Hector Correa joined the Library in June as the Senior Library Applications Developer. Prior to Brown, Hector was at Penn State working on the ScholarSphere project, a Ruby on Rails application built on top of the Hydra framework, which uses Fedora for document storage and Blacklight/Solr to power the search feature. From 2010-2014 he was a senior developer at … The Library Welcomes Hector Correa
Boaz Nadav-Manes joined the Library in October as the Director of Library Technical Services. Prior to Brown, Boaz served as a Senior Product Manager in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) in Leiden, Netherlands. In this role, Boaz oversaw the system development of the International Standard Name Identifier and managed the Art Discovery Group Catalog. Before … The Library Welcomes Boaz Nadav-Manes
The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Liz Glass as the Digital Scholarship Editor. This position is a part of the Mellon funded initiative to support interactive digital publications by Brown faculty. An editor, writer, and curator Liz is well prepared to fulfill this important new position in the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship. … The Library Welcomes Liz Glass
The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Hope Lappen as the BioMed and Life Sciences Librarian. Hope comes to Brown from George Washington University where she spent two years as a Science & Engineering Librarian. She previously was the Eugene Garfield Resident in Science Librarianship at the University of Pennsylvania where she worked across the … The Library Welcomes Hope Lappen
James Murdock joined the Library in September as the Digital Scholarship Services Manager within Integrated Technology Services. Prior to Brown, James served as the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Director of Digital Strategies. In this role, he oversaw the development of online tools to disseminate the work of the foundation and its grantees—including the complete … The Library Welcomes James Murdock
The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Croxall to the post of Digital Humanities Librarian. Brian comes to Brown from Emory University where he was a Digital Humanities Strategist and Lecturer of English. He completed his PhD in English literature in 2008 at Emory and taught subsequently at Emory and Clemson University. His … The Library Welcomes Brian Croxall
The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Christiane Landry to Digital Production Services. Christiane comes to Brown from Providence College where, most recently, she was the Commons Digital Publishing Support Specialist. In that position she worked with students, staff, and faculty where she assisted them with their multimedia/digital initiatives. In addition, she worked with Providence College’s institutional … The Library Welcomes Christiane Landry
The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Jordan Jancosek as the new Hall-Hoag Project Archivist. Jordan recently completed her MLS in Archives Management and her MA in History (both at Simmons College). Jordan’s undergraduate degree in history is from Oberlin College. She has professional experience in archives at Oberlin College, Antioch College, Bunker Hill Community College, … The Library Welcomes Jordan Jancosek
The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome John Kromer, the new Physical Sciences Librarian. Kromer comes to the Library from Miami University in Oxford Ohio where he was the Physical Sciences and Engineering Librarian. He has two master’s degrees: one in chemistry and the other in library and information studies. Both are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. John … The Library Welcomes John Kromer
The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome three recent hires: Kerri Hicks, Christopher Geissler, and Kimberly Silva. Kerri Hicks joined the Library as the new Web Manager on August 29, 2014. She has been a web developer in higher education for nearly twenty years. One of her goals throughout her professional career has been to connect people with information. Prior … The Library Welcomes Kerri Hicks, Christopher Geissler, and Kimberly Silva
