Join the Library for a celebration of National Coming Out Day! We’re partnering with Stonewall House / the LGBTQ Center to showcase LGBTQ+ materials at the John Hay Library. Friday, October 9, 2026 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Primary Source Lab (321) Score some adorable Coming Out Day stickers and enjoy snacks … Ever Queer: A Coming Out Day Open House
Technology is changing quickly, and especially so in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It can feel overwhelming to learn something new only to have that knowledge quickly become out of date shortly after. This workshop series, presented by the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship, pauses to take a breath and look at enduring skills … The Bread and Butter of Digital Humanities: Enduring Tools and Methods in the Field
Join award-winning author Namwali Serpell for a reading and discussion of her new book On Morrison, a critical work on the writings of Toni Morrison. Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.Location: Racial Justice Resource Center, 2nd floor, Rockefeller Library, and online Registration Required Free and open to the public. Registration required. REGISTER … Namwali Serpell, “On Morrison” Book Talk
Awards from the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Studies Association recognize excellence and innovation. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Major prizes spotlight the first two titles in the On Seeing series, a joint venture by Brown University Digital Publications and the MIT Press. Devoted to visual literacy, publications in the series foreground the … First Two Titles in Brown University Digital Publications–MIT Press Book Series Garner Prestigious Prizes
The University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, together with the Brown University Digital Publications Editorial Board, are pleased to announce the selection of the next scholarly work to be developed by Brown University Digital Publications. Stop Motion Philology, by Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Tamara T. Chin, is an experiment in audio-visually enhanced … New Multimodal Book Project by Tamara T. Chin Selected for Development with Brown University Digital Publications
Your Brown University Library will be conducting a study to assess how the Library’s services, collections, and other resources are used in order to better understand and document the Library’s impact on research, teaching, and learning at Brown, and to help us improve library services. We appreciate your survey responses! When and how will the survey … Complete a Survey, Help Shape the Library’s Future
In 1933, Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft published the story “At the Mountains of Madness,” creating a world that has captured imaginations. It is the looming ancient god of the story, Cthulhu, who gives the Cthulhu Mythos its name, both of which have spawned countless works (and nightmares) since. Cthulhu Mythos Stories, films, songs and more … The Evolution of Cthulhu
Brown University Library is pleased to announce that Paulina Gąsiorowska and Amira Haileab are the recipients of the 20th annual Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research, supported through the Center for Library Exploration and Research. This award, established in partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, recognizes undergraduate projects that make extensive and … Winners of the Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research
A symposium co-organized by Brown University Digital Publications and the Center for Digital Scholarship on Friday, May 1, 2026. This one-day symposium, held both in-person and virtually, focuses on future directions in the field of digital scholarship, including community-engaged research, uses of AI in the field, the rapidly evolving landscape of multimodal publishing, and more. … Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship: People, Projects, Priorities
Please tell your Brown University Library about your on-site experience during the week of April 6 to 12, 2026 — 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 – Spring 2026
