On Saturday, May 24, the Brown University Library hosted James F. Egan, Brown Professor of English, when he delivered a Commencement Forum titled “Continuity Amidst Transformation in the Humanities” in the Rockefeller Library Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab. Click here to watch a video recording of the forum on Brown’s YouTube Channel.
The University has provided access to Rosetta Stone language learning software for all Brown students, staff, and faculty. The Library has now linked Rosetta Stone on the Database A-Z list on the Library Web, along with the Quick Start Manual. You may also access Rosetta Stone directly by using this URL: http://rosettastone.brown.edu. If you have … Rosetta Stone Now Linked on the Library Web
The Brown University Library will host James F. Egan, Brown Professor of English, as he delivers a Commencement Forum titled “Continuity Amidst Transformation in the Humanities” on Saturday, May 24 at 11 a.m. in the Rockefeller Library Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab. The study of the humanities is undergoing transformation with the increased use of … Commencement Forum | Continuity Amidst Transformation in the Humanities with Professor Jim Egan
The Brown University Library and Brown University Athletics & Recreation are hosting a complimentary Zumba class, open to all who will be on campus during Commencement Weekend. This session is appropriate for all levels of exercisers. No special equipment or clothing is required. Attendees must sign-in at the OMAC Welcome Center before class. Please join us … Zumba Class
The Brown University Library invites local Wikipedians to an Edit-a-Thon in memory of Adrianne Wadewitz on Thursday, May 22 from 1:30 – 6 p.m. in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, 10 Prospect Street. Co-organized by the Brown University Library, Northeastern University, and others, this multi-day Wadewitz Tribute Edit-a-Thon is … Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the Brown Library in Tribute of Digital Humanities Scholar
The Brown University Library has recently published its Spring/Summer 2014 edition of the Newsletter of the Brown University Library: Focus on Collections. The publication considers the past, present, and future of library collections. With contributions from several Brown University librarians, faculty members, and students, the articles in the newsletter discuss the importance of the physical … Focus on Collections | Spring/Summer 2014 Newsletter of the Brown University Library
Here are a few recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs: Brown Curio has a post celebrating the SciLi Duck. The Rock50 website has added its latest batch of memories. Make sure to submit your own Rock memory. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog has an interesting post about unidentified material. Image Collections in the Brown Library unfortunately is only available to … Updates From Around the Library (May 2014)
In a ceremony on May 9 in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, the Brown University Library awarded the winner of the 2014 Library Innovation Prize to Michael Rowland ’15. The $750 prize was given to the applicant who created the most effective working prototype of a mobile application designed to enhance access to or use of … 2014 Library Innovation Prize Awarded
The Transformations exhibit examines the unique relationship between Brown University and Tougaloo College (Mississippi) over its fifty year history. Photographs and printed materials offer a glimpse of the early years of the partnership as well as the depth of personal change experienced by participants in the exchange. From Civil Rights to the present, Tougaloo has provided the Brown community with an important … Transformations | Fifty Years of the Brown University–Tougaloo College Partnership
The Music in the Ocean State exhibit was created to highlight Rhode Island music & musicians, in honor of the New England Chapter of the Music Library Association’s spring meeting (hosted by the Orwig Music Library on March 28, 2014). This exhibit will be up until the end of the summer. The media, books, and music on … Music in the Ocean State Exhibit
