The library has scheduled an update and associated maintenance for the library catalog software on Tuesday, March 26 beginning at 10 am. This will require approximately eight hours of downtime for the library catalog and services tied to the software API. We chose this date to reduce the number of faculty, staff, and students affected … Planned maintenance and service interruption: multiple library systems
The Library is running a trial of Film Platform, a streaming video service. Film Platform brings relevant and highly regarded films from the festival circuit to the Library. Their aim is to bring these important stories to the forefront of the global academic conversation. The collection is meticulously curated by film experts and leading academics to … New Film Streaming Service on Trial
The Library will be updating one of its core servers on Thursday morning, March 21. You may see instability in some Library services for a brief period of time. All buildings will remain open and all in-person services will continue to operate normally during the system update.
ProQuest is planning a data center migration and associated downtime for a number of assets that impact the library’s services. This does not affect ProQuest content or databases, but will cause significant disruption to some of the the connectors between systems like the link resolver and Journal Finder. Downtime begins Friday, February 8, 2019 8:00 … Link resolver and JournalFinder maintenance
Letter from Christopher Scott to Nathan Nield, December 31, 1792 Brown University Library, Special Collections This piece of paper, sent from Christopher Scott of Petersburg to Nathan Nield of Mercer County, served as both letter and, when folded, as envelope, with a red wax seal. Known today as “slave carried mail,” this letter was carried … Exhibit | Mail carried by Murier, an enslaved person
The Library has added two new genealogy databases: Ancestry Library With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more! Fold3 Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and … Interested in Genealogy?
Chew on This! Early Dental History and Library Collections Whether functional or cosmetic, concern for and care of teeth have long been a part of the human condition. Written accounts of dental practices and practitioners can be found in numerous cultures around the globe as early as 5000 BC, and the first identified book on … Exhibit | Chew on This! Early Dental History & Library Collections
The following Library services have been restored as of this morning: “My Library Account” link from josiah.brown.edu “Request This” link from search.library.brown.edu We apologize for any inconvenience.
The single-sign-on service (SSO) for Josiah that is hosted by Innovative is down. This has been reported as an urgent problem. Losing SSO means graduate / med / faculty patrons cannot page items from the Rock until service is restored. In the meantime, users can request most materials from the Annex using the Blacklight discovery … Library Paging Service Down
LexisNexis Academic will be discontinued on August 15, 2018. In its place users may try a new product from LexisNexis called Nexis Uni. The content of Nexis Uni is much the same as LexisNexis Academic but with a new and improved interface. Librarians will be offering workshops on Nexis Uni during the fall semester.
