The Pitts staff and student workers are well-versed in magic, but magic isn’t how we find books when they go missing from the stacks. A Pitts reshelving cart on the first floor, where patrons have (properly!) placed books when they were finished with them. When a patron cannot find…

Pitts’ Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale returns this year with some big changes! This year we’re offering $15 cartons for EmoryCard holders ($30 for non-Emory) to fill with whatever will fit (estimated 20-25 books per carton). A la carte options are also available—$2 for paperback and $3…

By Armin Siedlecki, Head of Cataloging and Rare Book Cataloger Photography by Ann McShane, Digital Asset Librarian The inscription in question just below the printed book title. This title page also bears the signatures of other previous owners and an institutional book stamp. The addition of a 15th century…

Describing archival materials isn’t often glamorous or exciting. For the most part, it’s just you, an Excel spreadsheet, and the Archival Box Of The Day. Wikipedia quickly becomes your best friend, followed closely by the selection of relevant (but out-of-print) books you’re lucky enough to find on Internet Archive.…