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  • The Great War 1914–1918 | A Centennial Exhibition

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    20140818greatWar The Great War, 1914–1918 Exhibit will be on display in the Hay Lobby Cases from September 2 – December 19, 2014.

    The exhibit showcases items from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. Items include: journals, books, etchings, posters, music sheets, and illustrations. All pieces are related to World War I.

    One interesting feature in the exhibit is a sketchbook by Herman Fechenbach. In 1917, Fechenbach was involved in a grenade attack and eventually lost his left leg.

    The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection is the foremost American collection of material devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering and is one of the world’s largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms. To learn more about the collection, please visit the collection website.

    Date: September 2, 2014 – December 19, 2014
    Location: Lobby Cases | John Hay Library

    Contact: Peter Harrington

     

  • The Library Welcomes Jeanette Norris

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    jeanetteNorrisThe Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeanette Norris as the new Metadata Management Librarian.

    Norris comes to Brown from Syracuse University where she received her MSLIS degree. She held a number of library positions at Syracuse, most recently Technical Specialist (Cataloging and Metadata). Her work experience includes cataloging, metadata creation, authority control, metadata mapping, and metadata evaluation.

    Jeanette Norris has a B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from the University of Oklahoma and a M.A. in European and Russian Studies from Yale University.

  • Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Back Online

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    The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is back online.  Their platform change was completed on Monday (8/11).  All functions should be operating.  If you encounter a problem send an email to eresources@brown.edu.

    The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Psychiatrist.com is migrating to a modern platform that will enable it  to provide more consistent service to users and make the development of exciting new features possible in the coming months.

    During this time, the site will be unavailable.  This migration process may take up to 2 working days. It started August 7th.  This announcement will be updated once service is restored.

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