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Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship: People, Projects, Priorities
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A symposium co-organized by Brown University Digital Publications and the Center for Digital Scholarship on Friday, May 1, 2026.
This one-day symposium, held both in-person and virtually, focuses on future directions in the field of digital scholarship, including community-engaged research, uses of AI in the field, the rapidly evolving landscape of multimodal publishing, and more.
Keynote speaker: Brett Bobley, advisor for Schmidt Sciences’ Humanities and AI Virtual Institute grant program and former founding director of the NEH Office of Digital Humanities.
Registration
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Schedule
8:30 a.m. – Arrivals
8:45 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction
9:15 a.m. – Keynote Address
Brett Bobley, Advisor for Schmidt Sciences and former Director of the Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities
10:15 a.m. – Break
10:30 a.m. – Multimodal Publishing: Innovation and Impact
Participants
- Sarah McKee, Project Manager, Amplifying Humanistic Scholarship, American Council of Learned Societies
- Tara Nummedal, Professor and Chair of History, Brown University
- Leah VanWey, Dean of the Faculty, Brown University
- Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Director of the University of Guam Press
- Chair: Allison Levy, Director of Brown University Digital Publications
12 p.m. – Lunch
1 p.m. – Community-Centered Research I: Our Priorities and Concerns (Case Studies)
Participants
- Kim Gallon, Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
- Kimberley Toney, Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Materials for the John Carter Brown Library and Brown University Library
- Michael Running Wolf (Northern Cheyenne and Lakota), Co-Founder and Lead Architect of First Languages AI Reality at Mila/IndigiGenius and former AI startup executive
- Co-Chairs:
- Patrick Rashleigh, Head of Digital Scholarship Technology Services, Brown University Library
- Tarika Sankar, Digital Humanities Librarian, Brown University Library
2 p.m. – Break
2:15 p.m. – Community-Centered Research II: Your Priorities and Concerns (audience breakouts)
3:15 p.m. – Break
3:25 p.m. – Future Directions for Digital Scholarship
- Eliza Bettinger, Director of Digital Scholarship Services, Cornell University Library
- Meaghan J. Brown, Associate Director of Digital Asset Management, John Carter Brown Library
- Lynda Kellam, Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Nirmala Menon, Professor of English, Indian Institute of Technology Indore and Chair of the newly established Jay Prakash Narayan National Centre of Excellence in the Humanities
- Cecilia Smith, Director of Digital Scholarship, University of Chicago Library
- Co-Chairs:
- Ashley Champagne, Director of Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University Library
- Allison Levy, Director of Brown University Digital Publications, Brown University Library
4:45 p.m. – Closing Remarks
- Ashley Champagne, Director of Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University Library
- Allison Levy, Director of Brown University Digital Publications, Brown University Library
5 p.m. – Reception
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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.
Quickly access core health sciences resources.