The Brown Library and the Program in Judaic Studies would like to announce the online availability of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Founded in 1918 Haaretz is Israel’s oldest daily newspaper and enjoys, in Israel, a reputation similar to the New York Times in this country. Haaretz will be available in both Hebrew and English editions. Its availability is the result of a … Haaretz Available Online
The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Pavlech as the new Biomedical and Life Sciences Librarian. Pavlech recently received her master of science in library science from the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science. For the past two years, she has worked in the User Services department of the UNC Health Sciences Library, … The Library Welcomes Laura Pavlech
Some might view the summer as a slow time on a college campus, but the Brown University Library remains committed to supporting users. Many groups find themselves using the Library over the summer months including: pre-college students, undergraduates, and high school students. The summer is also a time for renovation and an opportunity to install new technologies. Here’s a brief … Summer Activity in the Library
Here are a few recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs: For National Accordion Awareness Week, Brown Curio shared an accordion-related image from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog posted some materials from the “Dianetics Testing Center” and the “Union of Concerned Scientists.” The new eResources blog, “Wired Up and Plugged In,” provides … Updates From Around the Library (July 2014)
If you happened to pass through Level 2 of the Rock in the last week you might have noticed some new equipment near the the copiers. The new machine (pictured above) is a “Bookeye 4″ scanning station. The “Bookeye 4” will allow library users to easily make high-end scans of books and other related materials. Specifications for the “Bookeye … New “BookEye 4” Scanning Station in the Rock
This year’s First Readings selection is the film Oil & Water. Here are a few things of note about Oil & Water and the First Readings program. The library has created a website as a part of the First Readings Program. Oil & Water is the story of two boys (Hugo Lucitante and David Poritz ’12) coming of age as they confront … First Readings 2014: <em>Oil & Water</em>
In order to access the electronic resources and services that the Library provides, summer students must activate their Brown account. Just go to: http://activate.brown.edu/ If you have questions, please contact the CIS Help Desk.
Before we get to the recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs, I’d like to announce the Library’s new eResources blog: “Wired Up and Plugged In.” Check it out for new databases, ebook packages, ejournals, and other eresources. Brown Curio takes a look at commencement 1906, the moon, and the Great War. Here is the latest memory from … Updates From Around the Library (June 2014)
The Library has been unable to confirm or deny if Professor Josiah S. Carberry will be making an appearance on campus tomorrow (Friday, June 13, 2014), but strangely this afternoon every lecture hall on campus was reserved before these reservations were quickly cancelled. One person close to the situation said, “We received a letter from Professor Carberry, but the … Happy Carberry Day
On June 16, 2014 at 2 p.m. the library will offer a 90-minute workshop on Tableau in the Hecker Center. Tableau is a software package that allows users to upload and explore their data, and quickly put together a variety of visualizations that can be published to the web. This will be a hands-on workshop … Tableau Workshop
