by Renée Sharrock Sherri Brooks and Jenn Putman were announced as the recipients of the 2015 GRU Libraries Staff Recognition Awards on April 27 at a special ceremony held in the Reese Library’s Special Collections. Nominations for the staff awards…
The Georgia Regents University Libraries have been selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). As one of 203 grant recipients selected…
“there’s too much to do and not enough time / response: let’s collaborate” by Ron Mader | CC by 2.0 by Thomas Weeks What is the Liaison Program? The GRU Libraries Liaison Program is designed to foster communication between the…
Listen, Understand, Act by Steven Shorrock | CC by 2.0 by Barb Mann The Library Advisory Committee (LAC) serves as an advisory group to the University Libraries with membership consisting of faculty/staff representatives from each of the Colleges/Cancer Center/Libraries as…
by Renée Sharrock The descendants of Kilpatrick Cross, M.D., recently donated his medical bag and two copies of his 1910 class photograph to the Historical Collections and Archives of the Greenblatt Library. Four members of the Cross family were present…
by Jennifer Putnam New Hires Keanna Council joined Greenblatt Library as the new Library Assistant for the Access Services and Interlibrary Loan department in June. Keanna is responsible for maintaining the Information Desk, particularly assisting patrons with library borrowing. She…
by Erin Prentiss Measuring scholarly productivity is of critical importance to faculty but is a subject of much debate. One tool that has been developed is the h-index. In the decade since it was proposed by physicist Jorge E. Hirsch,…
by Melissa Johnson On May 7, staff members from Greenblatt Library and Reese Library participated in the first University Libraries’ Staff Development Day. Included in the day-long event were sessions from GRU Workforce Development about “Managing Time, Change, and Stress,”…