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Event | Li Wang: Trends in Chinese Literature Today and the Pamphlets for Allied Information Services in WWII

On Monday, May 4 at 11 a.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Dr. Li Wang will give a talk entitled, “Trends in Chinese Literature Today and the Pamphlets for Allied Information Services in WWII.” A lunch will follow the talk. Attendees must RSVP to attend the talk. Please respond Event | Li Wang: Trends in Chinese Literature Today and the Pamphlets for Allied Information Services in WWII

Event | Guided Relaxation Study Break

The Library invites students to a guided relaxation session in the Zero Decibel area of the Friedman Center in the SciLi on Thursday, April 30 from 4 – 5 p.m. Work/Life Program Specialist Jen McKay from Brown’s Office of Human Resources will lead the session, which will include diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and then Event | Guided Relaxation Study Break

Winner of the 2015 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research: Beatrice Senocak ’15

The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research. Beatrice Selen Senocak ’15 was selected for her paper entitled “A Providence Affair.” Undertaken for Senior Lecturer in English Elizabeth Taylor’s class, Narrating History, Senocak’s paper employs creative non-fiction to tell the story of the delicate Winner of the 2015 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research: Beatrice Senocak ’15

Event | The Art of American Book Covers 1875 – 1930 with Richard Minsky

On April 22, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, Richard Minsky will give a talk, “The Art of American Book Covers 1875 – 1930: One Hundred Great Covers from the Brown University Library.” Minsky will look at selections of books from the Library’s holdings that exemplify book cover styles Event | The Art of American Book Covers 1875 – 1930 with Richard Minsky

Updates from around the Library | April 2015

Spring has finally arrived at the Library. Please welcome the Library’s newest blog: Digital Humanities. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog latest post is on the Women’s Liberation Movement. Rock 50 posted a new memory from Connie (Class of 1968). Take a look at a couple of the Library’s new eresources. The most recent post from the Image Collections Blog (only available to Updates from around the Library | April 2015

New Eresource: Early American Imprints, Series I and Series II: Supplements From the American Antiquarian Society 1652-1819.

The initial release of a major new enrichment to the Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker collections has just occurred. Rare items from the American Antiquarian Society, available for the first time in Readex digital editions of Early American Imprints, are highlighted below. The Gosport Tragedy (1776) From Early American Imprints, Supplements from the American Antiquarian Society. The New Eresource: Early American Imprints, Series I and Series II: Supplements From the American Antiquarian Society 1652-1819.

Sciences Library Renovation

In preparation for renovation of several floors for new tenants and services, the Sciences Library is undergoing some significant changes.  Workers are moving and shifting materials around, materials are being transferred off-site, and there will be a lot of changes—some temporary, some permanent—in what is housed in the building and where.  A fuller description of Sciences Library Renovation

Celebrate National Library Week

Celebrate National Library Week, April 12 – 18, with the theme “Unlimited possibilities @ your library®.” First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians Celebrate National Library Week