A collection of records created by the John Birch Society are now available for research at the John Hay Library. The records, the bulk of which date from 1965-1989, provide an excellent view into the work of the JBS and its mission “To bring about less government, more responsibility, and — with God’s help — … John Birch Society Records at the John Hay Library
The Library has been very busy this fall. Here are a few recent highlights from various Library blogs: The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog had an informative post on photo preservation. Brown Curio has a great post on The Battle of Borodino. Wired Up and Plugged In recently posted that the issues with the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry have been resolved. For Halloween, … Updates From Around the Library (November 2014)
Issues with access to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry from both on and off-campus have been resolved. If you were one of the people who experienced trouble using this journal be sure to clear your browser’s Internet cache before trying again. If you still have difficulty seeing full-text of articles send an email to eresources@brown.edu.
Rob Emlen is the University Curator. He will be giving a lecture on November 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the John Hay Library. The lecture is titled: Making a Campus on College Hill: Sacrificing an Historic Neighborhood to Build a Better College. This lecture is part of series at the John Hay Library celebrating the … Lecture | Making a Campus on College Hill | Rob Emlen
Is everyone ready for some knowledge and learning? The Library has three workshops this week! Citing and Publishing Your Research Data October 28 | Noon | Digital Scholarship Lab NVivo: An Introduction to the Software October 30 | 3 pm | Hecker Center Citing and Publishing Your Research Data October 30 | 4 pm | … This Week’s Workshops (October 26—31)
NYT Now is a new app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It is the New York Times’s first standalone news product. The new app will offer a curated selection of New York Times content allowing for a fast and engaging news experience. Edited by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Cliff Levy, the NYT Now App is designed for readers to quickly catch up on the most … Brown Users Have Free Access to NYT Now App
Current Brown students, faculty, and staff will now have on-site library borrowing privileges at: Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Princeton Yale University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago M.I.T. Johns Hopkins University Duke University. To borrow from one of the participating libraries, you will have to present your Brown ID. For more information: http://library.brown.edu/borrowing/borrowdirect.php#brownID
Pop-Up Culture draws on the extensive and varied collections at the John Hay Library. Starting with a selection of poetic works activated and projected through three-dimensional representation—or pop-up books—the exhibition proposes a range of comparisons including the literal (octopus to octopus), the genealogical (Brooklyn ferry to Brooklyn Bridge), and the meditative (mapping and being). Each … Pop-Up Culture: Juxtapositions from the John Hay Library
If you are receiving a password error when trying to access Google Email, please visit myaccount.brown.edu and select Change Google Password. Should you still have any issues, please report them to the IT Service Center by emailing Help@brown.edu or by calling 401-863-4357. http://www.brown.edu/information-technology/alerts/google-email-password-issue
Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators are working again through the proxy server for off-campus access. Currently Journal Citation Reports is not working with the proxy server. Access is available using the VPN. We are working to resolve this issue. On-campus access is working when accessed directly through a library portal (e.g. Josiah or … Journal Citation Reports from Off-Campus – Working
