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Call for Undergraduate Members of the Library Advisory Board

The Library Advisory Board (LAB) is seeking two undergraduate volunteers to represent the needs of undergraduate students at Brown University and to relay information about the University Library’s initiatives, services, and resources to undergraduates.  We are accepting one undergraduate for a one year term and another for a two year term. Volunteers must make time Call for Undergraduate Members of the Library Advisory Board

DH Salons at the Rock on Fridays

Please join the Center for Digital Scholarship for a new DH Salon, launching Friday, October 29, at noon in the Digital Scholarship Lab in the Rockefeller Library or via the Zoom* link below. DH Salons will take place every other Friday. At these informal “brown-bag” meetings, we invite discussion and exploration of digital humanities projects, scholarship, DH Salons at the Rock on Fridays

The HBCU Library Alliance and Brown Library receive IMLS grant for Leadership Development Program

Cultural sensitivity and organizational healing will be integral facets of unique partnership program to foster leaders at HBCU libraries and Brown University Providence, R.I. [Brown University] The HBCU Library Alliance and Brown University Library have received a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to The HBCU Library Alliance and Brown Library receive IMLS grant for Leadership Development Program

Announcement | BruKnow: Library’s Updated Search and Catalog System

BruKnow — the Library’s updated search and catalog system named by Brown students — went live on August 18, 2021, delivering enhanced searching capabilities. Learn more about using BruKnow! We Welcome Your Questions and Feedback Have questions or comments about BruKnow? Email us at libfaq@brown.libanswers.com or submit anonymous feedback. Sign Up for User Testing Interested Announcement | BruKnow: Library’s Updated Search and Catalog System

Announcement | Brown Library Receives NEH Grant for Digital Publishing Institute

National training program centered on diversity and inclusion aims to broaden the range of scholars producing born-digital publications and, by extension, the audience for digital humanities scholarship. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University Library has received a $169,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a training institute on digital publishing. Announcement | Brown Library Receives NEH Grant for Digital Publishing Institute

Announcement | Kenvi C. Phillips Named Director of Library Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenvi C. Phillips, PhD as the inaugural Director of Library Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Kenvi’s first day at Brown will be August 23, 2021. Consistent with Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion: An Action Plan for Brown University and the Library’s own strategic goals in this critical Announcement | Kenvi C. Phillips Named Director of Library Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Announcement | Brown Library publishes “Race &” in America digital book series

Free and open publication documents and expands series exploring origins, history, and legacies of anti-Black racism in the U.S. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Over the course of the 2020-21 academic year, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown, in partnership with the Office of the Provost, undertook a systematic Announcement | Brown Library publishes “Race &” in America digital book series