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Summer Students: Activate your account!

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.

Summer Students: Activate your account!

In order to access the electronic resources and services that the Library provides, you must activate your Brown account. It’s easy! Just go to http://www.brown.edu/cis/activate/ ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT If you have questions, please contact the CIS Help Desk.

Equinox at SciLi

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Around noon on March 20, 2012, Brown University Library will celebrate the vernal equinox once again with an annual moment of gleaming marble in four atriums of the Sciences Library (201 Thayer Street). SciLi’s Friedman Center is enlivened by four courtyards. Areas generally in shadow are planted with evergreens, while Equinox at SciLi

Library Closings and Handicap Access

Library Closings: All Libraries will be closed from Thursday, December 22 at 5pm until Monday, January 2 at 8:30am, except the Friedman Study Center which will be open Tuesday, December 27 through Thursday, December 29 from 10am to 5pm. Handicap Access: From December 23rd through January 7, the handicap access ramp in front of the Library Closings and Handicap Access

Brown University Library Celebrates 150 Years as a Federal Depository

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Brown University Library will celebrate its 150th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library on Monday, September 26, 2011. In commemoration of this occasion, a representative of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will present the Library with a ceremonial flag that was flown above the United States Capitol building on July 29, 2011 Brown University Library Celebrates 150 Years as a Federal Depository

Brown University Adopts Serials Solutions Summon™ Discovery Service

SEATTLE – August 18, 2011 – Serials Solutions®, a business unit of ProQuest® LLC, today announced that Brown University Library has chosen to adopt the Summon™ web-scale discovery service to improve the discoverability and usability of library electronic resources for its students, faculty and staff. The Summon™ service enables Brown University’s researchers to receive the Brown University Adopts Serials Solutions Summon™ Discovery Service

New Library Home Page and Search Technology — Coming September 1

A cleaner, less cluttered library home page will debut on September 1, 2011. The new design will gracefully adjust to tablet and smart phone dimensions and will feature new technology for searching all of the library’s resources from a single search box. These resources include: “Books+” — Josiah (library catalog), plus over 57,000 digital objects New Library Home Page and Search Technology — Coming September 1