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Environmental History of Hispaniola, March 12 – April 30
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Environmental History of Hispaniola
An exhibit curated by Dominique Coulombe and Patricia Figueroa in collaboration with Patrick Sylvain, Max Clermont, Deborah Saint-Vil and Kona Shen
March 12 – April 30, 2009
John Hay Library
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the land area of the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola. Although both of these former colonies of Spain and France have faced socioeconomic hardships and political instability in their post-colonial period, they show a sharp contrast in the current state of their natural resources.
This exhibition traces the environmental history of Hispaniola from pre-Columbian times to the present and explores the evolution of its natural resources by highlighting special collection materials from the John Hay and John Carter Brown Libraries, and museum objects from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Brown University Library.
For further information contact Patricia_Figueroa@brown.edu
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Google Books & Images now in Josiah
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The power of Google Books is now in Josiah. The information provided can help you determine if an item is likely to be of interest before going to the stacks or placing a request. And in many cases the full text is available for viewing at no cost. The Google Book information is generated and displayed “on-the-fly” as the page loads, so it is constantly updated.
Click on the image at left to go to the Josiah record.For Example:
- Do a subject search for Dante Alighieri
- Scroll down and you will notice that some entries have a link to “full view”, “partial preview”, or “more information” on Google Books. Some also have book jackets.
- “More information” links may include a wealth of information (publisher blurb, “search in this book” box, reviews, other editions, key terms, map of places mentioned–e.g. http://tinyurl.com/bh5vbn) or be very brief (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/crnh4f). “Partial preview” links also reproduce numerous pages (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/dggcav), while “Full view” links include the entire work in scanned, pdf and plain text views (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/d9dg87).
Cautions:
- The Google Book information is *not* part of the Josiah record so it cannot be searched, saved or exported.
- Some of the Google Book scans are imperfect, and/or incomplete.
- Google Book pages include links to commercial sites (e.g., book sellers) and to other Google initiatives.
The code for this functionality makes use of Google API’s, and is an adaptation by Brown grad student, Goran Tkalec, of code originally created by Virginia Tech.
For further information contact Bonnie Buzzell -
No paper to write down a call number? Text yourself instead!
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Text Message a Call Number and Title to Your Cell Phone
For example, see “Zen & oriental art” in Josiah: http://josiah.brown.edu/record=b1866260
Click on the “Send via Text Message” button, opening a window in which to enter your cell phone number and carrier.
The resulting message on your cell phone will read:
libweb@brown.edu
(Josiah info) loc: ROCK
call#: N7350 .M944 1995
title: Zen & oriental art
(The code for this functionality is an adaptation by Brown grad student, Goran Tkalec, of code originally created by Adam Brin for Bryn Mawr.)
For further information contact libweb@brown.edu
