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The Gregory Corso Papers – the unpublished poetry of a Beat poet
Gregory Corso in a hotel room, circa 1983 The Gregory Corso papers, a collection of unpublished poetry, writings, photographs and original oil paintings, are now available for research at the John Hay...
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Event | Sanjay Sarma
Sanjay Sarma On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Dean of Digital Learning at MIT, will give a talk. This event is free and...
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Event | The Story of Nova Persei 1901
A “new star” appeared in the constellation Perseus in 1901 and was observed by Professor Winslow Upton at Brown’s Ladd Observatory. Eleven year-old H.P. Lovecraft also saw the cosmic sight, which...
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Carberry Day | Leap Year
The Brown University Library celebrates Josiah S. Carberry Day every February 29, occurring only in a leap year. In celebration, there will be fresh fruit and cookies available in the lobby at the...
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Event | A President Lincoln Hackathon with Parlor Monuments to the...
In honor of the 155th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration, join us in the Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio for a 3D hackathon at noon on March 4, 2016. We’ll use a 3D scanner and other...
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Event | Celebrate the New Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio with Open Studios
Join the Brown University Library for “Open Studios” on Friday, March 11, 2016, to celebrate the opening of the new Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio, located on the first floor of the John D....
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Event | Roger Schonfeld Talk on Libraries and Scholarly Practices
On Tuesday, March 8 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. in the DSL, Roger Schonfeld, director of Ithaka S+R’s Libraries and Scholarly Communication Program, will give a talk about his work with libraries and scholarly...
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Brown in the Great War
A new digital resource that highlights materials from the University Archives and Special Collections is now available: “Brown in the Great War.” The website focuses on Brown community members who...
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Event | Pizza Nights
It’s that time of year! Pizza Nights are here! Every semester the Library hosts two nights of pizza to fortify your studying. The first (Tuesday) night will be in the Sciences Library. The next night...
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2016 Library Innovation Prize | The Winning Game and More
Emma Gleeman ’15 describing her winning game, “Ruckus at the Rock” The Library is pleased to announce that Emma Gleeman ‘15 is the winner of this year’s Library Innovation Prize. This year, the Prize...
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Exhibit | Works from Contemporary Architecture: A Course with Professor...
The works displayed in this exhibit were created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Contemporary Architecture,” which surveys stylistic, technological, and theoretical...
View ArticleSpecial Collections Reading Room Closing Early June 22nd
The Special Collections Reading Room of the John Hay Library will close at 3pm on Wednesday June 22nd. Library services will resume at 10am on Thursday June 23rd.
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Dictionarium sinicum and Early Chinese Studies
Excerpt from Chinese-Latin dictionary with notes in Latin by Benjamin Bowen Carter. Dictionarium sinicum, page 608. by Man Shun Yeung and Caroline Frank Five years ago John Eng-Wong was looking for art...
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Construction Update | Wernig Graduate Student Study Center
Construction on the new Vincent J. Wernig Graduate Student Study Center is well under way on the second floor of the Rockefeller Library, with opening anticipated for October 2016. Dedicated to all...
View ArticleLuna Imaging Currently Unavailable September 1, 2016 10:52 a.m.
Luna Imaging software is currently unavailable. We expect it to be back up and running as soon as possible. Check back here to find out the status of Luna!
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Event | In the Mountains of Madness: A Reading with Author W. Scott Poole
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, W. Scott Poole will give a reading from his new book, In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary...
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Annual Wilmeth Lecture | The Psychology of Magic and the Science of...
On Monday, October 24 at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, room 001 (lower auditorium), author and magician Alex Stone will deliver the 13th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in Theatre...
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Film Screening | DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE SHARPS’ WAR | A New Film by Ken Burns...
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 8 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab in the Rockefeller Library, the Brown University Library will screen Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War, a new...
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Exhibit | A Hymn for the Brave: the Sharps and Humanitarian Work in World War II
Rev. Waitstill and Martha Dickie Sharp leading adults and children to an airplane in Czechoslovakia, 1939. An opening reception for the exhibit, A Hymn for the Brave: the Sharps and Humanitarian Work...
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JHL Conservation Bulletin | September 2016
A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with conservation. Book and paper...
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