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HathiTrust Release of Research Center Extracted Features Dataset

HathiTrust today announces the release of a significantly expanded open dataset, HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) Extracted Features (EF) Dataset, Version 1.0. This dataset provides researchers with open access to data extracted from the full text of the HathiTrust Digital Library (HTDL) at an unprecedented scale. Brown University Library is a member of the HathiTrust. The HathiTrust Release of Research Center Extracted Features Dataset

NAXOS is back!!

As of Tuesday, December 6, service to NAXOS Music Library has been re-established.

NEW: Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, Part 1: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940

NEW DATABASE Part I: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary source content on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world, including the gay rights movement, activism, the HIV/Aids crisis, and more. Documents are sourced from top libraries and archives like Canadian Lesbian NEW: Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, Part 1: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940

Spotlight On: Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)

The Library subscribes to many of the databases included in the Digital National Security Archive. Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990 Argentina, 1975-1980: The Making of U.S. Human Rights The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1962 Chile and the United States: U.S. Policy toward Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights, 1970–1990 China and the United States: From Hostility Spotlight On: Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)

HEIN Online Government, Politics, and Law on Trial until March 2017

1754-present; HeinOnline’s Government, Politics & Law contains more than 80 million pages of content across 80,000 titles and 195,000 volumes. HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,300 periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in HEIN Online Government, Politics, and Law on Trial until March 2017

New Eresource: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century

​Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century consists of four modules: two modules of Federal Government Records, and two modules of Organizational Records and Personal Papers, offering unique documentation and a variety of perspectives on the 20th-century fight for freedom. Major collections in these modules include Civil Rights records from the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, New Eresource: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century

Pilot Projects Selected for Brown’s Digital Publishing Initiative

The Dean of the Faculty and the Brown University Library are pleased to announce the selection of two faculty-led projects for the inaugural year of the University’s Digital Publishing Initiative. Supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Digital Publishing Initiative offers Brown faculty members the opportunity to explore new and Pilot Projects Selected for Brown’s Digital Publishing Initiative