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Opportunity | Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Are you an undergraduate who is working on an interesting research project? Consider submitting it to this prize contest. In partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, the Brown University Library sponsors the annual Undergraduate Research Prize. The purpose of the prize is to recognize excellence in undergraduate research projects that make Opportunity | Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Event | Carberry Day, Carberry Talk, Carberry Dinner, Carberry Cookies, Carberry Everything!

Each Friday the 13th and February 29th, Professor Josiah S. Carberry celebrates his birthday, and the Brown University Library celebrates with him. On Friday, November 13 at 4 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Professor Peter H. Schultz will talk about the geo-impact of Carberry on his own career in his talk, Event | Carberry Day, Carberry Talk, Carberry Dinner, Carberry Cookies, Carberry Everything!

The Library Welcomes Boaz Nadav-Manes

Boaz Nadav-Manes joined the Library in October as the Director of Library Technical Services. Prior to Brown, Boaz served as a Senior Product Manager in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) in Leiden, Netherlands. In this role, Boaz oversaw the system development of the International Standard Name Identifier and managed the Art Discovery Group Catalog. Before The Library Welcomes Boaz Nadav-Manes

Exhibit | “Trash of the Veriest Sort”: Challenges to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the United States in 1885 to mostly — but not entirely — favorable reviews. While the nature of the criticism has changed, there has always been controversy surrounding the book. This exhibit offers a look at how that criticism has changed from publication through the present. Dates: October Exhibit | “Trash of the Veriest Sort”: Challenges to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Library Welcomes Liz Glass

The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Liz Glass as the Digital Scholarship Editor. This position is a part of the Mellon funded initiative to support interactive digital publications by Brown faculty. An editor, writer, and curator Liz is well prepared to fulfill this important new position in the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship. The Library Welcomes Liz Glass

Updates from Around the Library | October 2015

As fall begins, here are a few updates from the Library: A recent addition to the Military Collection includes a sergeant. Over at the Hall-Hoag Collection Blog there’s a flyer from the “Nasty Secretary Liberation Front.” The Image Collections Blog’s has a post on Colonial Latin America (only available to the Brown community). Check out some of the Library’s new eresources. If you’re on social media, check for Updates from Around the Library | October 2015

Event | “The Sophisticated Silliness of S. J. Perelman ’25” with Sean Kelly ’84

The Library is pleased to welcome Brown alumnus Sean Kelly ’84, who will deliver a talk entitled, “The Sophisticated Silliness of S. J. Perelman ’25,” on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library. The talk will be followed by a Q&A period and a reception. The Event | “The Sophisticated Silliness of S. J. Perelman ’25” with Sean Kelly ’84

Event | “The Art of Handwriting” at the John Hay Library

Celebrate Family Weekend with a visit to the renovated John Hay Library and take the graphology challenge, “The Art of Handwriting”. Staff will provide copies of items from the collections for you to transcribe. Can you still read cursive?  Try deciphering manuscripts written by Lincoln, Orwell, Lovecraft, and others.  The originals will be on display. Event | “The Art of Handwriting” at the John Hay Library

Update From JSTOR

Dear Colleague, Yesterday and today, we have been experiencing intermittent, site-wide access issues that affect use of JSTOR. Our engineers are working hard to restore stable access as quickly as possible. Please watch our Platform Updates page (http://about.jstor.org/jstor-help-support/jstor-updates) for service alerts about these issues. We will post the most current information on that page, as Update From JSTOR

Event | “Space, Place, and the Humanities: The Emergence of the GeoHumanities” with Tim Cresswell

The Brown University Library is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Spacial Humanities Lecture Series, along with Spacial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and the M. B. Mandeville Lectureship Fund. On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 12 p.m. in the Population Studies and Training Center within Mencoff Hall, Tim Cresswell will deliver the lecture, Event | “Space, Place, and the Humanities: The Emergence of the GeoHumanities” with Tim Cresswell