What's New at the Iwasaki Library: Moving on Up!

Over the summer, some significant changes have taken place at the Iwasaki Library. Using the space formerly occupied by the light well in the center of the Walker Building, we have added four new levels of study and exhibition space.... read more

Information Literacy: Partnership, Integration, and Collaboration

Information literacy is a common buzzword in higher education. Discussions about exactly what it is and how it should be taught are taking place with increasing frequency in academia.... read more

Staff Profile: Christina Dent

Christina Dent finished her MFA in Creative Writing at Emerson in 2007. Her thesis, F.A.T. & Other Stories, is a collection of thematically linked short stories focusing on the cultural and social implications of obesity in America. In her previous life as an academic, Tina obsessed over 18th-century British novels and completed her Master's of Arts in English at the University of Connecticut. She also taught composition and literature classes at UConn, the University of Hartford, Suffolk University and Manchester Community College.... read more

Classic Pairings: Bogie and Bacall, Hepburn and Tracy, Will and Grace . . . And now . . . The Library and Media!

After a decade or so of being linked administratively, but located in two different buildings, the Iwasaki Library's print and media collections are together again!... read more

Library Copier Makes Scanning a Breeze

Have you ever wished you could turn your documents or photocopies into electronic files without the time-consuming hassle of scanning? At the speed of 70 pages per minute, the Library administrative copier makes scanning as easy as photocopying. You can turn copies into PDF files in mere seconds!... read more

Staff Profile: Patrick Truby

Patrick Truby began working for Iwasaki Library in March. He comes to Emerson from Oregon State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English. At OSU, he worked as a writing tutor in the writing center and with OSU's Bridge program for instructing incoming freshman. He is currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Emerson.... read more