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Borrow headphones, laptop power, & more at the Rock, Friedman, and Orwig
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Headphones, ethernet cables, and laptop chargers for Macs and PCs are available for 3 hour loan (for use in the library only) from the Rock, Orwig, and Friedman Center circulation desks. You can ask for free earplugs there too!
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Focus on Special Collections: Euclid’s Elements
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Euclid’s Elements, composed 2400 years ago, is among the most ancient of Greek mathematical treatises and one of the first to be printed using movable type. Complete with illustrations and diagrams, it has been considered an essential component of educational curricula for centuries. At noon, on November 16, 2010, come to the Lownes Room in the John Hay Library to learn more about the history of the most influential textbook ever written. -
Audubon's Sage Grouse on Display at John Hay Library
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Audubon's Sage Grouse A volume of John James Audubon’s master work, The Birds of America, is on display on the main floor of the John Hay Library. Each plate will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is the “Cock of the Plains”.
This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, bound in six volumes, was presented by Albert E. Lownes to the Library on the occasion of his 50th class reunion in 1970.
For more information please contact hay@brown.edu.
