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“Dealing with Data” – New Library Publication Now Availaible

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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

Brown Provides New Content for World Digital Library

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — This month the World Digital Library (WDL), an open access website sponsored by UNESCO and the Library of Congress featuring unique cultural materials and national treasures from libraries and archives around the world, has integrated 40 additional images from the Brown University Library.  Expanding the WDL’s coverage of Africa, Asia, and … Brown Provides New Content for World Digital Library

Digital Humanities Project Wins IMLS National Leadership Grant

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS), a digital humanities collaboration between the libraries of Brown University and Wheaton College, has been awarded a $250,000 National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), to begin on December 1, 2011 and run for three years. The goal … Digital Humanities Project Wins IMLS National Leadership Grant

Winners in the 2010 Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition

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The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition: FIRST PRIZE Sherry Romanzi, Barrington (Gordon School) SECOND PRIZE Audrey Chisholm, Providence (Gordon School) THIRD PRIZE (TIE) Gianna Jasinski, Greenville (LaSalle Academy) THIRD PRIZE (TIE) Sabrina Fowler, Millville, Massachusetts (LaSalle Academy) HONORABLE MENTION: Marydjina Barionnette, Providence (Nathanael Greene … Winners in the 2010 Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition

Brown Librarians help produce Association for Research Libraries publication

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Celebrating Research: A Guide to Rare and Special Collections from the Membership of the Association of Research Libraries was recently released to coincide with the organization’s 75th anniversary. The publication is co-edited by Samuel Streit, Brown University’s Director for Special Collections, who also contributed an overview of the University’s Special Collections. In addition to Streit’s … Brown Librarians help produce Association for Research Libraries publication

Harriette Hemmasi: Saving libraries from digital destruction

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[This commentary by Harriette Hemmasi, Joukowsky Family University Librarian, appeared in the March 25 issue of the Providence Journal.] RECENTLY, PROMINENT scholars and librarians from some of America’s largest research institutions have lamented that the digitization of relics and manuscripts from the past represents a mounting threat to our common cultural heritage. They worry that … Harriette Hemmasi: Saving libraries from digital destruction

“Peculiar Institutions” – New Yorker Article Online

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“Peculiar Institutions: Brown University looks at the slave traders in its past” By: Fitzgerald, Frances, New Yorker, 9/12/2005, Vol. 81, Issue 27 Read this recent article online via the Library’s subscription to Academic Search Premier at: http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18158174 Off-campus users must first log in via the VPN client or EZProxy.