As a senior at Brown, Malcolm Burnley ’12 discovered a story in the Brown Daily Herald about a 1961 visit Malcolm X made to campus in order to debate the author of a previous Brown Daily Herald story, Katharine Pierce ’62. In her article, Ms. Pierce argued that racial integration was necessary while Malcolm X … CBS News Report Features Two Brown Alumni, Malcolm X, and Materials from the Brown Archives
On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Martin Paul Eve will deliver a talk entitled, “Open Access in the Humanities: Benefits, Challenges, and Economics.” This event is free and open to the public. Martin Paul Eve is a Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, U.K., … Event | Open Access in the Humanities: Benefits, Challenges and Economics with Martin Paul Eve
A new exhibit is on view for Spring 2015 in the tall cases of the Laura and David Finn Reading Room featuring student projects from Lara Henderson’s Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 course “Art of the Book.” Students in Art of the Book (VISA1240) examine the book, structurally and conceptually, as artist’s medium. Students learned … Exhibit | Art of the Book
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 from 4 – 5:30 p.m., the John Hay Library will host a faculty colloquium entitled Unicorn Found: Science, Literature, and the Arts. Part of the larger Unicorns in Residence: Providence initiative, the colloquium will feature a panel discussion with Brown professors from different disciplines engaging in scholarly inquiry into … Event and Exhibit | Unicorn Found: Science, Literature, and the Arts
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London celebrates its 350th anniversary on March 6, 2015. Published since 1665, not only is it the oldest scholarly journal in the Brown University Library’s collections, it is believed to be the oldest scholarly journal in continuous publication. The Library is pleased to own a complete run in the original … 350th Anniversary of the Oldest Continuously Published Scholarly Journal
Here are a few recent highlights from various Library blogs: Brown Curio has solved the public art mystery. The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog posts about the anarchist group UAW/MF. The Health Sciences Library Blog writes of the new Kanopy streaming service. CDS shares various services on managing and publishing your research data. The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Blog writes about the practice of wives and children … Updates from around the Library | February 2015
The Brown University Library celebrates Josiah Carberry every Friday the 13th. In honor of the 13th and Valentine’s Day, we invite you to enjoy cookies at the Rock and SciLi. Consider leaving your loose change in a Brown jug (AKA “cracked pot”) to benefit the Josiah Carberry Fund. Want to know more about Carberry and … Happy Josiah Carberry Day!
The John Hay Library takes great pleasure in announcing the opening of the Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts. It is an extraordinary collection documenting the long and continuing career of Fernando Birri, a celebrated and influential film maker, poet, writer, educator, artist, and theoretician. Fernando Birri was born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1925 and is … Fernando Birri: Mi Patria Son Mis Zapatos
The Orwig Music Library’s new exhibit—In Flanders Fields: A Poetic and Musical Symbol of the ‘War to End All Wars’—draws on the collections of the Orwig Music Library, the John Hay Library, and personal heirlooms. These collection pieces explore both the iconic 1915 poem “In Flanders Fields” (by Canadian doctor and officer John McCrae) and a … Exhibit | In Flanders Fields
Library lovers across the state are invited to join the Rhode Island Library Association on Tuesday, February 10 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the RI State House Rotunda for RI Library Legislative Awareness Day. This is a chance to meet-and-greet your state legislators, tell your story, and explain why supporting RI libraries is so … RI Library Legislative Awareness Day
