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Jennifer Betts Appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist

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The University Library is pleased to announce that Jennifer Betts has been appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist. In this senior leadership role at the University Library, she will oversee all staff, programs, and services at the John Hay Library and serve as the chief steward of the University’s priceless assemblage … Jennifer Betts Appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist

DH Salons – Fall 2025

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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 – Fall 2025

Gathering and Preparing Your Data with Minimal Computing Workshops

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Minimal Computing is a digital humanities practice of creating digital scholarship with the fewest resources possible that will still meet the goals of the project. The Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) is proud to offer a workshop series for fall 2025 around this topic in order to help researchers understand minimal computing, how to gather … Gathering and Preparing Your Data with Minimal Computing Workshops

Brown University Library Releases New Multimodal Book on Visual Literacy, Extends its Focus on Innovation and Collaboration

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[Providence, RI] Brown University Digital Publications has launched the multimodal edition of Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of Mourning, the second title in the On Seeing series published by the MIT Press. Authored by Kimberly Juanita Brown, inaugural director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life at Dartmouth College, Black Elegies is … Brown University Library Releases New Multimodal Book on Visual Literacy, Extends its Focus on Innovation and Collaboration

Fashioning Insurrection Exhibit and Opening

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Fashioning Insurrection: From Imperial Resistance to American Orientalisms Exhibit Part of the Islamic-American Exchanges Initiative between the Brown University Library and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the exhibit, “Fashioning Insurrection: From Imperial Resistance to American Orientalisms,” will be on view in the Harriette Hemmasi Exhibition Gallery at the John Hay Library during the 2025-26 … Fashioning Insurrection Exhibit and Opening

Juneteenth and the Racial Justice Resource Center

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Origin of Juneteenth Juneteenth, the United States’ oldest celebrated commemoration of the ending of the enslavement of African Americans, originated in Galveston, Texas. On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger read General Order Number 3 to the people of Texas, officially declaring the freedom … Juneteenth and the Racial Justice Resource Center

Expanding Opportunities: Spotlight on a Recent Brown Graduate on Working at the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship 

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Angel Benjamin ‘25, who is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English and Visual Arts, talks with Ashley Champagne, Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) at the Brown University Library, about her experience working as the Publicity Coordinator for CDS. Ashley Champagne: Congratulations on graduating! Would you share a little about what your … Expanding Opportunities: Spotlight on a Recent Brown Graduate on Working at the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship 

Brown University Digital Publications Wins Silver EPIC Award

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Brown University Digital Publications has won SILVER at the EPIC Awards presented by the Society for Scholarly Publishing in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, or Accessibility (DEIA) Initiatives category. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Launched this year by the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the EPIC Awards (Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology & Communications) celebrate the remarkable achievements … Brown University Digital Publications Wins Silver EPIC Award

Library as a Third Space | Commencement Forum 2025

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Library as a Third Space: A Collaboration with Providence High School Librarians and Brown University Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025Time: 2:30 p.m.Location: Willis Reading Room, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect St., ProvidenceZoom link to attend online: https://bit.ly/library-forum Video of the Forum The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence Following Brown’s 2006 Slavery … Library as a Third Space | Commencement Forum 2025