Week of Welcome 2022: Behind the Scenes: The Archives' Vault

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday August 19, 2022
      11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: First Floor Gallery Space, Price GIlbert, Georgia Tech Library
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Summaries

Summary Sentence: Tour participants will learn about the Georgia Tech Archives’ collections and library spaces, including a behind the scenes tour of the Archives’ vault containing rare books.

Full Summary: Tour participants will learn about the Georgia Tech Archives’ collections and library spaces, including a behind the scenes tour of the Archives’ vault containing rare books on the history of science that are foundational to our current understanding of physics, astronomy, engineering, and mathematics.

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Tour participants will learn about the Georgia Tech Archives’ collections and library spaces, including a behind the scenes tour of the Archives’ vault containing rare books on the history of science that are foundational to our current understanding of physics, astronomy, engineering, and mathematics.

Learn about Georgia Tech history and traditions from the original source material and find out how to access these collections in the Archives Reading Room.

Tours will visit the retroTECH lab, where visitors can view vintage technologies, from slide rules to Sega Genesis, as well as emulations of retro platforms on modern devices.

This tour will start inside the Price Gilbert Library (704 Cherry St NW) in front of the gallery space.   

 

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Georgia Tech Library

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Undergraduate students
Categories
Other/Miscellaneous
Keywords
tour, Library, week of welcome, event
Status
  • Created By: Jason Wright
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 1, 2022 - 11:31am
  • Last Updated: Aug 15, 2022 - 2:02pm