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Staff Development Day
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Join staff from the Library at presentations related to work-life balance, special collections, music databases, and special collections including the following sessions:- The Center for Digital Initiatives: Bringing Library Collections to the Web
- Getting the Most Out of the Library
- The Course of History-Rediscovered Maps Tell the Tale
- So Many Tunes, So Little Time
- The Balancing Act
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Providence High School Students Explore Library Careers on Career Day
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On Thursday, May 28th, approximately 40 Providence public high school students will spend the day touring the Brown University libraries, speaking to and hearing from staff members at all levels about library career opportunities. It is our hope to demonstrate the diversity of work done in the libraries — from financial management to interface design to curation, and beyond — and to reflect the diversity of backgrounds and educational levels represented in our staff. Students will also hear from members of the College Advising Corps at the Swearer Center for Public Service who are themselves graduates of local public high schools. Brown University Library Career Day is sponsored by the University Library, the Office of Institutional Diversity, and the Education Department. For more information, contact Sheila Coleman at 863-9485. -
Commencement Forum with Ken Miller and Exhibit at John Hay Library Mark Darwin Bicentennial
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Darwin, God, and Design – America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 1 p.m. Salomon Center, De Ciccio Family Auditorium
The Brown University Library is pleased to sponsor a Commencement Forum featuring Kenneth Miller ’70, professor of biology. As the lead witness for the victorious plaintiffs in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover trial on the teaching of intelligent design, Professor Miller contended with the questions at the heart of that trial, including: Are the critics of evolution right? Is it time to replace “Darwinism” with ideas like “intelligent design” or, at the very least, to introduce criticisms of evolution into our educational system? Professor Miller will assess the state of this conflict in America today and suggest ways in which the scientific and educational communities can respond.
Continue your exploration of this subject through the exhibit The Origin of the Theory: Tracing Darwin’s Evolutionary Thought, May 10 – September 20, 2009 on the main floor of the John Hay Library. This exhibit uses the Library’s extensive holdings in the history of science to place Darwin and his colleagues within the broader context of Victorian scientific endeavor. The exhibition includes books, prints and original correspondence.… Commencement Forum with Ken Miller and Exhibit at John Hay Library Mark Darwin Bicentennial