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Library Stats Quest Week – Spring 2026
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Please tell your Brown University Library about your on-site experience during the week of April 6 to 12, 2026 — Library Stats Quest Week!
Did you know that nearly 20,000 users visit the libraries in-person every week?
We want to know if the experiences you’re having are meeting your needs. After each visit this week to a library location — Rockefeller, Sciences, Orwig Music, John Hay Library, and Champlin Medical Library — please take a few seconds to answer a very brief survey about your experience. Your input will help us better understand why you use the Library and how we can improve our services.
We’ll also be taking a closer look at how people are using the spaces within the libraries. Library staff will do periodic headcounts in various types of spaces throughout the week.
We strive to make every visit for every patron one in which you feel welcome, respected, and supported. This is your Library. You belong here. Your feedback is essential.
Thank you!
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Health and Biomedical Library Services April 2026 Newsletter
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Your HBLS librarians are always here to support you as researchers, scholars, clinicians, and fellow members of our Brown community. Here are a few resources and tips to support your research and scholarship.
Research Impact and Publication Tracking
Thinking about a grant, or more broadly about research strategy? Our research impact service can partner with researchers, centers, and departments. We can help you demonstrate publication impact, identify and show research collaborations, and guide data-informed decisions. Learn more and request support on HBLS research impact guide.
New Sage Open Access Publishing Agreement
Brown University authors can now publish open access in many Sage journals without paying an article processing charge (APC). The participating hybrid journals (link downloads an Excel spreadsheet) include many titles in the health sciences and public health.
To be eligible for the fee waiver, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Brown and have an article accepted for publication in a participating journal that has entered or will enter production between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2028.
When the article has been accepted and enters the production process, the author will receive an email from Sage Journals Licensing & Payment to accept the APC waiver and select their preferred Creative Commons license. More information about the APC waiver agreement with Sage can be found in this Sage FAQ.
If you need assistance, or have a question about selecting a Creative Commons License, please contact HBLS at HealthSciLibrarians@brown.edu. More details on Brown’s open access fee waiver agreements and discounts with Sage and other publishers can be found on our guide to paying for open access publications.
National Public Health Week
National Public Health Week is April 6 to 12, 2026! This year’s theme is Ready. Set. Action! To support your research in the field of public health, the Library provides access to many subscription and open access resources. Learn more about them in our research guide for Public Health.
Contact Your HBLS Librarians
Email us at HealthSciLibrarians@brown.edu.
Learn about services and resources offered by your HBLS librarians.
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African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) Open House and Poetry Reading
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The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) is hosting an open house and poetry reading on Monday, April 13, 2026, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Racial Justice Resource Center on the second floor of the Rockefeller Library.
The drop-in and information session will feature poetry readings by Rachel (Afia) Ansong, Jolyn Phillips, and Henk Rossouw.
Free and open to the public. In person event. Light refreshments. Registration required.
African Poetry Book Fund
The APBF promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts of Africa. One of APBF’s most exciting projects, the African Poetry Digital Portal (APDP), also supported by the Library’s Center of Digital Scholarship, provides access to biographical information, artifacts, news, video recordings, images, and documents related to African poetry from antiquity to the present.
Registration Required
Please register. Attendees will be asked to show identification and sign in.