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Announcement | John Hay Library unveils transformative vision for special collections at Brown

Six dynamic and interconnected areas of focus build on current collection strengths and forge a path for building distinctive collections that support expansive and imaginative inquiry with a commitment to community engagement, environmental sustainability, and social justice. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] After a year-long process of critical self-study and reflection led by Amanda Strauss, Associate Announcement | John Hay Library unveils transformative vision for special collections at Brown

Announcement | Chelsea Misquith, Public Health and Research Support Librarian

The Library is pleased to announce Chelsea Misquith as the new Public Health and Research Support Librarian. Chelsea (pronounced Chel-SEE-uh) comes to us from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library at Indiana University School of Medicine, where she worked as the Emerging Technologies Librarian. At IU, she served on Indiana’s COVID-19 Evidence-Based Rapid Response Team (a Announcement | Chelsea Misquith, Public Health and Research Support Librarian

Announcement | Free Web Hosting Service for Digital Scholarship

Digital Scholarship at Brown The Library is offering a new web hosting service to support digital scholarship: Digital Scholarship at Brown. This service is available to Brown students, faculty, and staff who want to experiment with digital scholarly platforms, develop a research project, and/or share your work. Digital Scholarship at Brown complements Brown’s existing web Announcement | Free Web Hosting Service for Digital Scholarship

Announcement | Library Hours and Closures: Fall and Winter 2020

Winter Break 2020 All campus libraries will close for Winter Break at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 18, 2020. Pickup circulation will continue in the Rockefeller Library lobby through December 20, and graduate students will continue to have access to the Wernig Graduate Student Reading Room and their assigned carrels during the same period. The Rock will reopen Announcement | Library Hours and Closures: Fall and Winter 2020

Announcement | Cathy Weng, Head of Technical Services

The Library is pleased to announce Cathy Weng as the new Head of Technical Services. Cathy comes to Brown from City University of New York (CUNY) where she served as Head, Resource Description and Metadata Services in the Office of Library Services. In that position, Cathy oversaw central cataloging operations and led the future development of metadata services for the Announcement | Cathy Weng, Head of Technical Services

Announcement | Library Welcomes Biology and Medicine & Alpert Medical School Students and Faculty

Welcome, from the Brown University Library! We offer a variety of services to Brown students and faculty in the sciences that can help with teaching and research. We can assist you with: Planning and conducting research (such as literature review services, finding funding, using LabArchives Electronic Lab Notebooks, and writing data management plans) Publishing and Announcement | Library Welcomes Biology and Medicine & Alpert Medical School Students and Faculty