Brill Books and Journals Platform Working Again
Brill has fixed the difficulty with its online journal and books platform. Everything is up and running again.
Posts by Yvonne Federowicz
Brill Books & Journals Platform Down
Since early this morning (10/15) the Brill Journals and Books online platform has been down. Brill is working urgently to restore service. Brill’s other online platforms: Reference Works Online, Bibliographies Online, and Primary Sources Online are not affected by this outage.
Explore Social Sciences Data Resources at the Social Sciences Data Fair (October 8)
The Library is hosting a Social Sciences Data Fair on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come learn about the wide variety of social sciences data and software tools available for your research, and discover how to get the most out of them by dropping by one of our trainings and demonstrations. … Explore Social Sciences Data Resources at the Social Sciences Data Fair (October 8)
Banned Books Week 2014
Between September 21 and September 27, 2014 the Library will be celebrating Banned Books Week. Every year for Banned Book Week, the American Library Association (ALA) promotes the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinions even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular. The ALA’s goal with Banned Book Week is … Banned Books Week 2014
Renewal of the NYTimes.com Academic Pass
If you picked-up your New York Times Academic Pass a year ago, please remember that it is good for only 12 months and needs to be renewed. If you are one of the few people who wrote down their expiration date then you are ahead of the game. We suspect that for most people the … Renewal of the NYTimes.com Academic Pass
Music and the Great War Exhibit
Late summer and early fall of 2014 marks the centennial anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. This war had a dramatic effect on the psychological, political, and aesthetic landscape of Europe and North America. Although it is sometimes overshadowed in twentieth-century history by the second World War, the first World War inspired doubt, cynicism, and … Music and the Great War Exhibit
Rock Reading Room Construction Impacts, 9/21 – 9/25
Due to construction to renovate the Reading Room on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library, there will be no access to the Finn glass study rooms and window study carrels along College Street from Sunday, September 21 through Thursday, September 25th. The rooms and carrels will re-open on Friday, September 26. Noisy work (grinding) … Rock Reading Room Construction Impacts, 9/21 – 9/25
Updates From Around the Library (September 2014)
The fall semester is off to a great start at the Library. Here are a few recent highlights from various Library blogs: The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog did a nice recap of its summer adventures. Brown Curio keeps going strong with more posts about broadsides and a look at the Historia de la villa imperial de Potosí. The Center for Digital Scholarship Blog highlights an undergraduate … Updates From Around the Library (September 2014)
Upcoming First Readings Events
As part of the First Readings program, there will be three events at the end of September/beginning of October. The selection for this year’s First Reading program was the film Oil and Water which told the story of Hugo Lucitante (a member of the Cofan tribe in the Ecuadorian Amazon) and David Poritz (Brown ’12) as they … Upcoming First Readings Events
Upcoming Library Workshops in September 2014
The Library is offering a number of workshops this fall including twelve in September. Here’s a look at the upcoming Library workshops this month: 9/16 : How to Write a Data Plan for Your Grant Proposals 9/19 : How to Write a Data Plan for Your Grant Proposals 9/23 : Citing and Publishing Your Research Data 9/23 : Grant Finding … Upcoming Library Workshops in September 2014