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The New Digital Library Programmer
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The Library is pleased to announce that Ben Cail has joined the Library as the new Digital Library Programmer in Repository Services. Ben comes to the library from Charlotte, NC where he worked as an applications programmer/analyst on the application support team at Wachovia/Wells Fargo. He has extensive experience in ESQL, JAVA, Bash, C++, Python, and XML technologies. Additionally, he is a Google “Summer of Code” alumnus in which he worked on expanding the open source project KOffice; specifically improving it’s ability to interact with Microsoft Office files. Ben holds a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from LeTourneau University. He will be located in the SciLi. Please join us in welcoming Ben to the Brown community. -
New Exhibit on View: Geoffrey Hill and His Books
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Geoffrey Hill and His Books, an exhibit curated by Kenneth Haynes, Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics at Brown University, in honor of poet and former colleague Geoffrey Hill on the occasion of Hill’s 80th birthday, is on view in the North Gallery, John Hay Library, now through October 1, 2012.The exhibit includes materials from the Library’s General and Special Collections as well as books from the private collection of Haynes (including works that formerly belonged to Hill). The exhibit is organized around fifteen published books of poetry, from For the Unfallen (1959) to Odi Barbare (2012). A few works have been chosen to accompany each of these books, to illustrate the different kinds of publications that have influenced Hill’s writing (children’s books, fantasy tales, poetry, art books, historical scholarship) and the different ways they have influenced it (in visual layout, in dramatizing the physical act of reading, in allusion and quotation, and in other ways). Drop in the Hay and take a look!
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Ladd, Bryant, Orwig: the Making of the Music Building
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Portrait of Virginia Baldwin Orwig (1905-1984) by John Henry Hintermeister, on view in the Lobby of the Orwig Music Library.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Stop by the Orwig Music Library from now until December 21 to see an exhibit about the building’s history curated by Senior Library Specialist, Nancy Jakubowski.
The large brick mansion began as a residence for a member of the Sprague family and later, a Brown alumnus, Isaac Gifford Ladd. It also served as a private hospital, and as classrooms and administrative offices for Bryant College. The display features photographs courtesy of the HELIN Digital Commons website and Bryant University, as well as photos and memorabilia from Brown University Archives.