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Construction Begins on Addition to Library Collections Annex
This summer, ground was broken on a new addition to the Library Collections Annex, the University Library’s off-site materials storage facility, located approximately four miles from College Hill....
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Summer Renovation of the Rock’s Central Reading Room
The central reading room on the first floor of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library at Brown is being renovated this summer, thanks to a generous gift from Joan Sorensen ’72, P ’06 and Paul Sorensen...
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Summer Activity in the Library
Some might view the summer as a slow time on a college campus, but the Brown University Library remains committed to supporting users. Many groups find themselves using the Library over the summer...
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Updates From Around the Library (August 2014)
As summer transitions into fall and the Library prepares for the upcoming semester, here are a few recent highlights from various Library blogs: The Hall-Hoag Collection Blog has been busy this summer...
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International Literacy Day
The University Library invites the Brown community to recognize and celebrate International Literacy Day. For over 40 years, UNESCO has celebrated International Literacy Day. The focus this year is on...
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Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History Lecture & Exhibit in the DSL
Artist Ian Alan Paul On September 11 at 3 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab in the Rockefeller Library, artist Ian Alan Paul, a founder of the Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History,...
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Exhibit lecture | Behind the Scenes of Elements of Tradition and Change with...
Join Rachel Shipps AM’14 and Abigail Ettelman AM’14, both graduates of the Public Humanities program at Brown, for a behind the scenes tour of the exhibit “Elements of Tradition and Change: Brown...
View ArticleRock Reading Room Construction Impacts, 9/21 – 9/25
Due to construction to renovate the Reading Room on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library, there will be no access to the Finn glass study rooms and window study carrels along College Street from...
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John Hay Night at the Hay Library with Authors John Taliaferro and Joshua Zeitz
Ever wondered who John Hay was? On Wednesday, October 1 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, you will have the chance to learn more about Brown’s most illustrious alumnus, a poet...
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George R.R. Martin and Tom Doherty to Receive Library’s Harris Collection...
Join the Brown University Library and Friends of the Library for an evening with distinguished author George R. R. Martin and renowned publisher Tom Doherty. A brief awards ceremony will kick off the...
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Lecture | Gestural Indebtedness: Social Obligation and Circulations of Dance...
Join the Brown University Library and the Department of Music on Wednesday, October 22 at 6 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab for a lecture by Harmony Bench entitled, “Gestural Indebtedness: Social...
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Family Weekend Forum | The Evolving Roles of Libraries in Teaching, Learning,...
Come and join us for a discussion about the ways in which the roles and relationships of academic libraries are changing to meet the University’s academic mission in the 21st century. “The Evolving...
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On C-SPAN 3: Images of the Great War: The European Offensives 1914-1916...
On the Road to Sedan, Frank Elim, November 1915, watercolor on paper Tune in to C-SPAN 3 this Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 6 p.m. to view a 30 minute program about the Images of the Great War exhibit at...
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Exhibit | John Cullen Murphy: An Artist in the Pacific War, 1943-1945
Returning soldier 1945, Tokyo, John Cullen Murphy, original conté crayon and wash bust portrait sketch John Cullen Murphy was born in Chicago in 1919 and later moved to New Rochelle, New York with his...
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S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship for Research Relating to H. P. Lovecraft
The John Hay Library at Brown University, home to the largest collection of H. P. Lovecraft materials in the world, is pleased to offer an annual fellowship for research relating to H. P. Lovecraft,...
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Educating the Open Generation | Panel on Open Data and Data Sharing at the DSL
“Knowledge is open if anyone is free to access, use, modify, and share it — subject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and openness.” –The Open Knowledge Foundation In recognition of...
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Open Access Week Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the Brown Library
As part of its investigation into the issue of open access during Open Access Week, the Brown University Library is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller...
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If you are receiving a password error when trying to access Google Email, please visit myaccount.brown.edu and select Change Google Password. Should you still have any issues, please report them to the...
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National Friends of the Library Week | October 19 – 25
Friends of the Brown University Library Meeting, c. 1940 On Wednesday, March 23, 1938 at 8 p.m., the Friends of the Brown University Library held their first meeting at the home of Mr. Henry D....
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Lecture|Groovy Choreographies: Gimmicks, Glitches, and Aesthetic Alibis with...
Join the Brown University Library and the Department of Music for an exciting lecture in Music’s Fall Colloquium Series. On November 19 at 6 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) at the...
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