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Updates From Around the Library (July 2014)
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Here are a few recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs:
- For National Accordion Awareness Week, Brown Curio shared an accordion-related image from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.
- The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog posted some materials from the “Dianetics Testing Center” and the “Union of Concerned Scientists.”
- The new eResources blog, “Wired Up and Plugged In,” provides users with the latest in eResources at the Library.
- The Image Collections Blog unfortunately is only available to the Brown community, but if you’re on campus, check out this recent holiday-themed post.
- Two of the Librarians from the Center for Digital Scholarship Blog are at the Digital Humanities 2014 conference in Lausanne.
- The First Readings project for 2014 was announced. Follow @firstreadings on twitter for updates.
- Here are the latest memories from the Rock50 website. Take a moment and submit your own!
- Also, check for Library updates on: facebook, twitter, and instagram.
Contact: Mark Baumer | 401-863-3642
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Construction Begins on Addition to Library Collections Annex
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This summer, ground was broken on a new addition to the Library Collections Annex, the University Library’s off-site materials storage facility, located approximately four miles from College Hill. When fully outfitted, the additional module will increase the Annex’s total storage capacity to approximately 2.3 million items. Completion is set for mid-December 2014.The current Annex module was opened in 2005 with an estimated capacity of 1.5 million volume equivalents. At its opening, the Annex was expected to provide sufficient storage capacity for 15 years of collection growth. Several on-campus construction projects, such as the John Hay Library renovation, required more items to be sent off-site than initially planned. As a result, the facility is almost completely filled 9 years after its first day of operation. The new module will provide space for another 1 million volumes. Because items in the Annex are housed by size, the ultimate number of items held depends on the mix of materials stored.Like the current module, the new addition will feature sophisticated climate controls and a state-of-the-art security system to ensure the long life of materials stored there. Items requested from the Annex are delivered to campus within 24 hours on workdays; shorter articles and chapters may be scanned and sent directly to users as well.
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New “BookEye 4” Scanning Station in the Rock
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Bookeye 4 Scanning Station | Level 2 of Rockefeller Library If you happened to pass through Level 2 of the Rock in the last week you might have noticed some new equipment near the the copiers. The new machine (pictured above) is a “Bookeye 4″ scanning station. The “Bookeye 4” will allow library users to easily make high-end scans of books and other related materials.
Specifications for the “Bookeye 4” scanning station:
- Scans up to 17 x 24 inch documents in 7 seconds
- 400 x 600 dpi optical resolution in 24-bit color
- 19 inch preview monitor
- Touch screen controls
- Integrated 2-position V-cradle
- 2 integrated USB ports
- Gigabit ethernet connectivity