The John Hay Library is renovating its exterior this summer! As a result, there will be reduced access to this library and special collections. Please refer to the John Hay Library website for up-to-date hours. Operating Schedule May 25 to September 7, 2026 The John Hay Library will be closed. June 8 to August 28, 2026 The … Reduced Access at John Hay Library, Summer 2026
Digital Humanities is a vibrant and wide-ranging research domain, but at times it can be difficult to get started in it. The Center for Digital Scholarship at Brown University Library is delighted to offer our Spring 2026 workshop series, “Building Your Digital Humanities Toolkit,” to help students build their skills and theoretical knowledge in the … Building Your Digital Humanities Toolkit – Spring 2026
Please join the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship this fall for the Digital Humanities (DH) Salons! The DH Salon series, hosted by the Center for Digital Scholarship, is a regular, informal presentation series bringing together digital humanities work across the Brown campus. Join us either in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab (Room 137) on the first floor of the Rockefeller … DH Salons – Spring 2026
Brown University will be on winter break from the close of business on Monday, December 22, 2025, through Monday, January 5, 2026, returning on Tuesday, January 6. In order to maintain support of students, faculty, and researchers during this time while giving dedicated library staff members well-deserved time off, the University Library will be offering … Library Services During Winter Break 2025-26
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 Chisholm 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
Update 9/10/2026: Due to ongoing renovations, the broadside collection closures will continue until October 30, 2026. See below for details about affected collections. 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 September … 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!
