visualization. The fourth floor, and highest floor in the Price Gilbert building, will also keep its balconies overlooking the main reading room. The fifth floor will host most of the faculty and staff space in the building.
As is the case now, the Library is designed to get quieter as floors ascend. The sixth floor will have an emphasis on graduate students.
“Clough Commons is primarily an undergraduate-based facility connected to the Library complex,” Tanner said. “This floor is more oriented toward graduate students. It’s something the Library has really wanted to deliver.”
The seventh floor will offer skyline views from the north side, a reading room, meeting space, and roof terraces on either end. Spaces on this floor will mainly be dedicated to reading and quiet study, but can also be used for special events.
Catherine Murray-Rust, vice provost for learning excellence and dean of Libraries, emphasized the need to preserve quiet space in the facility.
“There’s a real need for people to work alone, together — to be engaged in academics, in a room full of people who are doing similar things, but to have the opportunity for quiet,” she said.
The area beneath the bridge connecting the two Library structures will be opened up to ease congestion. The main entrance of the complex will move to the Fourth Street side near the Hinman Research Building. The rotunda at the existing main entrance will be removed to harken back to the original architecture of the building.
A space on the east side of the new main entrance is called the “screened porch.” Tanner likened it to the exterior space at Dancing Goats at Ponce City Market, a coffee shop that features an outdoor seating area with partial glass enclosure.
Both the north and south facades of the Tower will be opened up with glass, but because the south façade of the building is exposed to more harmful rays of sun, the design incorporates sun shades that protect the exterior and reflect daylight into the space.
A new set of stairs will take visitors from the entrance at ground level to the existing plaza level. The design evokes the riser stairs that ascend from the first to second floor of Clough Commons.
Though many of the Library’s books have already been transported to the Library Service Center, the collection remaining will now be housed on shelves that will be turned 90 degrees from the way they currently face, showcasing the books and providing easier access.
A space on the second floor will offer a conference center space for events that are scholarship-based but not necessarily tied to a specific discipline, such as lectures, seminars, poster session displays, or dissertation defenses.
“The space is intended to celebrate academics and provide something we don’t think is available elsewhere on campus without charging rent,” Murray-Rust said. The space will be equipped with audiovisual and livestreaming equipment and integrated into existing Library resources to provide archiving.
Seating capacity in the entire complex will increase from an existing 1,250 to 2,360.
“We’re nearly doubling the number of people that can use the library, at the same time reducing the energy use by 60 percent,” said Tanner. “It’s a pretty remarkable story for energy efficiency.”
The new Library will also have two instructional spaces available for campus use, as well as additional elevators, exit stairs on each end, inclusive restrooms, and a locker room with shower.
Phase one of construction is underway, which is expected to conclude in fall 2018. At that point, the Tower portion of the Library will reopen, and the Price Gilbert building will close for construction through early 2020. The hope is to use the winter break of 2018 to reoccupy the Tower and close Price Gilbert.
Given that Price Gilbert provides connectivity for campus between Clough Commons and the Library complex, the second phase of construction will likely cause more inconvenience to campus. The main construction entrance is anticipated to remain on Fourth Street to minimize that part of the impact to the campus community.
Learn more about the full scope of the project at librarynext.gatech.edu.
]]>Several Georgia Tech librarians offer recommendations, which range from a humorous story about a medieval studies graduate who takes a job in a crematory, to a post-apocalyptic fantasy where some people are born with the ability to control seismic activity.
By Caitlin Doughty, W.W. Norton and Company (2014)
“What happens if you graduate into the financial crisis with a degree in medieval studies? Doughty’s story of working in a crematory is both funny and engrossing. Her initial curiosity about the funeral industry turns into a compassionate exploration of what the fear of death and dying means for modern Westerners. It is a light-hearted beach/cemetery read for those of us who do have favorite tombstones.”
—Liz Holdsworth, STEM Librarian
By Thomas Piketty, Harvard University Press (2014)
“This important book is a superbly researched addition to the conversation on inequality and wealth distribution. Piketty weaves his interdisciplinary knowledge of economics, history, literature, and sociology with scientific data to write a complex and insightful book with specific policy recommendations that may seem radical now but may be what we need for the future sustainability of democracies. A long book that is still worth reading even for those who skip over some chapters.”
—Cathy Carpenter, head of Campus Engagement and Scholarly Outreach
By Lionel Shriver, Harper Collins (2016)
“An economic catastrophe has hit the United States. A head of cabbage costs $20. A fast food lunch is $35.49. Children mug other children for groceries. Tuition at an art school is $400,000. The internet still works.
“The family at the center of the story is the Mandibles. They were considered middle to upper class at one time, but now most of them have been laid off or are working to pay the high costs of utilities and food. However, the rest of the world is doing well economically and visits the U.S. for vacation — until the tourists start getting mugged by hungry people.
“This novel explores how different generations deal with the changes and who has the best attitude to survive the new reality. There are moments of levity, such as when teenager Willing tries to convince his elders to give up something for the survival of the group.”
—Isabel Altamirano, Engineering Librarian
Humanities Librarian Karen Viars recommended three books:
By Celeste Ng, Penguin Press (2014)
“When the Lee family, living in a small town in Ohio in the 1970s, discovers that their daughter has drowned in a nearby lake, her death illuminates the fault lines running through her family, school, town, and the people who loved her. The narration, compassionate to all the characters, changes points of view between family members, exploring the delicate balancing act that keeps a family and community together — and can tear it apart.”
By Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray (2017)
“Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in a neighborhood where violence is common. After a friend dies in a drive-by shooting, her parents enroll her in a private prep school. Starr balances these two worlds, until she witnesses her childhood best friend Khalil shot and killed by a police officer. Now, Starr is part of the trial — both in a court of law and public opinion — and has to weigh how telling the truth affects her family, friends, and community.”
By N.K. Jemison, Orbit Books (2015)
“In a world of constant earthquakes, orogenes are the people born with the skill to control seismic activity. While they are necessary for humanity to survive the darkness and famine following a major seismic event, they are hated and feared. Told in three intertwining narratives, this book touches on motherhood, family, government, power, and — above all — survival in a post-apocalyptic fantasy with amazing world-building and characters.”
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]]>But don’t plan on large tailgate gatherings just yet. To protect the root system of the new grass and help prevent permanent damage to the area, heavy traffic or placement of tents and large event equipment is prohibited until further notice. It is particularly important to avoid use of the Green during and after rain events while the ground is saturated.
Tech Green will not be available for events until warmer weather conditions bring the grass back out of dormancy. Facilities Management Landscape Services will continue to monitor the development, strength, and stability of Tech Green and will communicate when formal scheduled events may resume. This will likely be sometime in late spring or early summer 2017.
]]>The recommendations range from books on the strategizing and deal-making of modern-day campaigns to a nonpartisan book of election facts and figures dating back to 1789.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72
By Hunter S. Thompson, Straight Arrow Books, 1973
“This book is an inspired chronicle of the presidential race that rivaled the inanity of the 2016 election season — as seen through a chemical haze and the jaundiced eye of Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a compilation of the many articles the inimitable Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone magazine while covering the 1972 presidential campaign between President Richard M. Nixon and Senator George S. McGovern. His nearly stream-of-consciousness writing centers on the Democratic Party battles – including the infighting to try to block McGovern’s nomination, the hoopla leading to the replacement of Eagleton as the vice presidential candidate due to mental health treatments, and the catastrophic defeat to Nixon. His stories are often vulgar, always humorous, and perhaps not always 100 percent based in fact. Yet, McGovern aide Frank Mankiewicz has been credited with calling Thompson’s tome ‘the least accurate and most truthful’ book about the race. It’s definitely a wild ride through the political landscape of the ‘72 campaign, and a very fun read in 2016.”
— Lori Ostapowicz Critz, assistant dean, Collection Strategies, Georgia Tech Library
A Mindful Nation
By Tim Ryan, Hay House, 2012
“Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio’s 17th district is an outlier in an era of ‘scorched earth’ politics and instant commentary. In A Mindful Nation, Ryan describes his personal and professional experience with mindfulness meditation, and how this practice could have a transformative impact in arenas as diverse as education, health, support for military veterans, and even the economy. The claims in his book are supported by an increasing number of research studies suggesting that mindfulness and related social-emotional practices can indeed improve some outcomes in education and health. The chapter on integrating mindfulness practice into educational settings is particularly inspiring since Ryan eloquently connects emotional states of children in stressful environments with the capacity for learning and retention. Mindfulness is by no means a panacea for the complex, entrenched problems facing the nation, but Ryan’s book suggests this simple practice could have substantial benefits across a range of public policy domains.”
— Ameet Doshi, subject librarian for Public Policy, Georgia Tech Library
Simpler: The Future of Government
By Cass Sunstein, Simon and Schuster, 2013
“I have read [several books on elections], but the most important is Simpler by Cass Sunstein. Sunstein is a legal scholar and former head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and has used the breakthroughs in behavioral economics to improve government. Sunstein discusses the importance of crafting policy and law that takes these progressions into account, but he also focuses on efficiency in government. He recommends evidence-based policy through cost-benefit analysis and randomized controlled trial on every policy.”
— Seth M. Porter, co-coordinator of Library Instruction and Social Sciences Librarian, Georgia Tech Library
Presidential Elections: 1789-2008
Published by CQ Press. (The latest of these is 2009, with no update for the 2012 election.)
“With the spirit of impartiality as my guide, I recommend Presidential Elections: 1789-2008. This volume is essentially a book focused on facts as recorded — with less editorial slanting than others. It is for election geeks, or those who like to swim in facts and figures. Unlike many other political or election writings, this is not a narrative story. Unfortunately, many of the ‘narratives’ inevitably begin to tilt toward the author’s political bent. For example, they portray one side or the other as the bad/good boys and girls or purposefully/accidentally demonize the proverbial opposition. So, again, for the nonpartisan perspective, I’d suggest this one.”
— Scott W. Braley, instructor, School of Building Construction
And three recommendations from Richard Barke, associate professor, School of Public Policy:
The Making of the President, 1960
By Theodore H. White, Atheneum Publishers, 1961
“White won the Pulitzer Prize for his account of the Kennedy/Nixon campaign. In some ways, it’s a reminder of how politics worked before television dominated the campaigns: strategizing and back-room deals, for sure, but also personal connections and concerns about nuanced issue positions.”
The Selling of the President 1968
By Joe McGinniss, Trident Press, 1969
“This account of the 1968 election puts today’s campaigns into perspective: the focus on television images, the beginning of the influence of Roger Ailes (then a producer of The Mike Douglas Show and, until recently, the power behind Fox News), and how the low opinion media aides have of the American public translates into campaign strategies.”
The Boys on the Bus
By Timothy Crouse, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 (first published in 1973)
“This brief and entertaining book reveals the emergence of modern political campaign strategies during the Nixon/McGovern contest, especially some early attempts at the ‘spin’ manipulation that now characterizes our election campaigns. The book is serious but also sometimes hilarious. It’s still used as a text in journalism courses.”
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]]>The move, a result of the recently constructed Library Service Center, gives faculty, students and staff access to the world of scholarship in new ways, saving time and advancing research and learning as a whole, said Catherine Murray-Rust, dean of libraries at Georgia Tech.
Using the shared collection is easy. Users simply log into their respective university’s catalog and search as usual. The new materials appear without extra steps or further searching.
Additionally, students and faculty at Emory and Georgia Tech will find deliveries to campus both seamless and timely, as nearly all materials will adhere to the 24-hour system developed for the Library Service Center, said Yolanda Cooper, university librarian at Emory.
To date the shared collection includes physical materials housed at the Library Service Center – about 95 percent of Georgia Tech’s collection and 20 percent of Emory’s.
By 2017 leadership at both schools hope to have finalized technology to share the remaining materials in Emory University’s Woodruff, Health Sciences and Pitts Theology libraries and the Georgia Institute of Technology Library.
Special and media collections from both institutions are excluded from the shared collection.
]]>The move, a result of the recently constructed Library Service Center, gives faculty, students and staff access to the world of scholarship in new ways, saving time and advancing research and learning as a whole, said Catherine Murray-Rust, dean of libraries at Georgia Tech.
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Through 2018, the Tower will undergo extensive renovations to transform the building by adding additional electrical infrastructure, renewing building systems, and creating inspiring new spaces to support learning at the heart of campus.
Price Gilbert will remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the construction. Once construction on the Tower completes, the Price Gilbert building will close for renovation through 2020.
]]>“We are moving away from concentrating on housing the physical collections to providing innovative services and inspirational spaces and services for new generations of faculty and students,” said Catherine Murray-Rust, Vice Provost for Learning Excellence and Dean of Libraries.
The Library Renewal project, which kicked off mid-November, aims to define the 21st century technological research library. It calls for a reimagining of all aspects of the library’s role on campus, from research services to its collections.
“Research libraries across the globe are undergoing transitions similar to what we’re preparing for here at Tech,” said Murray-Rust. “Changes in pedagogy, learning styles, and scholarly publishing allow us the freedom to re-imagine the way we deliver library services and support research.”
Although the project is still in its infancy, several aspects are already set in motion. The Board of Regents recently approved $1.7 million in design funds to renew the Price Gilbert Memorial & Crosland Library towers. The Institute is also contributing $2.3 million in design funds. By the end of the semester, an architectural firm will be selected to begin design-planning work.
Plans are underway to begin moving the majority of the print collection to an off-site facility shared with Emory University Libraries. The facility, known as the EmTech Library Service Center (LSC), will be a Harvard-style, high-density building designed to ensure the long-term storage of paper and microfilm.
The LSC will be located on Emory’s Briarcliff campus. Transforming the Library towers enables the creation of a shared collection available to students and faculty of both institutions, which is a goal of the Emory-Tech partnership.
In recent years, the print collection has experienced a precipitous decline in usage, while visits to the physical facility and uses of the electronic collection have risen substantially. Visits to the Library increased from 572,769 in FY2002 to 1,358,387 in FY2013, a 137% increase.
“We’re seeing a higher gate count than ever before, but the vast majority of the print collection is under utilized and taking up valuable space at the center of campus. Once collections are relocated, there will be a singular opportunity to redefine the role of a research library away from a repository of print materials to one of providing ubiquitous and unique research services. We are looking to campus for ideas on innovative ways to help us redefine the research library for the 21st century,” said Ameet Doshi, User Experience Librarian.
In an effort to ensure the print collection remains accessible to users, the Library will design new service models to rapidly retrieve material from the LSC.
Potential service model ideas include:
The next phase of the Renewal project includes engaging students and faculty to gather insight on how the library can best support research, teaching and learning in the future. The Library is partnering with Brightspot Strategy, a user-centered design consultancy, to assist with user research and support the creation of a shared vision to inform the architectural design and programming.
Starting today, library users can learn about the details of the Library Renewal project at renewal.library.gatech.edu. They are also invited to contribute feedback and new ideas to help shape the future of the Georgia Tech Library.
“Our spaces and service models should evolve to match the needs of the students and faculty at Tech,” said Murray-Rust. “We don’t want to recreate the Clough Commons; we want to do something different. Our goal is to ensure we’re serving Georgia Tech researchers, scholars and students to the best of our ability by continuing to challenge ourselves.”
]]>This change will remain in place until 2017, when the system will join Georgia Tech and partner Emory University in their move to an updated library management system and discovery platform. During this time the Library remains committed to delivering books from our loan partners as quickly as possible.
GIL Express items on loan will need to be returned by December 1 and cannot be renewed. In addition Georgia Tech faculty, staff and students may still travel to any of the libraries in the University System to borrow directly with their BuzzCard.
For more information on the Library’s Renewal Project, visit renewal.library.gatech.edu.
]]>Tomajko, accompanied by her husband Ronald J. Tomajko and several family members, received accolades from Emory University President James W. Wagner, among others, during a gala dinner held in her honor at the university’s Miller-Ward Alumni House. According to Sarah Cook, Emory’s Senior Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations, “Kathy Tomajko is an exceptional, collaborative, and transformational leader at Emory and within the community who is an outstanding choice for our annual Turman Alumni Service Award.”
Tomajko, the award’s 25th recipient, chose to designate the Tull Charitable Foundation $25,000 gift accompanying the award to Emory Libraries and the Emory Alumni Board Leadership Scholarship. Keynote speaker Rosemary Magee, Director of Emory’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, noted in a touching tribute that “Although she was only a student at Emory for the one-year librarianship program, Kathy made lasting relationships and contributions in a life of service to the university.”
At Emory, she has served on numerous boards and committees, including holding leadership roles on the Board of Governors (later the Emory Alumni Board) and the Office of Annual Giving Board. She has been active in the Emory Alumni Board Presidents’ Club and served as the alumni representative to the Emory University Senate from 2011-2013. In 2006, Tomajko proudly represented Emory as an appointee to the University Board of Visitors.
At Georgia Tech, Tomajko supervises three departments and works closely with Georgia Tech’s associate deans and other library and campus leadership. She is also the aerospace engineering librarian, and a published author in the field of library science.
She was the principal investigator on a statewide Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant that created the GALILEO Knowledge Repository (now known as the Georgia Knowledge Repository) – an open access digital scholarship repository for Georgia college and university libraries. After a 36-year career at the institution, she will retire from Georgia Tech in 2015.
Committed to improving literacy and bettering her community, Tomajko has earned numerous awards for her service, including the Louise Martin Klaucke Award of the Junior League of DeKalb County for “unselfish service to her community through civic, professional and volunteer activities,” and Georgia Tech Library’s Frances Kaiser Award recognizing her “significant professional achievement in library and information science.”
Tomajko serves and has served in many volunteer capacities including the Junior League of DeKalb County, Mary Gay House Endowment Fund Board, DeKalb Rape Crisis Center, Grady Hospital Board of Visitors, International Women’s House, Leadership DeKalb, Atlanta Organizing Committee for the Centennial Olympic Games, and the Library Foundation of the DeKalb County Public Libraries.
On a personal note, Tomajko, an Ohio native, has been married to her husband, Ron, for 45 years. Following her retirement this year, they hope to increase their involvement in service to community, pursue educational opportunities like Emory’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, travel and have more time with family and friends.
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About the J. Pollard Turman Alumni Service Award and the Tull Charitable Foundation Established in 1998, the J. Pollard Turman Alumni Service Award is one of the highest honors of the Emory Alumni Association. J. Pollard Turman 34C 36L was an influential humanitarian whose support of higher education and cultural organizations benefited institutions throughout Georgia. In 1996, through the generosity of the Tull Charitable Foundation (an organization Turman helped form) Emory established the award to pay tribute to his lifelong contributions to the University. In 2005 the Tull Charitable Foundation significantly elevated its level of financial support to Emory through a generous pledge to donate $25,000 annually in honor of the Turman Award recipient.
For more information, please contact Michele Obester, Emory Alumni Association mobeste@emory.edu or 404.712.5978.
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]]>Through HathiTrust, the Georgia Tech campus community can now freely access more than 4.5 million digital books and journals in the public domain from a desktop or mobile device. Users can search HathiTrust’s catalog, curate their own private libraries, and download digital material at no cost.
“As a partner, we have access to full-text searching of materials in all of the HathiTrust collection,” said Fred Rascoe, Scholarly Communication Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. “In addition, Georgia Tech students, faculty, and researchers can download the full-text of any public domain document."
Launched in 2008, HathiTrust has a growing membership currently comprising more than one hundred partners.
“Membership in HathiTrust is a means to assure preservation of Georgia Tech’s digital copies and contribute or sustain those volumes to an increasingly comprehensive digital archive of library materials converted from print that is co-owned and managed by academic institutions,” said Rascoe.
Over the last six years, partners contributed more than 12 million volumes to the digital library, digitized from their library collections through a number of means including Google, Internet Archive digitization, and in-house initiatives.
HathiTrust serves a dual role. First, as a trusted repository, it guarantees the long-term preservation of the materials it holds, providing the expert curation and consistent access long associated with research libraries.
Second, as a service for partners and a public good, HathiTrust offers persistent access to the digital collections.
This includes viewing, downloading, and searching access to public domain volumes, and searching access to copyright volumes. Specialized features are also available which facilitate access by persons with print disabilities, and allow users to gather subsets of the digital library into “collections” that can be searched and browsed.
“Membership will allow us to have a place to preserve items from future digitization projects, for instance if we scanned government documents from our collection,” Rascoe said. “The advantage of being a HathiTrust member is the ability to make any digitization work of benefit to the whole user community.”
HathiTrust was named for the Hindi word for elephant, hathi, symbolic of the qualities of memory, wisdom, and strength evoked by elephants, as well as the huge undertaking of congregating the digital collections of libraries in the United States and beyond. HathiTrust is funded by the partner libraries and governed by members of the libraries through its Board of Governors.
Visit HathiTrust's website for more information.
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]]>Davis’ novel, Blood Line, follows a family of three (father, mother, and daughter) who are also spies for the Central Intelligence Agency. The book talk will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2015 in the Library's Ferst Room (7th floor East).
In addition to discussing his new book and answering audience questions, Davis will share insights on the importance of leadership based on what he learned from his father and grandfather.
Davis’ father, J. Jefferson Davis, was a former Georgia Tech football player and alumnus. His grandfather, William Lester “Dynamite” Goodloe, was a former football coach and recruiter serving under Bobby Dodd.
This event is free and open to the public. All proceeds from book sales will benefit the Georgia Tech Library.
For more information, contact Thomas Fisher at thomas.fisher@library.gatech.edu.
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]]>They’re all obsolete electronics featured in the Georgia Tech Library’s latest exhibit - retroTECH.
So far, the retroTECH exhibit showcased an early wearable device loaned by Associate Professor Thad Starner, a Commodore 64 computer, the first pocket-sized scientific calculator, Apple’s first portable computer, modems from the 1980s and ‘90s and much more.
Currently displaying in the Library West Commons, retroTECH is a crowd-sourced exhibit of treasured technology from the personal collections of Georgia Tech faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Viewers are invited to explore the personal side of our technological lives –both in-person and online – by coming to the Library and voting online for their favorite items.
"It’s been amazing to see the amount of interest the Georgia Tech community has in vintage technologies. There are seemingly infinite treasures hidden in the closets of our staff, students, faculty, and alumni,” said Wendy Hagenmaier, Digital Archivist at the Library.
A call for material went out in late September resulting in more than 70 submissions.
Mechanical Engineering student Jayce Delker loaned a vintage Philco Predicta Holiday Television, and a few radios, including one he restored and painted for President G.P. "Bud" Peterson.
“I love vintage electronics and I have an extensive collection at home,” said Delker, who enjoys collecting and restoring old electronics in his spare time.
“I bought it [Philco] from a friend in January 2014 and I restored it over the course of six months,” he added.
More old and awesome tech devices are scheduled to go on display in the Library now through early December.
“As we look toward the future, a crucial piece of the Library's vision is to inspire people to explore the past and design the future, and we hope retroTECH is doing just that,” said Hagenmaier.
The retroTECH exhibit is located across from the Library Services Desk on the first floor of the Library.
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