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Event | Josiah Carberry’s Botanical Adventures with the Brown University Herbarium & Carberry Day Dinner

Josiah S. Carberry Day Dinner Join the Brown University Friends of the Library and Friends of Josiah on October 13, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the Brown Faculty Club for a dinner celebrating the legendary Professor Josiah S. Carberry and his special day: Friday the Thirteenth. The cost of dinner is $45.00, payable in advance by Event | Josiah Carberry’s Botanical Adventures with the Brown University Herbarium & Carberry Day Dinner

John Hay Library Closed August 28 – 29

The John Hay Library will be closed on Monday August 28 and Tuesday August 29, 2017. This will allow staff to attend a two day training session. The Hay will re-open at 10 a.m. on Wednesday August 30th. Please e-mail hay@brown.edu, if you have any questions. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Event | Coffee and Conversation with Ian Fetters, S. T. Joshi Fellow

Please join the Brown University Library on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library for coffee and conversation with S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Ian Fetters. Mr. Fetters, a teaching fellow at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, will discuss his ongoing research at the Event | Coffee and Conversation with Ian Fetters, S. T. Joshi Fellow

Exhibit: Hurra! Ein Kriegsbilderbuch…by Herbert Rikli

Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Update A recent addition to the Military Collection is this first edition of a propagandized German illustrated children’s book published in Stuttart by Loewe in 1915. It contains 23 leaves of pages. The book glorifies the German war effort through a little child’s fantasy of vanquishing Germany’s enemies and Exhibit: Hurra! Ein Kriegsbilderbuch…by Herbert Rikli

The Library Welcomes Heather Cole

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Cole as the Librarian for Literary and Popular Culture Collections at Brown University Library. Heather will have curatorial responsibility for the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, the H. Adrian Smith Magic Collection, the Miller Collection of Wit and Humor, the Sheet Music Collection, the The Library Welcomes Heather Cole

Exhibit | Audubon Bird Cards

Audubon Bird Cards, Set No. 3 New York: National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 On display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library, this box of cards depicting fifty summer birds of eastern North America was the third in a reissued series that also contained winter birds (set one), and spring Exhibit | Audubon Bird Cards

Commencement Forum | The Impact of Social Media on Politics, Culture, and Scholarly Communication

On Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. in the auditorium (room 120) of List Art, the Library will host a Commencement Forum entitled, “The Impact of Social Media on Politics, Culture, and Scholarly Communication.” This event is free and open to the public. Social media and other rapidly-evolving digital technologies have changed the way Commencement Forum | The Impact of Social Media on Politics, Culture, and Scholarly Communication