Please tell your Brown University Library about your on-site experience during the week of November 10 to 16, 2025 — Library Stats Quest Week! Did you know that nearly 20,000 users visit the libraries in-person every week? We want to know if the experiences you’re having are meeting your needs. After each visit this week … Library Stats Quest Week – Fall 2025
Please tell your Brown University Library about your on-site experience during the week of November 18-24, 2024 — Library Stats Quest Week! Did you know that nearly 20,000 users visit the libraries in person every week? We want to know if the experiences you’re having are meeting your needs. After each visit this week to … Library Stats Quest Week – Fall 2024
Today is Ask a Conservator Day! To celebrate, we’re announcing the reopening of the John Hay Library’s newly renovated conservation lab, a space designed to enhance the care and preservation of the Library’s special collections. Over the past two years, library conservation staff meticulously planned the renovation to create an environment that supports their vital … Ask a Conservator Day
The Absolute Quiet Rooms on level A of the Rockefeller Library will be closed from the beginning of June to the end of August 2024. A large staff space on the first floor of the Rock will be renovated during this time. The two Absolute Quiet Rooms will be used as staff space throughout the … Rock’s Absolute Quiet Rooms Closed for Summer
In response to patron feedback about concerning levels of noise and conversation in Library spaces, the Library is instituting a new sound level system. We ask that all visitors to the Library follow these guidelines to ensure a welcoming and inclusive experience for all members of our community. See below for sound level descriptions and … Library Sound Levels
The Department of Collections Care brings under one functional group the intertwined areas of conservation, preservation, shelving, offsite storage, and environmental control for Library collections. The new department governs these measures for collections housed in Library facilities on campus as well as the Library Annex located nearby in Cranston, RI. This Library-wide approach to the … Library Establishes Department of Collections Care
Healthy Library Collections Ecosystem Initiative In January 2019, the Library launched the Healthy Library Collections Ecosystem Initiative for the Rockefeller Library and the Annex. The goal is to improve and develop workflows, processes, and solutions that will ensure healthy and equitable movement of library materials throughout their lifecycle. Findability and browsability will be enhanced, shelf … Announcement | Healthy Library Collections Ecosystem Initiative
