{"id":6421,"date":"2014-05-15T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2014-05-15T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:14:02","slug":"focusoncollections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/focusoncollections\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Collections | Spring\/Summer 2014 Newsletter of the Brown University Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2014\/05\/FocusOnCollections_spreads_web.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6428 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2014\/05\/FocusOnCollections_spreads_web-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Focus on Collections: The Newsletter of the Brown University Library, Spring\/Summer 2014\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Brown University Library has recently published its Spring\/Summer 2014 edition of the Newsletter of the Brown University Library: <strong>Focus on Collections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The publication considers the past, present, and future of library collections. With contributions from several Brown University librarians, faculty members, and students, the articles in the newsletter discuss the importance of the physical object and the stories an item can tell; review the logistics\u00a0of acquiring, maintaining, and digitizing physical collections; evaluate the influx and influence of technology\u00a0on collections building and maintenance; and take stock of the student experience with collections.<\/p>\n<p>Harriette Hemmasi, the Joukowsky Family University Librarian, writes the introduction and emphasizes the Library&#8217;s commitment &#8220;to remaining, foremost, an intellectual center shaped by the needs of Brown students and faculty who rely on its collections, services, and spaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can read the newsletter in PDF form here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2014\/05\/FocusOnCollections_spreads_web.pdf\">Focus on Collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brown University Library has recently published its Spring\/Summer 2014 edition of the Newsletter of the Brown University Library: Focus on Collections. The publication considers the past, present, and future of library collections. With contributions from several Brown University librarians, faculty members, and students, the articles in the newsletter discuss the importance of the physical <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/focusoncollections\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Focus on Collections | Spring\/Summer 2014 Newsletter of the Brown University Library<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}