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Brown University Library Celebrates National Public Health Week 2022

In keeping with the theme of National Public Health Week 2022, Public Health is Where You Are, below are some relevant projects, initiatives, and resources from the Brown University Library. Subscription resources available via the Library A search for “public health” as subject retrieves these results in BruKnow, the Library catalog. You may use the Brown University Library Celebrates National Public Health Week 2022

Brown Signs Read and Publish Agreement with Cambridge University Press

No Article Processing Charges for Brown authors who wish to publish articles via gold open access with Cambridge University Press Many authors would like to publish their scholarly articles gold open access (OA) but are deterred by the article processing charge (APC) assessed by the publisher — sometimes as high as thousands of dollars. With Brown Signs Read and Publish Agreement with Cambridge University Press

Announcement | BruKnow: Library’s Updated Search and Catalog System

BruKnow — the Library’s updated search and catalog system named by Brown students — went live on August 18, 2021, delivering enhanced searching capabilities. Learn more about using BruKnow! We Welcome Your Questions and Feedback Have questions or comments about BruKnow? Email us at libfaq@brown.libanswers.com or submit anonymous feedback. Sign Up for User Testing Interested Announcement | BruKnow: Library’s Updated Search and Catalog System

Announcement | Brown Library publishes “Race &” in America digital book series

Free and open publication documents and expands series exploring origins, history, and legacies of anti-Black racism in the U.S. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Over the course of the 2020-21 academic year, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown, in partnership with the Office of the Provost, undertook a systematic Announcement | Brown Library publishes “Race &” in America digital book series

Announcement | Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas

The Library has been contributing to a community-centered database project led by Professor Linford Fisher that seeks to document the many instances of Indigenous enslavement in the Americas between 1492 through 1900. Formerly entitled, Database of Indigenous Slavery Archive (DISA), the project is now named, Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas. Since the Announcement | Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas

Announcement | Free Web Hosting Service for Digital Scholarship

Digital Scholarship at Brown The Library is offering a new web hosting service to support digital scholarship: Digital Scholarship at Brown. This service is available to Brown students, faculty, and staff who want to experiment with digital scholarly platforms, develop a research project, and/or share your work. Digital Scholarship at Brown complements Brown’s existing web Announcement | Free Web Hosting Service for Digital Scholarship

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Service Issue Reported – EBSCO eBooks – Full Book Download Disabled Service Issue Reported – EBSCO eBooks – Full Book Download Disabled New incident: InvestigatingWe have discovered an issue which requires us to temporarily disable full eBook downloads. Users will not be able to download EBSCO eBooks or Audiobooks at this time. We will post

Announcement | Four New Projects Selected for Brown’s Digital Publications Initiative

The University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, together with the Digital Publications Advisory Board, are pleased to announce the selection of the next four long-form scholarly works to be developed as part of Brown’s Digital Publications Initiative. The Platinum Age of Gospel by Charrise Barron, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Music, surveys Announcement | Four New Projects Selected for Brown’s Digital Publications Initiative

Announcement | PubMed Redesign

PubMed users will notice some major changes this week. As of May 18, the biomedical literature database is now defaulting to the new, redesigned interface. As always, the best way to see Brown University’s full text options is with the Library’s custom link. New interface changes include: Ability to cite references quickly in your preferred Announcement | PubMed Redesign