Summer With Your PVD Libraries is a partnership between the Brown University Library, Providence Public Library, and the Community Libraries of Providence. Look for Bruno, the bear, to find our events Download a bruno POSTER TO COLOR Thank you for joining our 2025 events! We hope to see you again next summer. 2025 Summer Program … Summer With Your PVD Libraries
Library as a Third Space: A Collaboration with Providence High School Librarians and Brown University Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025Time: 2:30 p.m.Location: Willis Reading Room, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect St., ProvidenceZoom link to attend online: https://bit.ly/library-forum Video of the Forum The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence Following Brown’s 2006 Slavery … Library as a Third Space | Commencement Forum 2025
The John Carter Brown Library (JCB) and John Hay Library on Brown University’s campus invite local Indigenous community members to a research night and open house at both libraries from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 1, 2025. Pre-selected primary and secondary source materials from the libraries’ collections will be available to visit, view and … Indigenous Communities Research Night and Open House
For the fourth year, the Library is hosting a campus-wide drive to collect children’s books for donation to Pawtucket, RI-based organization Books Are Wings. Last year we collected 758 books for Rhode Island children! Where and when to donate Please bring your donation to the lobby of the Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect St., and place them on the book truck … Children’s Book Drive
Deputy K-9 Elvy will be visiting our libraries next week to provide comfort and joy to students as they study for finals. Elvy is a service dog who is deputized in the Department of Public Safety. She came to Brown through Puppies Behind Bars. Rockefeller Library Monday, December 11 from 12 – 1 p.m. John Hay … Deputy K-9 Elvy Reporting for Duty!
For the third year, the Library is hosting a campus-wide drive to collect children’s books for donation to Pawtucket, RI-based organization Books Are Wings. We collected 758 books! Many thanks to everyone who contributed! Congratulations to Penina Posner, Senior Library Specialist – Gateway Services, for coming closest to guessing how many books we donated in a Library staff contest. Penina … Children’s Book Drive
Tell us what you think! The Brown University Library is hosting two Food & Feedback Forum sessions. Enjoy pizza and snacks and give us your feedback on the Library’s services and spaces. During recent Library surveys, students commented on different aspects of the Library’s spaces, collections, and services. We’d love to hear more — come and share … Food & Feedback Forums
Join the John Hay Library for two events spotlighting LGBTQ+ history in celebration of National Coming Out Day! Hands-on LGBTQ+ exhibition Wednesday, October 11, 2023 @ 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Explore pulp fiction, photographs, activist ephemera, meeting records, and more from the Library’s special collections. Plus enjoy refreshments and take home a button featuring … Coming Out Day @ The Hay
The Library is here to help you develop your research skills and to provide access to data, information, primary sources, study space, and people to support your learning. The people who work in the Library love questions. We have expertise in most academic areas and experience with a variety of research practices. Contact us for … Welcome to Your Library Day
Passport to Summer Learning is a partnership between the Brown University Library, Providence Public Library, and the Community Libraries of Providence. Thank you for a wonderful summer of programming! ONGOING PROGRAMSThese public programs are available at any time — please confirm building hours on the Brown University website On Firm Foundations: The Archaeology of College … Passport to Summer Learning
