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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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Updates from Around the Library | February 2017
The Brown University Library is off and running in 2017. Here are a few updates: Check out all the workshops being offered by the Library: http://library.brown.edu/workshops/. The Image Collections in...
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JHL Conservation Bulletin | March 2017
JHL Conservation Bulletin A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with...
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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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Research Consultations at the Writing Center
The Library and the Writing Center are teaming up to help you jump start your research project! You can drop into the Writing Center on the 5th Floor of the SciLi on these Fridays from 12 – 3 p.m.:...
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Events | 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...
View ArticleLexisNexis Unavailable Remotely 4/26/2017
LexisNexis is currently unavailable from off-campus. On-campus, you need to remove the phrase revproxy.brown.edu from your URL after you login to be able to search effectively in LexisNexis. The...
View ArticleJournal Search Not Working for Some Journals
The Journal Search is currently not working for all journals. The problem has been reported to the vendor and will be fixed as quickly as possible. A notice will be posted when it has been repaired. We...
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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Updates from Around the Library | April 2017
It’s a busy time for the Library and, of course, Brown students. We wish you luck with your papers and finals! Here are some examples of activity happening around the Library: The Image Collections in...
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The Library Welcomes Heather Cole
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Cole as the Librarian for Literary and Popular Culture Collections at Brown University Library. Heather will have curatorial responsibility for the...
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JHL Conservation Bulletin | June 2017
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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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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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...
View ArticleOCLC WorldCat Down for Maintenance from 11 p.m. on August 5 to 8 a.m. on...
A new OCLC Community News item has been posted: “Reminder: OCLC system downtime planned 5-6 August”. ————————————————————————————- Reminder: As part of ongoing work to maintain and advance our systems,...
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Event | Coffee and Conversation with Ian Fetters, S. T. Joshi Fellow
Please join the Brown University Library on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library for coffee and conversation with S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Ian...
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John Hay Library Closed August 28 – 29
The John Hay Library will be closed on Monday August 28 and Tuesday August 29, 2017. This will allow staff to attend a two day training session. The Hay will re-open at 10 a.m. on Wednesday August...
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Victorious Secret by Angela Lorenz
Victorious Secret: The “Bikini Girls” are Winning the Pentathlon on view at the Rockefeller Library, from August 31 – November 20, 2017 Surprise! The nearly two-thousand-year-old mosaics from Villa...
View ArticleNAXOS Music Library Currently Unavailable
NAXOS Music Library has been down since Thursday, December 1. The problem has been reported to NAXOS support. Despite what the error message says, our license has not expired. In November 2016, we...
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