The Brown University Library is here to support the Brown community. For the most up-to-date information about Brown University operations, please visit Brown.edu. Locations and Hours All other University Library locations will be closed until we return from winter break in January. Winter break is scheduled to run from Tuesday, December 23, 2025, through Monday, … Library Hours and Operations – Dec. 2025
Join the Brown University Library for a presentation of original research by Brown students exploring the global impact of John Hay’s China Policy — and Brown University’s role in this history — drawing on rare special collections materials from Brown and beyond. Hybrid Event Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. In person: … John Hay’s China Policy: Student Research from Brown’s Special Collections
Join us for an author discussion of Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words, a new book edited by Zinga A. Fraser, the leading scholar dedicated to the study of Chisholm’s legacy. Thursday, March 5, 2026, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Racial Justice Resource Center on the second floor of the Rockefeller Library. Free and open … Shirley Chisolm and American Democracy
Your Brown University Library is here for you during finals. You’ve told us what you want, what you really really want, and it’s free pizza. Join us on the following dates and times in three library locations for communal pizza scarfing. Pizza Schedule Help If what you really really want is help with finals, we … Pizza Pizza
Most of the broadside collections in the John Hay Library (including the Harris Broadsides, Rider Broadsides, Carriers’ Addresses, and general collection broadsides) will be closed to researchers December 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026. The closure does not impact access to the Lincoln Broadsides. Many of the broadsides have been digitized and are available in … John Hay Library – Broadside Collections Closed
The Library is pleased to announce that Brown faculty members can now request delivery of physical library materials to a campus address from within BruKnow, the online library catalog. This new enhancement to library services will make it easier for busy faculty members to access the Library’s extensive circulating collection materials without taking time to … Faculty Can Request Library Delivery in BruKnow!
Please tell your Brown University Library about your on-site experience during the week of November 10 to 16, 2025 — 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 … Library Stats Quest Week – Fall 2025
The Library is thrilled to unveil the new Faculty Publications Collection display in the Sorensen Family Reading Room on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library. The circulating collection consists of print books authored by Brown faculty members as well as digital publications created by Brown faculty members in collaboration with Brown University Digital Publications … New Faculty Publications Collection
Join the Brown University Library and the Center for Middle East Studies for a workshop and conversation with Jana Dambrogio, conservator, author, and editor, on Tuesday, October 21 at 4 p.m. at the John Hay Library (321). Free and open to the public. In-person event. Letterlocking Offering a glimpse into a new collaborative project on … Unlocking History: Tunisian Letterlocking with Jana Dambrogio
The Library’s Critical AI Learning Community (CAILC) meets weekly during the spring and fall semesters on Mondays at noon in the Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library. The meetings will take place in person and online every other week. All members of the Brown community are welcome to … Critical AI Learning Community – Fall 2025
