The library is happy to share the news that Joseph Rhoads will be joining the staff as our new Digital Repository Manager. Joseph was the Digital Curator at the Antonio J. Waring Jr. Archaeology Lab at the University of West Georgia where he led the development of an online, searchable, digital archive of documents, reports, … Library Hires New Digital Repository Manager
It is our pleasure to announce that Amanda Rinehart will be our new eScience Librarian. Amanda comes to us from the USDA’s Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Florida. She has an MS in Botany and Plant Pathology from Michigan State University and an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of South … New eScience Librarian Hired
It is our pleasure to welcome Jean Bauer as our new Digital Humanities Librarian. Jean Bauer is a historian, database designer, and photographer. She holds degrees in history from the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia, where she is completing her doctoral dissertation, “Revolution Mongers: Launching the U.S. Foreign Service, 1775-1825.” Jean has … Brown University Library Hires New Digital Humanities Librarian
It is our pleasure to announce that Karen Eberhart has joined the Brown University Library as the Manuscripts Processing Archivist. She received her undergraduate degree in History from the College of Wooster and her Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Texas at Austin. During her career she has worked in … New Manuscripts Processing Archivist Hired
We are very pleased to announce that Rachel Lapkin has joined the Brown University Library as Materials Conservator. Rachel was the Conservator at The New York Botanical Garden Library, a position she held since 2007. She also had previous experience as a conservator at the Newberry Library in Chicago, at the University of Iowa, and … Brown University Library Hires New Materials Conservator
We are pleased to announce the hiring of Teresa Negrucci as Resource and Acquisition Management (RAM) librarian. Teresa was previously Collection Assessment and Management Librarian at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins. She also worked in technical services at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles and at USC Law Library, also in L.A. Teresa … New Resource and Acquisition Management (RAM) Librarian
It is our pleasure to announce that Carina Cournoyer has joined the Brown University Library as the Scholarly Resources Social Sciences Librarian. Prior, Carina was the Research & Instruction Librarian for Social Sciences in the Madeline Clark Wallace Library at Wheaton College. She has also worked as a Lecturer and Reference Librarian for URI and … University Library Hires New Scholarly Resources Social Sciences Librarian
We are delighted to announce Christopher Geissler has joined the Library as a Project Archivist in Special Collections. Christopher will be working on a two-year grant-funded project. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) awarded the John Hay Library funds to raise awareness of a number of significant collections, papers, and records held in … New Project Archivist Hired for Special Collections
The Library recently honored staff members who are retiring under the University’s Voluntary Staff Retirement Incentive (VSRI) program. This group of twenty staff members has given over 600 years of devoted service to Brown University. They will be missed! The twenty retiring staff members are: Millie Brown, Janet Crager, Lois D’Alfonso, Nori Duncan, Ron Fark. … 20 Library Staff Elect Early Retirement
The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Ian Straughn as the new Interim Joukowsky Family Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Straughn, whose appointment began on August 3, 2009, has studied the Middle East since his undergraduate years at Stanford University, where he earned a B.A. in anthropology with a minor in history, focusing … New Interim Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies
