The Library is pleased to welcome Nadine McAllister, who joined us on October 15 at the Library Collections Annex as a Library Associate Specialist. Nadine has a background in retail management with experience in automated inventory control systems. In addition to being an avid reader, enjoying crochet, and leading her own Girl Scout Troop, Nadine … Announcement | Nadine McAllister, Library Associate Specialist
The Library is pleased to welcome Stacey Anter, who began as a Senior Library Specialist for Technical Services on September 30. Her work focuses primarily on acquisitions for our collections in variety of languages and formats. Prior to joining the Brown Library staff, Stacey worked as the Director of the Pontiac Free Library in Warwick. Simultaneously she held … Announcement | Stacey Anter, Senior Library Specialist for Technical Services
The Library is pleased to welcome Johanna Mercado, Senior Library Specialist for Sciences Circulation. Johanna’s first day was October 3. Prior to joining the Brown Library staff, Johanna worked at Rhode Island School of Design, digitizing the Gorham Silver Project. She has also worked at Rhode Island College. Johanna is a native Rhode Islander, born and … Announcement | Johanna Mercado, Senior Library Specialist for Sciences Circulation
On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 3 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Elaine Sullivan, Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, will give a talk entitled, “Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara.” This event is free and open to the public. Constructing … Event | Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara
The Library is pleased to announce that Joseph Campbell will be joining us as Director of Library Facilities. Joe brings over two decades of professional experience to the position, including five years in Brown’s Facilities Management Department as the HVAC Controls Supervisor. During this time Joe has provided leadership and direction to the Controls Division, … Announcement | Joseph Campbell, Director of Library Facilities
Join the Brown University Library for an unforgettable night of poetry, fiction, and discussion of how library and archival research is essential to creative and literary endeavors. Lauren Russell and Megan Milks will both read from their works, followed by a discussion led by librarians and archivists about how they are using primary sources. A … Event | Authors in the Archives with Lauren Russell and Megan Milks
October 21 – 27, 2019 is Open Access Week, and the Brown University Library is marking the occasion with two events: Brown Bag on Open Access and PublishingWednesday, October 231:30 – 2:30 p.m.121 South Main Street, ProvidenceFreeMore informationCelebrate International Open Access Week by joining Doctoral Candidate Jason Gantenberg, Public Health Librarian Erin Anthony, and Data … Events | Open Access Week @Brown
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Dr. Li Wang, Curator of the East Asian Collection, will give a talk, “Exploring the Digital China 2019.” This event is free and open to the public. Coffee and cookies will be served. This new visual report will focus … Event | Exploring the Digital China 2019 with Li Wang, PhD
The University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, together with the Digital Publications Advisory Board, are pleased to announce the selection of the next two long-form scholarly works to be developed as part of Brown’s Digital Publications Initiative. At a Standstill, Moving: Gesture, Temporality and the Interval in Performance At a Standstill, Moving: Gesture, … Announcement | Two New Projects Selected for Brown’s Digital Publications Initiative
With $775,000 from The Mellon Foundation, the Brown University Library, together with the Dean of the Faculty, extends its work with born-digital scholarly monographs. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University has received a $775,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a second phase of its Digital Publications Initiative, launched in 2015 with … Announcement | Mellon Grant Continues Support of Digital Publications Initiative at Brown
