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Migrating Your Data to the New EBSCOhost User Interface

New EBSCOhost Interface Launching August 5, 2025 EBSCOhost’s user interface (UI) will be changing on August 5, 2025. If you currently have saved searches, folders, or articles in your EBSCOhost account, some, but not all, of this content will migrate automatically. Essential Deadlines Your EBSCOhost Account Your EBSCOhost account contains several types of saved content. Migrating Your Data to the New EBSCOhost User Interface

Daniel P. O’Mahony Appointed Associate University Librarian for Resource Strategy

Daniel P. O’Mahony, formerly Director of Library Planning and Assessment, has been named Associate University Librarian for Resource Strategy at the Brown University Library. As AUL for Resource Strategy, Dan will be part of the Library’s senior executive team, and he will assume oversight for cross-departmental and cross-functional coordination of academic and budgetary strategy. In Daniel P. O’Mahony Appointed Associate University Librarian for Resource Strategy

Divided America: Religious Dissent and Freedom Exhibition 

Divided America: Religious Dissent & FreedomOn view starting October 21, 2024 in the Harriette Hemmasi Exhibition Gallery at the John Hay Library20 Prospect St., Providence, RIHours Online exhibition Through The Divided America Project, the John Hay Library is digitizing and making freely available the bulk of the Hall-Hoag Collection, the country’s largest research compilation of Divided America: Religious Dissent and Freedom Exhibition 

Qwest TV: April Eresource of the Month

April is Jazz Appreciation Month! The Brown University Library is highlighting Qwest TV for education, a video resource that includes a wide range of music content with particular strengths in rare jazz performances and jazz festival documentaries. Created by Quincy Jones and curated by his team, Qwest maintains an archive of more than 1,300 videos; Qwest also commissions Qwest TV: April Eresource of the Month

Announcing Scopus

We are pleased to announce that the Brown University Library now offers access to the research database Scopus. Scopus provides access to over 90 million references to scholarly and trade journal articles, books and book chapters, conference abstracts, and patents. Of its interdisciplinary coverage, about 23% is in the health sciences, 15% in the life Announcing Scopus

Announcing STAT+

We are pleased to announce that your Brown University Library is now providing access to STAT+ for all students, faculty, and staff. You can now activate an account at no cost to you. STAT+ provides access to exclusive journalism written by health care, business, and financial reporters. Over the last few years, STAT has continued Announcing STAT+

Soojeong Herring: Cataloging and Metadata Librarian

Soojeong Herring will join the Library as the new Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, an integral member of the Scholarly Resources team. Soojeong brings valuable experience in cataloging both general and special collections items, managing the acquisition and cataloging of print and electronic serials, and using ExLibris’s Alma library management system. She previously served as the Soojeong Herring: Cataloging and Metadata Librarian

Leslie Varrecchia: Senior Library Expert – Electronic Resources

Congratulations to Leslie Varrecchia, who has been promoted to the position of Senior Library Expert -Electronic Resources.  Previously, Leslie served as the Senior Library Specialist – Cataloging in Scholarly Resources since June 1, 2022. Leslie came to Brown from the Newport Public Library where she worked as a cataloger performing cataloging and database management. She also helped maintain the library’s Leslie Varrecchia: Senior Library Expert – Electronic Resources

Queer Pasts: Eresource of the Month – October 2023

October is LGBTQ History Month! Your Brown University Library is highlighting Queer Pasts as its Electronic Resource of the Month. Queer Pasts is a new digital queer history project consisting of primary source document collections and curatorial essays. Queer Pasts seeks to broaden the field of queer history by prioritizing projects that focus on the experiences and Queer Pasts: Eresource of the Month – October 2023