Your Brown University Library now offers an online option for reserving lockers and carrels at the Rockefeller Library. How do I reserve lockers and carrels online? Find all of the Rockefeller Library’s lockers and carrels in BruKnow, the online library catalog. They are organized by floor and location, making it easy to browse and find … Reserve Library Lockers and Carrels Online
Health and Biomedical Library Services (HBLS) is pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned Evidence Synthesis Service (ESS) to support evidence synthesis in the health sciences. This new service model streamlines our support for this type of research, which is in high demand at Brown University and our affiliated clinical and research partners. What … Introducing the HBLS’ Evidence Synthesis Service
New EBSCOhost Interface Launching August 5, 2025 EBSCOhost’s user interface (UI) will be changing on August 5, 2025. If you currently have saved searches, folders, or articles in your EBSCOhost account, some, but not all, of this content will migrate automatically. Essential Deadlines Your EBSCOhost Account Your EBSCOhost account contains several types of saved content. … Migrating Your Data to the New EBSCOhost User Interface
Origin of Juneteenth Juneteenth, the oldest celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, originated in Galveston, Texas in 1865. It marks the date the enslaved people of Texas were officially informed of their freedom — two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. General Order Number 3 … Juneteenth and the Racial Justice Resource Center
Your HBLS librarians are here to support you in all the valuable work you do. Below are some resources for your research and scholarship. Federal Data and Information Preservation Since January 2025, many federal websites, datasets, and publications have been removed, withdrawn, or modified. In response, information professionals worldwide, including those at Brown University Library, … Health and Biomedical Library Services April News
Your HBLS librarians welcome you to the January 2025 spring semester! Here are a few resources and tips to support your research and scholarship. DynaMedex for Evidence-Based Clinical Care DynaMedex is a clinician-focused tool providing evidence-based answers at the point of care, merging the expert clinical summaries of DynaMed with the drug information of Micromedex. … Health and Biomedical Library Services January News
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
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
No Article Processing Charges Brown authors who wish to publish journal articles “immediate open access” will not be charged article processing charges with these publishers: Many authors would like to immediately publish their scholarly articles open access but are deterred by the article processing charge (APC) assessed by publishers — sometimes as high as thousands … No Article Processing Charges
Brown’s First Open Access Policy In the summer of 2021 the Brown Faculty voted to adopt the University’s first Open Access Policy, in which the faculty commits to making a version of their journal articles available open access online free to read. This could either be via the sharing of a pre-peer reviewed manuscript on … Brown’s Faculty Open Access Policy
