The Library will be awarding two awards of $750 (each) in recognition of excellence in undergraduate research projects that make creative and extensive use of the University Library’s collections. Application deadline February 18, 2009. Detailed information available here.
Emmy-award winner and Academy-Award-nominated Laura Linney ’86 DFA ’03 Hon. discussed her career in in theatre, movies and television, and answered audience questions, as part of the “Fifth Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre,” Oct. 28, 2008. Watch the video
ebrary- provider of e-content services and technology has launched QuickView, which enables end-users to instantly view documents in many of the leading web browsers and even works on the iPhone. No software downloads or installations are needed. For more details: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/newspdf/ebrary_QuickView.pdf See JOSIAH for a list of the over 600 titles available through ebrary.
November 4 – December 19, 2008 John Hay Library 20 Prospect Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912 » Library Hours Based on the collections of the John Hay Library, this exhibit captures the contributions Jewish writers and artists made to comic art since its origin in the Yiddish press of the early 1900s. On display are … Jews and American Comics: An Exhibition of Popular Art
Lincoln Rooms, John Hay Library 20 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02912 This Lincoln Bicentennial exhibit allows the viewer to compare and contrast six oil-on-canvas portraits of Lincoln created by five different artists who made first-hand observations and drawings of Lincoln during his lifetime. The exhibition is open by appointment. See Library Hours. For further information, … Lincoln, Drawn from Life: Five Artists, Six Portraits
The Library has upgraded its subscription to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT Full Text includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text … Full text of North American Dissertations and Theses now available online!
From Martha Mitchell’s Encyclopedia Brunoniana : On May 8, 1969, after a “marathon” meeting, the faculty voted the first major change in the curriculum since the “Ducasse curriculum” of 1947. The move toward curricular reform began with a GISP (Group Independent Study Program) which decided in 1966 to study education at Brown. In 1967 a … Brown “New Curriculum” 1968 Report Now Available Online
By Chaz Firestone 10/10/08 Andrew Bergmanson ’11 draws stares from his competitors as he pushes open the double glass doors and enters the silent room. They might feel threatened by the shamrock-green streak in his otherwise black hair – an “intimidating good luck charm” he got over the weekend – but most just seem amused … Brown Daily Herald: Students Google competitively for cash
The Brown University Library is pleased to announce that Brown users now have on-campus access to the Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. The VHA contains nearly 52,000 visual history testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, videotaped in 56 countries in 32 languages. Further information and tools for accessing the … Visual History Archive of USC Shoah Foundation Now Available
A volume of John James Audubon’s master work, The Birds of America, is on display on the main floor of the John Hay Library. Each plate will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is the “Black and Yellow Warbler”. The library is open 9 to 6, Monday through Friday and on … Audubon’s “Black and Yellow Warbler” on display at John Hay Library
