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Coming Out Day @ The Hay

Join the John Hay Library for two events spotlighting LGBTQ+ history in celebration of National Coming Out Day! Hands-on LGBTQ+ exhibition Wednesday, October 11, 2023 @ 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Explore pulp fiction, photographs, activist ephemera, meeting records, and more from the Library’s special collections. Plus enjoy refreshments and take home a button featuring Coming Out Day @ The Hay

“Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration” Exhibit

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration exhibit Opening: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.Runs through July 19, 2024John Hay Library, 20 Prospect St., Providence RIHours Mumia Abu-Jamal is a poet, writer, musician, scholar, historian, archivist, public radio producer, journalist, painter, and public intellectual, who has been incarcerated for 40-plus years. His story, collections, “Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration” Exhibit

Brown University Digital Publications Joins the Association of University Presses

Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University Digital Publications (BUDP) has been invited to join the Association of University Presses, an organization of nearly 160 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. Since 1937, AUPresses advances the essential role of a global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. The Association holds intellectual Brown University Digital Publications Joins the Association of University Presses

Announcing Brown Library’s Gardner Fellowship

The Brown University Library is now accepting proposals for the Gardner Fellowship, aimed at fostering in-depth and creative research using rare East Asian materials. Application deadline extended to November 6! This initiative aims to: We invite student fellows to explore our collections and create original scholarship by going beyond traditional linguistic and subject boundaries. Their Announcing Brown Library’s Gardner Fellowship

Welcome to Your Library Day

The Library is here to help you develop your research skills and to provide access to data, information, primary sources, study space, and people to support your learning. The people who work in the Library love questions. We have expertise in most academic areas and experience with a variety of research practices. Contact us for Welcome to Your Library Day

Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium

VOICES OF MASS INCARCERATION: A SYMPOSIUM Wednesday, September 27 – Friday, September 29, 2023 Please note that registration has closed for in-person attendance at the symposium. You can register to join the waitlist, and register to attend virtually. No registration is required to attend the exhibit opening. Registration required @ voicesofmassincarceration.eventbrite.com NOTE: In-person attendance on Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium

DH Salons – Fall 2023

The DH Salon series is a regular, informal presentation series bringing together digital humanities work across the Brown University campus.  Fall 2023 Schedule Select Tuesdays at noon on Zoom or in the Digital Scholarship Lab (room 137) at the Rockefeller Library. Lunch and refreshments are provided. September 12 – Register here “Ro(u)ted By Our Stories: DH Salons – Fall 2023

Brown Library Receives Second NEH Grant for Digital Publishing Institute

Based on success of 2022 institute, 15 new participants from less-well-resourced institutions will receive specialized training, further expanding representation in born-digital scholarly publishing. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University Library has received a $169,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host a second iteration of Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps. Brown Library Receives Second NEH Grant for Digital Publishing Institute

Brown Library Receives Federal Grant to Grow and Diversify Digital Publishing Landscape

Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University Library has received a three-year $246,000 Implementation Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to establish a cross-organizational training and support program for HBCU library professionals seeking to gain or expand expertise in developing open access born-digital scholarship.  Born-digital publications Brown Library Receives Federal Grant to Grow and Diversify Digital Publishing Landscape