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Welcome to Wired Up and Plugged In!
This blog is designed to keep you up to date with information about new Library eresources, to let you know if there is an issue with one of our eresources, and to highlight and share information about different eresources the Library has with which you may not be familiar. So check back often to see … Welcome to Wired Up and Plugged In!
Student Life exhibit at Maddock Alumni Center
In a continuing effort to showcase student life at Brown University, the University Archives has created an exhibit of photographs and museum objects in the lobby of the Maddock Alumni Center. Since Brown University was founded in 1764, student life has undergone dramatic social, academic, cultural, and political changes. The exhibit provides a glimpse of … Student Life exhibit at Maddock Alumni Center
Special Collections Senior Open House, May 22, 3 pm – 5 pm
The John Hay Library will host a Senior Open House on May 22, 3 pm – 5 pm. On display will be Orwell’s 1984, The Great Gatsby (first-edition), Vesalius (first-edition), Copernicus (first-edition), Shakespeare’s First Folio, Kelmscott Chaucer, Eliot’s Bible, Newton’s Principia (first-edition, first printing), Double Elephant folio volume of Audubon’s The Birds of America, Dance … Special Collections Senior Open House, May 22, 3 pm – 5 pm
ATTN: Faculty and Students, Special Collections Deadline Approaching!
The Brown University Library is excited to announce the launching of the John Hay Library renovation project. Revitalization of this historic landmark will include a refurbishment of the magnificent first floor reading room into an open, welcoming study space for students; the creation of a new state-of-the-art special collections reading room in the area which … ATTN: Faculty and Students, Special Collections Deadline Approaching!
John Hay Library: Focus on Special Collections-Audubon
Between noon and 1pm on November 14th, staff from the John Hay Library will be turning pages in one volume of John James Audubon’s masterwork The Birds of America. Please join us in the Lownes Room on the second floor of the John Hay Library.
Reading Room Closing Early on Wednesday October 24th
Due to a scheduled event, the Reading Room of the John Hay Library will close at 4pm on Wednesday October 24th. While the building will remain open until 6 pm, there will be no access to the collections. We apologize for any inconvenience.
FOCUS ON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Geoffrey Hill and His Books Gallery Talk September 25th at noon
At noon on Sept. 25, Prof. Ken Haynes will give a gallery talk on his exhibit Geoffrey Hill and His Books. The exhibit is in honor of poet and former colleague Geoffrey Hill on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The talk will take place in the North Gallery of the John Hay Library. The … FOCUS ON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Geoffrey Hill and His Books Gallery Talk September 25th at noon
New Exhibit on View: Geoffrey Hill and His Books
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Geoffrey Hill and His Books, an exhibit curated by Kenneth Haynes, Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics at Brown University, in honor of poet and former colleague Geoffrey Hill on the occasion of Hill’s 80th birthday, is on view in the North Gallery, John Hay Library, now through October 1, … New Exhibit on View: Geoffrey Hill and His Books
John Hay Library Reading Room Closing at Noon on August 30th
On Thursday August 30, the Reading Room of the John Hay Library will have limited hours. Due to a scheduled event, the Reading Room will be open from 10am-12noon. The building will remain open until 5pm but collections will not be available for consultation. We apologize for the inconvenience.