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Children’s Book Drive
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For the third year, the Library is hosting a campus-wide drive to collect children’s books for donation to Pawtucket, RI-based organization Books Are Wings.
We collected 758 books! Many thanks to everyone who contributed!
Congratulations to Penina Posner, Senior Library Specialist – Gateway Services, for coming closest to guessing how many books we donated in a Library staff contest. Penina won a tote bag full of Library swag.
Benefits of books in the home
Having access to books in the home is documented to have long-ranging, positive effects. A 2018 study published in Social Science Research demonstrated “that adolescent exposure to books is an integral part of social practices that foster long term cognitive competencies spanning literacy, numeracy and ICT [information and communication technologies] skills,” and that “growing up with home libraries boosts adult skills in these areas beyond the benefits accrued from parental education or own educational or occupational attainment.” The number of books in the home associated with significant literacy gains is between 80 – 350.
Books Are Wings works with students around the state of Rhode Island with a focus on communities where children often do not have their own books at home.
Where and when to donate
Please bring your donation to the lobby of the Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect St., and place them in the bin next to the reader services desk or on the book truck under the large monitor on the wall. Donations will be accepted until Friday, December 15.
Want to contribute but don’t have children’s books at home?
You can make a monetary donation or make a purchase from the organization’s Amazon wish list, either on Amazon or at a local independent bookseller.
Things to consider when donating books
Children’s books only
Books Are Wings accepts baby books through fifth grade level books.
Condition is important
Please no books with mildew, old library books, or damaged books.
Content is key
Books in different languages and/or about BIPOC characters are in demand. They provide children with the opportunity to select books that are representative of them and that are historically accurate.
Books Are Wings is not able to accept the following types of books:
- Adult books
- Textbooks/reference books
- Religious books (They partner with local faith organizations to donate religious books.)
Thank you!
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Food & Feedback Forums
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Tell us what you think!
The Brown University Library is hosting two Food & Feedback Forum sessions. Enjoy pizza and snacks and give us your feedback on the Library’s services and spaces.
- Tuesday, November 28 at 1 PM to 2:15 PM in the Sciences Library, Friedman Center (Level A)
- Wednesday, November 29 at 5 PM to 6:15 PM in the Rockefeller Library, Digital Scholarship Lab (Room 137)
During recent Library surveys, students commented on different aspects of the Library’s spaces, collections, and services. We’d love to hear more — come and share your views in depth. Tell us how we can make the Library work better for you.
This is your Library. We’d love to hear from you!
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“Mankiller” – Film, Special Collections, Discussion
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Members of the Brown community and the general public are invited to attend a series of events related to Wilma Mankiller and Native American and Indigenous Studies:
Wednesday, November 8
Native American and Indigenous Special Collections
4 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room at the John Hay Library, 20 Prospect St.
View recently acquired special collections materials related to Native American and Indigenous activism and political engagement.
Screening of Mankiller: Activist. Feminist. Cherokee Chief.
6 p.m. in the Willis Reading Room at the John Hay Library
Attend a screening of Mankiller: Activist. Feminist. Cherokee Chief (2017), a documentary film chronicling the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The film’s director, Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, will be in attendance.
Thursday, November 9
Discussion with the Filmmaker
5:30 p.m. in Room 305 of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, 172 Meeting St.
Attend a discussion between Mankiller director Valerie Red-Horse Mohl (Cherokee ancestry) and Kimberly Toney, Coordinating Curator for Native American & Indigenous Collections, John Hay Library and John Carter Brown Library.
Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
VALERIE RED-HORSE MOHL, Cherokee, is the CEO/founder of Red-Horse Native Productions, Inc., a film and television production company primarily focused on bringing important documentaries about overlooked Native American stories to the screen for which Red-Horse Mohl directs, produces, and writes. She is also the President of Known, a finance and asset management company focused on eliminating the racial wealth gap. She previously founded the first Native American owned investment bank and currently holds seven FINRA registrations. Additionally, she serves as the Advisory Board Chair of Stanford University’s Center for the Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and teaches an undergraduate course on Entrepreneurship for Racial Equity at Stanford. She was inducted into the NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recognized in 2022 as one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women.
Sponsorship
The series of events is sponsored by Brown University Library, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative, and Brown Center for Students of Color (a cosponsor of the Native Heritage Series).
Accessibility
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please reach out to Lizette_Martinez@brown.edu as far in advance of the event as possible. Thank you.