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Special Collections History and Guide online

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CDS staffers Benjamin Tyler and Lindsay Elgin recently finished up work on their many contributions to the digital edition of the revised Special Collections History and Guide. The guide presents highlights of Brown’s special collections from the University’s inception and is part of the John Hay Library’s 2010 centennial celebration. A print version of the … Special Collections History and Guide online

CDS @ DH2010

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Digital Humanities 2010 in London. CDS presentations: Julia Flanders and Syd Bauman on “Using ODD for Multi-purpose TEI Documentation;” Andy Ashton on “Semantic Cartography: Using RDF/OWL to Build Adaptable Tools for Text Exploration” and Elli Mylonas with a poster on “Discursive Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies.” Conference URL: http://dh2010.cch.kcl.ac.uk/ Twitter Hashtag: dh2010 (very active tweeting!) Edit: … CDS @ DH2010

Pembroke Record

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The CDS has just completed work on the digital archive for the Pembroke Record. From 1922 to 1970, the Pembroke Record documented and commented upon life at Pembroke College in Brown University. Although the Pembroke Record ceased publishing decades ago, it has remained a valuable archival resource and an irreplaceable part of the history of … Pembroke Record

John Price Wilkin: The 2010 Brendel Lecture

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John Price Wilkin will speak Friday, April 23 at 9:00 AM in the Lownes Room, about how the impending Google Book Settlement and HaithiTrust will allow/force libraries to rethink traditional collection development assumptions. John Wilkin is the Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology (LIT) at the University of Michigan and is the Executive Director … John Price Wilkin: The 2010 Brendel Lecture

CHUG Talk: Steve Ramsay on “The Hermeneutics of Screwing Around”

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3:30 PM Friday, April 16 Lownes Room, John Hay library The Hermeneutics of Screwing Around Humanities scholarship, by all accounts, now finds itself in what one prominent center of activity calls “An Age of Abundance.” Prominent scholars are asking “What do we do with a million books?” and suggesting “far reading,” “distant reading,” and even … CHUG Talk: Steve Ramsay on “The Hermeneutics of Screwing Around”

“April is the Cruelest Month…”

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What else is there to say about a month that hosts both Tax Day and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? Drop by the lobby of the John Hay Library to find out. The exhibit features Lincolniana from the Hay Library’s McLellan Lincoln Collection, and constitutes a final farewell to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial. “April is … “April is the Cruelest Month…”