The Brown University Library is offering a $1000 prize for the creation of the most effective and innovative working prototype of a mobile app (stand-alone or web-based) designed to enhance access to or use of the Library. Timetable and Process: Informational meeting on Tuesday, February 11 at noon in the Rockefeller Library Hecker Center (first floor). … Library Innovation Prize 2014
Here are a few recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs: The John Hay Library Renovation Blog has an update regarding the ongoing renovation: “The John Hay Library has been closed for almost eight months and the renovation continues to proceed…read more“ Brown Curio welcomes the new year and as well as a look at how to solve … Updates From Around the Library (January 2014)
Here are a few recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs: The John Hay Library Renovation Blog has an update of how the renovation process is going. According to the post, “The construction…is progressing on schedule.” Brown Curio has an in-depth look at the Thomas Alexander Tefft architectural drawings which are part of the Brown Archival and Manuscript Collections Online. … Updates From Around the Library
The University Library, with support from the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the availability of The New York Times via a site license for the Brown community. The site license enables Brown community members (current students, faculty and staff) to access the Times‘ current content without an individual subscription or monthly limits. To … The New York Times Online Comes to Brown
The Library has recently added JSTOR Alumni Access to the suite of databases available through the Brown Alumni Library Online. Alumni now have access to the same JSTOR titles that are used by Brown faculty, staff, and students. This is in addition to the products already accessible to alumni: Academic Search, Alumni Edition; Business Source, … Brown Alumni Library Online adds JSTOR Alumni Access!
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A unique, student-led project is the foundation for a partnership between Brown University, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the National Archive of Brazil, and the State University of Maringá (UEM). “Opening the Archives” is designed to provide online public access to the NARA-held State Department of Political Affairs … Brown University, National Archives and Records Administration, and National Archive of Brazil Forge Partnership
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — This October, the Brown University Library celebrates the opening of The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. The Lab is made possible thanks to the generosity of Mr. Patrick Ma, P’14, who is based in Hong Kong, China, Brown Trustee Cathy Halstead, and an anonymous … Brown University Library Opens The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab!
Recent studies have shown that people use their phones sometimes. One of the goals of the Brown University Library is to get used by phones. The moBUL app was created so people could use the library with their phones. The Brown University Library enjoys being used by phones. Sometimes the Brown University Library wished it … Put the Brown Library inside Your Phone
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The Women Writers Project and CDS are very pleased to announce our participation in an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities 2012 Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities competition. This grant, led by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, will fund a series of … Brown University to Host NEH Funded Institute
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University Library is pleased to announce the release of its newest publication, Dealing with Data. Dealing with Data features contributions by Library staff and Brown faculty including Harriette Hemmasi, Catherine Busselen, Ann Caldwell, Jean Bauer, Julia Flanders, Amanda Rinehart, John Cayley, Sue Alcock, and Jan S. Hesthaven. The authors discuss a … “Dealing with Data” – New Library Publication Now Availaible
