The Brown University Library is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Office of the Dean of the College to offer the second annual Undergraduate Research Awards. These awards recognize students who have undertaken projects that make extensive and creative use of library collections. Two winners will be selected from a pool of … One week left to apply for Library’s Undergraduate Research Award
Daniel Siegel ’57, proprietor of M& S Rare Books Inc., has donated three titles from his private collection to Brown University. The items include a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a first English language edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, and John James Audubon’s The Quadrupeds of North America. Each of … Rhode Island Book Dealer gives rare treasures to Brown Library
By Marielle Segarra Posted: 1/23/08 Students returning to campus this week will see the benefits of “MyJosiah,” an addition to Josiah, the University’s online library catalog. The new features will allow users to save searches, spell check and improve word search results, among other changes, said Bonnie Buzzell ’72, senior knowledge systems librarian. The library … Brown Daily Herald: Josiah gets a facelift
Do you have a set of Gorham flatware? Are you a collector of silver hollowware? Are you interested in the history of industrial design? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, the Brown University Library needs your help. In an effort to more effectively meet the needs of patrons interested in using the … Participate in Gorham Survey
The Brown University Library is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $250,000 from the Champlin Foundations to help with ongoing improvements to the John Hay Library and to enhance the George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection. A grant of $200,000 will be used to purchase new display cases that will be … Brown University Library awarded Champlin Foundations Grant
The Library will be awarding two awards of $750 (each) in recognition of excellence in undergraduate research projects that make creative and extensive use of the University Library’s collections. Application deadline February 15, 2008. For detailed information, see: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/ugresearchaward.php
The Brown University Library is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop a web-based citation parsing service which will improve access to campus scholarship. “We are very grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for generously supporting our efforts to improve services and facilitate partnerships … Brown University Library awarded Mellon Foundation grant
Thanks to the generosity of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, along with the Brown Forman Corporation, the Brown University Library will be able to begin development of a comprehensive database devoted to the study of the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Brown will work in conjunction with both the Museum and the Library of the … Gorham Collection awarded Institute for Museum and Library Services grant
The Boston Library Consortium, Inc. (BLC) announced today that it will partner with the Open Content Alliance to build a freely accessible library of digital materials from all 19 member institutions. The BLC is the first large-scale consortium to embark on such a self-funded digitization project with the Open Content Alliance. The BLC’s digitization efforts … Brown University Library participates in Northeast Regional Scanning Center
Take the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the Rockfeller Library services, resources, and staff. Please sign-up for a tour at http://training.brown.edu/ Tours will last approximately 25 minutes.
