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Pivot/Cos Training Session
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Training sessions in Pivot/Cos will be held on December 4th and December 10th in the Hecker Center of the Rockefeller Library. Pivot/Cos is a tool that can help researchers fund their work as well as guide them through the rigors of tenure, promotion, or future job prospects. One of the great features of Pivot/Cos is its notification system of potential awards and honors within a particular field of study. Pivot/Cos is interested in connecting the people of institutions with all the opportunities available to them. Participants in the session will get an overview of the Pivot/Cos tool as well as how it relates to the Brown University community. The session will include:- Navigating the basics of how to search the grant database.
- Exploring the advanced features of setting up notifications.
- Establishing a scholarly profile.
Additional Information:Dec 4, 12:30-1:30 and Dec 10 3-4pm Rockefeller Library Hecker Center, 1st FloorContact : Ian Straughn : ian_straughn@brown.edu -
Many Pigs of Many Pens
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Upon first glance it seems that people in 1908 have no idea how to draw, let alone produce a successful image of a pig.
And then you look more closely at the poem at the beginning of the book and it becomes clear. They are drawing these pigs blindfolded.
This volume, Guest Book : Many Pigs of Many Pens, was published in 1902 as a playful alternative to a traditional guest book. In conventional guest books, visitors were expected to sign their name and contribute a poem, sketch, quote, or witticism. The purpose of this guest book explains the statement on the cover – “A Pig in Time Saves a Rhyme.”
This copy was given as a present to John Nicholas Brown II (1900-1979) in 1908. The first image above shows the eight-year-old’s attempt at a pig. It is one of many items in the Natalie Bayard Brown papers (Ms.2007.011) at the John Hay Library.Mrs. Natalie Bayard Dresser Brown was the wife of John Nicholas Brown (1861-1900) and the mother of John Nicholas Brown II (1900-1979). Her papers reflect her active involvement in the many Brown family businesses, the Democratic Party during the 1930s, and numerous charitable causes through correspondence with family and friends, writings and speeches, scrapbooks, and photographs.
The elder John Nicholas died of typhoid fever 2 months after the birth of his son followed soon after by the death of his brother Harold Brown. Those tragic events made John Nicholas Brown II the heir to the Brown family fortune and he was dubbed the “richest baby in America.” The John Nicholas Brown II papers (Ms.2007.012) contain a wealth of material on the visual arts, art collections and collecting activities, and public service at the state, national and international levels, as well as the history of Brown University and the State of Rhode Island during the twentieth century.
Both of those collections, and many others related to the Brown family, can be viewed at the John Hay Library.
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Exploring the Library’s Resources
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As the semester progresses, the library wants to make sure students are aware of the opportunities available to them through the library. Many students probably already associate the library with its books, computer clusters, various databases, and numerous special collections, but these resources are only a fragment of the library’s total wealth.
One of the greatest tools the library has to offer is its people. A subject librarian can often be a research paper’s best friend. Subject librarians, on multiple occasions, have been referred to as living, breathing search engines, except they are friendlier. Regardless of whether you are at the beginning of a research project, have reached a dead end in your quest, or if you just need one last source to push your paper over the top, a subject librarian can help. Subject librarians can even be reached off-campus through the chat widget on the library homepage and the SMS text message service (401-285-1272).
In addition to its people, the library is home to thousands of individual spaces. I like to think there are places in the library where no one has ever sat and thought the same thoughts you will think while sitting in these spaces. It is the library’s goal to provide the perfect location for every student to fully reach his or her academic potential. Here are a few locations where you can begin your quest for the perfect study location:
- Quiet Spaces: The Absolute Quiet Room on Level A of the Rock or the Quiet Center on the fourth floor of the Science Library.
- Social Spaces: The Friedman Center in the Science library has 27,000 square feet of social and study space. The Finn Reading Room in the Rock provides group study rooms.
- Late Night Spaces: Both the Science Library and the Rock are open until 2 a.m. The Friedman Center (Level A of the Science Library) is open 24 hours.
Last, but not least, on your next study break, check out the library’s extensive DVD collection or browse the diversion bookshelf in the Rock which is dedicated to leisure reading.
