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Focus on Collections | Spring/Summer 2014 Newsletter of the Brown University Library
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The Brown University Library has recently published its Spring/Summer 2014 edition of the Newsletter of the Brown University Library: Focus on Collections.The publication considers the past, present, and future of library collections. With contributions from several Brown University librarians, faculty members, and students, the articles in the newsletter discuss the importance of the physical object and the stories an item can tell; review the logistics of acquiring, maintaining, and digitizing physical collections; evaluate the influx and influence of technology on collections building and maintenance; and take stock of the student experience with collections.
Harriette Hemmasi, the Joukowsky Family University Librarian, writes the introduction and emphasizes the Library’s commitment “to remaining, foremost, an intellectual center shaped by the needs of Brown students and faculty who rely on its collections, services, and spaces.”
You can read the newsletter in PDF form here: Focus on Collections.
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Updates From Around the Library (May 2014)
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Here are a few recent highlights from some of the Library’s various blogs:
- Brown Curio has a post celebrating the SciLi Duck.
- The Rock50 website has added its latest batch of memories. Make sure to submit your own Rock memory.
- The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog has an interesting post about unidentified material.
- Image Collections in the Brown Library unfortunately is only available to the Brown community, but if you’re on campus, check out a recent post about “Baby Animals.” Awwwww…so cute.
- New Science Data Librarian, Andrew Creamer, has a post on “Going to the Research Data Mountain” over at the Center for Digital Scholarship blog.
- The John Hay Library Renovation Blog has an update on Special Collection Services this summer.
- The Health Sciences Library Update Blog is your source for all health-science-related topics.
- Check out the Mobile Apps For Scholarship Blog. It’s a great resource for new apps.
- Be sure to check for Library updates on: facebook, twitter, and instagram.
Contact: Mark Baumer | 401-863-3642
- Brown Curio has a post celebrating the SciLi Duck.
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2014 Library Innovation Prize Awarded
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Michael Rowland ’15 receives the 2014 Library Innovation Prize from Ned Quist, Associate University Librarian for Research & Outreach Services In a ceremony on May 9 in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, the Brown University Library awarded the winner of the 2014 Library Innovation Prize to Michael Rowland ’15. The $750 prize was given to the applicant who created the most effective working prototype of a mobile application designed to enhance access to or use of the Library.
Michael describes his winning creation: “The app has two main functions. It is able to generate citation information via scanning a barcode (either ISBN or Brown Library) that can be easily emailed to the user. Additionally, it provides recommendations for similar books using previous checkout information from the Brown libraries.”
Serving as judges for the competition were two faculty members: Jo Guldi, Assistant Professor of History, and Tom Doeppner, Associate Professor of Computer Science; a graduate student in the Department of Music: Chris Johnson-Roberson; and the Associate University Librarian for Digital Technologies: Andrew Ashton.
Click here for more information about the Library Innovation Prize.
The two winners of the 2014 Undergraduate Research Prize for Excellence in Library Research also received their awards at the ceremony. Leah Jones ‘17 was selected for her paper “Soldiers of Solidarity: The Boston Committee for Health Rights in Central America” and Richard Salamé ‘16 was chosen for his paper “Clocks and Empire: an Indian Case Study.” This award carries a prize of $750. (Read the full story here.)
Leah Jones ’17 receives the 2014 Library Innovation Prize from Ned Quist, Associate University Librarian for Research & Outreach Services 
Richard Salamé ’16 receives the 2014 Library Innovation Prize from Ned Quist, Associate University Librarian for Research & Outreach Services
