The University Library will modify operations on Thursday, August 22, 2024, to allow all Library staff to attend our annual summer gathering. Closing at 12:30 p.m.: The Sciences Library will be open as usual with no library services after 12:30 p.m. Orwig Music Library will be open as usual with student staff only after 12:30 … Modified Operations | Thursday, August 22
The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Gwendolyn Collaço as the Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society. In this role, Gwendolyn will grow and develop the renowned Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. She will focus on expanding its use by the Brown community and to enhancing its prominence among scholars. Gwendolyn … Gwendolyn Collaço: Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society
Happy Pride! Your Brown University Library is highlighting “Archives of Sexuality and Gender: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture” as its Electronic Resource of the Month. “Archives of Sexuality and Gender: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture” examines diversity in underrepresented areas of the world such as southern Africa and Australia, highlighting cultural … Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Eresource of the Month
The Absolute Quiet Rooms on level A of the Rockefeller Library will be closed from the beginning of June to the end of August 2024. A large staff space on the first floor of the Rock will be renovated during this time. The two Absolute Quiet Rooms will be used as staff space throughout the … Rock’s Absolute Quiet Rooms Closed for Summer
Brown University Library is one of the biggest student employers on the Brown University campus, and this post features one of the Library’s student employees who is graduating this Spring 2024: Ellen Huggins, an American Studies M.A. student. Over the past year, Ellen has worked for the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) as the Publicity … Student Employee Spotlight: Center for Digital Scholarship’s Publicity Coordinator, Ellen Huggins
Art and the Freedom Struggle: A Workshop on Mumia Abu-Jamal, Art, Incarceration, and Creating Activation Space with Melaine Ferdinand-King Workshop aims to spark engaged activity on the local level related to issues of mass incarceration, and spirited dialogue on the importance of responding creatively in times of political duress. Saturday, May 25 from 11 a.m. … Art and the Freedom Struggle – Commencement Forum
Shadow Plays shortlisted for new book prize that recognizes innovative, equitable, and inclusive access to humanities scholarship Providence, R.I. [Brown University] The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the finalists for the 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards. Open access publishing offers exciting new opportunities for scholars … Brown Library’s Second Born-Digital Publication Named Finalist for ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award
Join the Brown University Library on Monday, April 29 from 1 – 2 p.m. in the Hecker Room at the Rockefeller Library or on Zoom for a presentation by the two inaugural Gardner Fellows. This special event showcases the culmination of their intensive research into the rare East Asian materials housed within the University’s distinguished … Student Presentations: Gardner Fellows’ Research Projects on Chinese Library Materials
April is Jazz Appreciation Month! The Brown University Library is highlighting Qwest TV for education, a video resource that includes a wide range of music content with particular strengths in rare jazz performances and jazz festival documentaries. Created by Quincy Jones and curated by his team, Qwest maintains an archive of more than 1,300 videos; Qwest also commissions … Qwest TV: April Eresource of the Month
Brown University Library wants to hear from you! Did you know that the busiest day at the Library last fall was December 12 (over 5,500 people visited the libraries!). And that students consulted with librarians over 1,300 times last semester on research questions? Statistics like these help the Library better understand the needs of the … Library Stats Quest Week – Spring 2024
