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Library Stats Quest Week – Fall 2024
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Students in Friedman Study Center at the Sciences Library Please tell your Brown University Library about your on-site experience during the week of November 18-24, 2024 — Library Stats Quest Week!
Did you know that nearly 20,000 users visit the libraries in person every week?
We want to know if the experiences you’re having are meeting your needs. After each visit this week to a library location — Rockefeller, Sciences, Orwig Music, John Hay Library, and Champlin Medical Library — please take a few seconds to answer a very brief survey about your experience. Your input will help us better understand why you use the Library and how we can improve our services.
We’ll also be taking a closer look at how people are using the spaces within the libraries. Library staff will do periodic headcounts in various types of spaces throughout the week.
We strive to make every visit for every patron one in which you feel welcome, respected, and supported. This is your Library. You belong here. Your feedback is essential.
Thank you!
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Ask a Conservator Day
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Today is Ask a Conservator Day! To celebrate, we’re announcing the reopening of the John Hay Library’s newly renovated conservation lab, a space designed to enhance the care and preservation of the Library’s special collections. Over the past two years, library conservation staff meticulously planned the renovation to create an environment that supports their vital work. The project, which took place during the winter and spring of 2024, culminated in a grand opening in July, showcasing an innovative facility that reflects the library’s commitment to safeguarding its invaluable treasures.
The redesigned lab features an array of amenities tailored to conservation professionals’ needs. New lighting illuminates the workspace for detail-oriented work, and updated cabinetry provides storage space to hold a long list of supplies. Specialized workstations feature height-adjustable tables, pegboards, and tool storage. New hardware includes a custom paper-washing sink designed specifically for conservation processes. A photo-documentation setup ensures that each project is properly documented according to the American Institute for Conservation’s Code of Ethics. A modular teamwork and teaching area allows staff to collaborate more effectively and share their expertise with students and staff.
The conservation team is thrilled to leverage this facility to ensure that Brown’s special collections continue to be preserved for future generations. This renovation reinforces the Library’s role as a steward of cultural heritage, providing a vibrant space for learning, collaboration, and the care of Brown’s rare and unique special collections materials.
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Black Studies Approaches to AI Bias with Christopher L. Dancy
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Join Dr. Christopher L. Dancy for a workshop about developing critical approaches to AI bias, especially antiBlackness, in your research projects. Participants at every level and across disciplines are welcome.
- Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m.
- Location: Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship lab (137), Rockefeller Library and on Zoom
Registration
Registration is preferred for this hybrid event.
Christopher L. Dancy
Dr. Christopher L. Dancy Dr. Christopher L. Dancy is an associate professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and African American Studies at Penn State where he also currently holds the Harold and Inge Marcus Industrial and Manufacturing Career Development professorship. He directs The Human in Computing and Cognition (THiCC) lab and is currently a faculty partner in the Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk. His expertise and interests lie at the intersection of human behavior, computational systems, and social structures, with a goal of studying the Human in various computing systems and engineering processes.
Dr. Dancy is an NSF CAREER award recipient, with a goal of moving AI and computing towards the development of socioculturally competent AI systems, and is co-lead of the Computational Representation of Human Decision Processes research thrust for the NSF funded AI Institute for Societal Decision-Making where he is using computational cognitive systems to study and intervene in the real impacts of racialization and antiBlackenss on decision making processes and outcomes.
This event is co-sponsored by Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS), Center for Technological Responsibility Reimagination and Redesign (CNTR), and the Black Beyond Data Project at Johns Hopkins. We are grateful for funding through the Mellon Foundation.