As finals wind down, here is the latest from the Library: Curio has a post on Ted Berrigan’s airplane. Over at the Hall-Hoag Collection Blog, Dan Johnson says farewell. Digital Humanities shares a podcast with Professor Elias Muhanna. The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection has a post about “archers with pikes.” Take a look at a couple of the Library’s new eresources. Here’s … Updates from Around the Library | May 2015
Spring has finally arrived at the Library. Please welcome the Library’s newest blog: Digital Humanities. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog latest post is on the Women’s Liberation Movement. Rock 50 posted a new memory from Connie (Class of 1968). Take a look at a couple of the Library’s new eresources. The most recent post from the Image Collections Blog (only available to … Updates from around the Library | April 2015
In preparation for renovation of several floors for new tenants and services, the Sciences Library is undergoing some significant changes. Workers are moving and shifting materials around, materials are being transferred off-site, and there will be a lot of changes—some temporary, some permanent—in what is housed in the building and where. A fuller description of … Sciences Library Renovation
Beginning this week, the Rockefeller Library will extend its hours. It will be open 24/5 for the rest of the semester and then 24/7 during reading/exam period. The Rock will open at 8:30am on Wednesday, April 8 and remain open until 10pm on Friday, April 10. Hours on Saturday, April 11 will be normal hours … Extended hours at the Rock
Garland of Flowers (a selection of medieval manuscripts from the University collections) will be on exhibit at the Annmary Brown Memorial (21 Brown Street Providence RI) from Thursday evening April 9 through Commencement weekend. The exhibit displays about two dozen manuscript books, letters, and fragments from the collections in the University Library. These artifacts date from … Exhibit | Garland of Flowers
So far March has been dominated by unicorns. Brown Curio took a look at unicorns of the sea. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog shared about a recent Unconference/Symposium. CDS talked about providing science-related library services to Brown’s diverse scientific community. The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Blog wrote of a recent broadside acquisition. Special Collections took an in-depth look at Fernando Birri. … Updates from around the Library | March 2015
A new exhibit is on view for Spring 2015 in the tall cases of the Laura and David Finn Reading Room featuring student projects from Lara Henderson’s Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 course “Art of the Book.” Students in Art of the Book (VISA1240) examine the book, structurally and conceptually, as artist’s medium. Students learned … Exhibit | Art of the Book
Here are a few recent highlights from various Library blogs: Brown Curio has solved the public art mystery. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog posts about the anarchist group UAW/MF. The Health Sciences Library Blog writes of the new Kanopy streaming service. CDS shares various services on managing and publishing your research data. The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Blog writes about the practice of wives and children … Updates from around the Library | February 2015
The John Hay Library takes great pleasure in announcing the opening of the Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts. It is an extraordinary collection documenting the long and continuing career of Fernando Birri, a celebrated and influential film maker, poet, writer, educator, artist, and theoretician. Fernando Birri was born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1925 and is … Fernando Birri: Mi Patria Son Mis Zapatos
The Orwig Music Library’s new exhibit—In Flanders Fields: A Poetic and Musical Symbol of the ‘War to End All Wars’—draws on the collections of the Orwig Music Library, the John Hay Library, and personal heirlooms. These collection pieces explore both the iconic 1915 poem “In Flanders Fields” (by Canadian doctor and officer John McCrae) and a … Exhibit | In Flanders Fields
