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Event | “Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness” with Nick Shockey

As part of our celebration of International Open Access Week, the Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Nick Shockey, who will deliver a talk entitled, “Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness,” on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab. A question and answer session Event | “Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness” with Nick Shockey

The Library Welcomes Hope Lappen

The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Hope Lappen as the BioMed and Life Sciences Librarian. Hope comes to Brown from George Washington University where she spent two years as a Science & Engineering Librarian. She previously was the Eugene Garfield Resident in Science Librarianship at the University of Pennsylvania where she worked across the The Library Welcomes Hope Lappen

Exhibit | Are Les Bon Temps Still Rolling? New Orleans Music Culture 10 Years Later

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding from the failed levee system had a profound impact on New Orleans and its music culture. Almost a thousand people perished in the region and thousands more fled the city before, during and after the disaster. Although musicians and artists were some of the first to return in Exhibit | Are Les Bon Temps Still Rolling? <em>New Orleans Music Culture 10 Years Later</em>

October 1 is #AskAnArchivist Day

What does an archivist do?  Tweet your questions to @brownarchives on #AskAnArchivist day. On October 1 archivists across the United States will take to Twitter to answer your questions about all things archives. This day-long event, sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, gives you the opportunity to ask questions, get information, or simply to October 1 is #AskAnArchivist Day

Medici.tv Now on Trial. If you like this, please send feedback now!

With Medici.TV, each year you can discover more than 100 events broadcast live from the most prestigious venues: Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Concertgebouw, Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Verbier Festival, Salzburger Festspiele and more. You can also access the largest online collection of classical music videos in the Medici.tv Now on Trial. If you like this, please send feedback now!

Event | “Whither the Scholarly Monograph” with Laura Mandell

The Library and the Cogut Center for the Humanities are pleased to welcome Laura Mandell, Professor of English and Director of the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture at Texas A&M University, who will present a talk entitled, “Whither the Scholarly Monograph,” at 3 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 2015 in the Digital Scholarship Lab on the Event | “Whither the Scholarly Monograph” with Laura Mandell

New Director of the John Hay Library and Special Collections | Christopher Geissler

  Christopher Geissler has been appointed the Director of the John Hay Library and Special Collections. Christopher will begin this new role effective September 21, 2015. Christopher has held two previous positions at Brown: first as Project Archivist in the University Archives and more recently as Librarian for American and British Literary and Popular Culture Collections. New Director of the John Hay Library and Special Collections | Christopher Geissler

Exhibit | Poetry from the Age of Mass Incarceration

Drawn from the collections of Brown University Library, the exhibit investigates the poetic work of men and women incarcerated in the United States in the last decades of the twentieth-century. It is an open-ended examination of the challenges and potential for communication across the socio-economic divide engendered by mass incarceration. Online exhibit: Poetry from the Age of Mass Exhibit | Poetry from the Age of Mass Incarceration

The Library Welcomes James Murdock

James Murdock joined the Library in September as the Digital Scholarship Services Manager within Integrated Technology Services. Prior to Brown, James served as the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Director of Digital Strategies. In this role, he oversaw the development of online tools to disseminate the work of the foundation and its grantees—including the complete The Library Welcomes James Murdock