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Brown Helps Launch World Digital Library
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The Brown University Library and the John Carter Brown Library were among the 31 institutions partnering with the Library of Congress and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to launch the World Digital Library (WDL) in Paris yesterday. This highly anticipated event was reported on in the international press, including The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. The WDL is a web site that features unique cultural materials and national treasures from libraries and archives around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints, photographs, and other resources. The site – located at www.wdl.org – was conceived in 2005 by U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington as a way to promote cross-cultural awareness by telling the stories and highlighting the achievements of all countries and cultures, including those that lack the resources to digitize and display important cultural resources. The WDL provides unrestricted public access, free of charge, to this material.
The launch took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Harriette Hemmasi, the Joukowsky Family University Librarian at the Brown University Library, and Edward Widmer, Director and Librarian at the John Carter Brown Library, joined WDL partners in helping present the project to those attending the semi-annual meeting of UNESCO’s Executive Board. Ms. Hemmasi said it was a “great honor” and Mr. Widmer agreed it was a “terrific privilege” to be part of this global initiative. “The goals of the project are noble and enriching – to bring together primary documents representing the world’s cultures and make them openly available via the internet,” Ms. Hemmasi said. “It is very humbling to be part of this endeavor and to represent Brown.” Mr. Widmer noted that the WDL had received more than one million hits in its first day.
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“between the Rock and a hard place” Senior Photography Exhibit, through 4/23
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Kat D’Auria’s senior project “between the Rock and a hard place” explores the John D. Rockefeller Library in photos, through April 23rd
List Art Center
2nd Floor Lobby
Closing Reception Thursday, April 23, 8-10 p.m.
A series of photographic works by Kat D’Auria ’10 featuring the interior spaces of the Rockefeller Library will be on display in the 2nd floor lobby of List until Thursday, April 23rd. D’Auria’s work is part of a joint senior show with Angela Yang ’10, whose project “Wanderings” is installed in the lobby and peek-a-boo room. In her artist’s statement, D’Auria writes that:
“As a frequent visitor to the John D. Rockefeller Library, I developed an interest in library spaces and experiences. In general, libraries are intriguing institutions with a long history surrounding the collection, storage and dispersal of knowledge and with an intimate connection to the power of the written word. The photographs presented here are pre- and post-visualizations that examine the meaningful, organized spaces within the Rock and depict the overwhelming sensation one feels while inside, especially after hours of studying.”The dozen-plus works in D’Auria’s exhibit, which are identified by the index cards used in library card catalogues rather than white artist tags, range from a collage entitled “Carrel Inspiration,” in which a collection of personal images and notes to a studier adorn a corner, to “Too Tired,” blurred views of library stacks that suggest the perspective of someone bleary-eyed from reading.
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Student discussion with Elliot Maxwell ’68 on “Openness” and what would it mean for Brown, April 23
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Student discussion with Elliot Maxwell on “Openness and higher education: What would it mean for Brown?”
Thursday, April 23, 2009
3:00-4:00 pm
Location: Faunce Memorial Room (2nd floor Faunce House above Student Activities Office)
Elliot E. Maxwell is an author and lecturer, as well as an advisor to public and private sector clients on strategic issues involving the intersection of business, technology, and public policy in the Internet, E-commerce and telecommunications domains. He co-authored, with Ira Magaziner, the report on which Brown’s “New Curriculum” was based. Presently, he is a Fellow of the Communications Program at Johns Hopkins University and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the eBusiness Research Center of Pennsylvania State University. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Brown.
This event is co-sponsored by the Library, CIS, and the Office of the VP International Affairs.