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Exhibit | WWII Japanese Incarceration Swing Bands
WWII Japanese Incarceration Swing Bands, a new exhibit in Orwig Music Library curated by Ethnomusicology PhD student Julian Saporiti, shines a light on the 75th Anniversary of the Japanese American...
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Scenes from Cuba’s War of Independence, 1895–1898
Chocolates E. Juncosa Advertising Cards Scenes from Cuba’s War of Independence,1895–1898. These advertising cards for the firm Chocolate E. Juncosa, in Barcelona, depict scenes from Cuba’s War of...
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Event | Li Wang: A Trip to Cultural China 2017
Mt. Wutai, Buddhist sacred mountain On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, East Asian Curator Li Wang, Ph.D., will give a talk, “A Trip to...
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Event | Stars in his pocket… : A Conversation with Samuel R. Delany & Kara...
On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, join us for “Stars in his pocket… : A Conversation with Samuel R. Delany and Kara Keeling.” The event will...
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Rockefeller Library Space Closures | CNI-ARL Digital Scholarship Planning...
From Wednesday, November 8 through Friday, November 10, 2017, the Brown University Library will host the CNI-ARL Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop at the Rockefeller Library. During this time, some...
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Event | Combinatory Poetics in Electronic Literature and Cinema with Scott...
On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Scott Rettberg will give a talk entitled, “Combinatory Poetics in Electronic Literature and Cinema.”...
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Event | Snapchat and the SnapMap: Collective, Ephemeral Stories about Public...
On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Jill Rettberg will give a talk entitled, “Snapchat and the SnapMap: Collective, Ephemeral Stories...
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Dancy Box by Caitlín R. Kiernan & Kathryn A. Pollnac
The Brown University Library recently acquired the papers of award-winning science fiction and dark fantasy writer Caitlin R. Kiernan. “In April 2011, I wrote a story featuring my recurring character...
View ArticleLibrary Web Server Migration
The Library migrated its web server on Monday, 20 November 2017. We hope you didn’t notice, but if you find anything broken on our website, or anything that just isn’t working the way you expect it...
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San Francisco General Hospital Pillowcase
From the Scott O’Hara Papers: SFGH Pillowcase Scott O’Hara (1961–1998) was a sex radical, porn star, writer and publisher. Between 1983 and 1993, he performed in over twenty gay and bisexual adult...
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Event | Caitlín R. Kiernan: My Method, the Absence Thereof, and What Happens...
Owl Doll by Kathryn A. Pollnac On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, author Caitlín R. Kiernan will discuss, “My Method, the Absence Thereof, and What...
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Announcement | Winter Break Library Hours
All campus libraries will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2017. The Rockefeller Library will be open as a study space 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26th through Friday, December...
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Updates from Around the Library | November 2017
If you have a moment in the midst of the semester’s end and the approach of finals, take a look at what has been happening around the Library. The Library hosts fascinating and engaging speakers...
View ArticleUpdates to Web of Science Interface Coming December 10
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View ArticleUPDATE: EMBASE IS BACK!! 12/9/2017 Embase is Unavailable December 8, 2017
Embase is currently unavailable. The problem has been reported to Elsevier and we are working with them to fix the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.
View ArticleSuspension of CHANT Database
Due to the maintenance of the CHANT Database, the Database will be suspended from 6:00pm HKT 22 December to 9:00am HKT 27 December, 2017. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Works from Modern Architecture
Works from Modern Architecture: A Course with Dietrich Neumann On view, architectual models created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Modern, Architecture,” which surveys...
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Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the N.Y. Herald, 1851
Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the New York Herald: On the Opening of the Year 1851 Carriers’ Addresses were published by newspapers and local newsboys delivered these greetings in...
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Announcement | Library Early Closure on Thursday, January 11
The following Brown University Libraries will close at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2018 to allow Library staff to attend the annual winter celebration: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library John Hay...
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Event | Tom Scheinfeldt: Radical Collaboration and Emergent Knowledge at...
Tom Scheinfeldt, associate professor of digital media at the University of Connecticut (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) On Monday, February 5, 2018 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the...
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