The Periodicals Reading Room in the Rockefeller Library, located on the first floor, will be closed for construction beginning Monday, August 17, 2015. The space will be renovated as part of the Library’s Mellon-funded digital scholarship initiative. The collections housed there have been relocated. Current print periodicals can now be found on the second floor of … Periodicals Reading Room to Close 8/17 | Collections Moving

William S. Monroe, Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed Books at the Brown University Library, writes about his discovery that one of the Library’s books belonged to Bernardo Bembo: Cecil Clough once noted that we can learn much about the life and travels of Bernardo Bembo from the books he owned, especially “because of his … A Printed Book Once Owned by Bernardo Bembo

On Friday, August 14, 2015, the Brown University Library will host a workshop and forum about China’s Publishing Soft Power in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library. The workshop and forum will feature chapter authors from both the U.S. and China of the projected book Embracing China’s Publishing Soft Power: Trends, Resources, … Workshop and Forum | China’s Publishing Soft Power

Join us on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at the John Hay Library for coffee and an informal discussion with S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Connor Pitetti focusing on his project “The Cities of H.P. Lovecraft and Le Corbusier: The Limits of the Human in Apocalyptic Modern Urbanism.” Mr. Pitetti, a PhD … Event | Coffee with Lovecraft Scholar Connor Pitetti

Brown University Library presents The Influence of Anxiety: Lovecraft, Bloch, Barlow, et al., an exhibition focused on H. P. Lovecraft’s literary network. Showcasing the work of Robert Bloch and Robert H. Barlow, two of Lovecraft’s youngest correspondents, the exhibition illuminates the shared affinities and fears of those in his circle. Their correspondence is both visual … Exhibit | The Influence of Anxiety: Lovecraft, Bloch, Barlow, et al.