From the desk of Deborah Dietzler

UGA Libraries score big

Congratulations to the University of Georgia Libraries for winning an Emmy for its participation in a Civil Rights documentary film.  Andrew Young: How We Got Over was recently recognized for its technical work which was based largely on old news footage housed at the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards collection at UGA.  Several UGA Library employees assisted Mr. Young and producer C.B. Hackworth as they reviewed hours of archived raw news film from Atlanta’s WSB TV and WALB-TV in Albany, which form the centerpiece of the Civil Rights Digital Library.  “We never expected our archival work to be honored, so this award is very special to us,” said media archives director Ruta Abolins in a news release.