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Month: April 2016

Event | Terra Huber on “The Conservation of a 16th Century Papal Bull on Parchment”

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During National Preservation Week on Friday, April 29, 2016 from 2 – 3 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Terra Huber, Assistant Paper Conservator at the Northeast Document Conservation Center, will give a talk entitled, “The Conservation of a 16th Century Papal Bull on Parchment.” This event is free and open to … Event | Terra Huber on “The Conservation of a 16th Century Papal Bull on Parchment”

Exhibit | A History of the Brown University Orchestra

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A History of the Brown University Orchestra is now on display in the Orwig Music Library. The exhibit chronicles the development of orchestral involvement on Brown’s campus from 1919 onward.  Highlights include programs from performances with Leonard Bernstein, Itzhak Perlman, and Steve Reich, as well as the merger of the Brown Orchestra and Pembroke Orchestra, … Exhibit | A History of the Brown University Orchestra

Winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

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The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research. The Committee decided this year to award two prizes, both for projects that coincidentally were done for the same course, Michael Vorenberg’s first-year seminar, “Abraham Lincoln: Historical and Cultural Perspectives” (HIST 0551A). Rachel Gold ‘19 … Winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

The Gregory Corso Papers – the unpublished poetry of a Beat poet

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The Gregory Corso papers, a collection of unpublished poetry, writings, photographs and original oil paintings, are now available for research at the John Hay Library.  They provide an intimate look into the complicated life and work of one of the most influential Beat poets of his generation. Corso was born in 1930 in New York … The Gregory Corso Papers – the unpublished poetry of a Beat poet

Event | Tara Nummedal and Donna Bilak: “Tear the Books Apart: Atalanta fugiens in a Digital Age”

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On Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, scholars Tara Nummedal and Donna Bilak will speak about their digital publication, Project Atalanta. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk. Recently chosen as one of two pilot projects for Brown’s Mellon-funded … Event | Tara Nummedal and Donna Bilak: “Tear the Books Apart: Atalanta fugiens in a Digital Age”

Event | Annual Yoken Lecture: Timothy Mooney’s Molière Than Thou

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Actor and author Timothy Mooney will deliver the Annual Mel and Cindy Yoken Cultural Series Lecture on Monday, April 11 at 4 p.m. in Carmichael Auditorium at 85 Waterman Street (BERT Building). For the lecture, Mooney will reprise his one-man play, Molière Than Thou, in which he explores some of Molière’s most humorous speeches. Molière Than Thou finds Molière left … Event | Annual Yoken Lecture: Timothy Mooney’s Molière Than Thou

Event | On the Material Trail: Embedded Librarianship in the Heart of Tuscany

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In 2015, Mark Pompelia, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Visual + Material Resource Librarian, accompanied a double-major RISD student (Apparel Design-Industrial Design) on an international exhibition program called Craft the Leather. Based in the Tuscan Leather District of San Miniato, Italy, the program hosted ten schools for a weeklong immersion into the industry of vegetable-tanned leather … Event | On the Material Trail: Embedded Librarianship in the Heart of Tuscany

Library Workshops in April 2016

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The Library is offering a number of workshops in April. Here’s a look at the upcoming Library workshops this month: April 4, 2016, 12:00pm | Best Practices for Managing and Sharing Your Data April 4, 2016, 1:00pm | Grant reporting, compliance, and biosketches April 5, 2016, 3:00pm | Data Visualization in Microsoft Excel April 6, 2016, 12:00pm … Library Workshops in April 2016