Posted by aatticks@brown.edu on September 19, 2011
Woodcut from Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Le Proprietaire de Choses (Lyons, 1485)
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the United Nations named 2011 the International Year of Chemistry. This fall, the Brown University Library will celebrate IYC with Unveiling the Secrets: the Evolution of Modern Chemistry, an exhibition drawn from the Library’s history of science collections.
Unveiling the Secrets features a range of printed alchemical texts, as well as key works in early modern experimental chemistry and atomic chemistry.
The exhibit opens on Friday, September 30, 2011 and runs through Monday, October 31 in the Gammell Gallery at the John Hay Library.
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Posted by aatticks@brown.edu on September 16, 2011
"Ruth St. Denis giving the pupils a lesson in a dance of religious meditation," from Ruth St. Denis: Pioneer & Prophet (San Francisco: Printed for J. Howell by J.H. Nash, 1920)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - The Brown University Library and the American Dance Legacy Initiative (ADLI) are excited to present Capturing Fleeting Moments: Exploring The Bryson Dance Collection a dance exhibit on view at the John D. Rockefeller Library. The exhibition opens at 2:30pm on Saturday, October 15 with a tour by Senior Scholarly Resources Librarian Rosemary Cullen and ADLI co-founder and Senior Lecturer in the department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Julie Adams Strandberg, and a dance presentation by Brown University undergraduate dancers.
Thomas and Antonia Bryson donated the Bryson Dance Collection of over two thousand books, programs, playbills, photos and documents to the Brown University Library system in 2010. The collection forms a record of the international development of theatrical dance, primarily ballet and modern in the 20th century. Curated by ADLI, Capturing Fleeting Moments highlights two branches of early American modern dance illustrated by objects from the collection. The exhibit includes books and programs depicting the ideas and work of Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, and José Limón; as well as video footage of Brown University students performing the works of these choreographers.
Additional events featuring the Bryson Collection will occur on March 17, 2012 during the American Dance Legacy Initiative Mini-Fest at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts.
American Dance Legacy Initiative, housed at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, is dedicated to enabling individuals to celebrate, share, and participate in America’s rich dance heritage and recognize it as a cultural asset relevant to all.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world.
Contact: Amy Atticks | Amy_Atticks@brown.edu | (401) 863-6913
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Posted by Sarah E. Bordac on September 13, 2011
The Library has PC and Mac laptops to loan you. They can be checked out for 3 hours from the Rock circulation desk for use in the building. If you have your own laptop, but don’t have a charger – don’t worry! You can borrow Mac power adaptors and PC adaptors at the Rock and Friedman service desks.
Headphones and ethernet cables are available at the Rock, Friedman, and Orwig service desks.
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Posted by aatticks@brown.edu on September 12, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - Brown University Library will celebrate its 150th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library on Monday, September 26, 2011. In commemoration of this occasion, a representative of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will present the Library with a ceremonial flag that was flown above the United States Capitol building on July 29, 2011 (the official anniversary date of the Library’s depository designation). The flag presentation will precede the keynote lecture, “How Technology Is Transforming Government and Society,” by guest speaker Dr. Darrell West, Vice President and Director for Governance Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution.
The celebration will begin at 3 p.m. in the main auditorium (Room 101) at Salomon Hall on the Brown University campus. A reception (with birthday cake) will follow the talk in the lobby. This event is open to the public.
The Brown University Library was officially designated a Federal Depository Library by Senator James F. Simmons in the summer of 1861. Since then, the Library has worked closely with the U.S. Government Printing Office, federal government agencies, and other depository libraries to provide the Brown community and the public at large with direct access to government information. Brown is the oldest depository library in Rhode Island and was among the first so designated libraries in the country. On July 29, 2011, Senator Jack Reed contributed remarks in the Congressional Record honoring Brown’s 150 years as a Federal Depository Library. This event is the Tenth Alice Bobb Brendel ’67 Library Lecture funded by the Brendel Staff Development Endowment. An online exhibit on the 150th anniversary is also available.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world.
The Federal Depository Library Program was established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its government’s information. The U.S. Government Printing Office administers the program and disseminates information products from federal government agencies to over 1,200 libraries nationwide (including 10 in Rhode Island); in turn, these depository libraries provide the public with free access to the materials, both in print and online, as well as expert service in using government information..
The Brendel Endowment which supports staff development for library personnel, was established in 1998 through an endowment gift from Donald and Margaret Nuss Bobb ’51, brother and sister-in-law of Alice Bobb Brendel ‘67. Alice began work at Brown in 1982 as a Reference Librarian in the Rockefeller Library and held the position of Government Documents Coordinator at the time of her death in 1991.
Contact: Daniel P. O’Mahony | Director of Library Planning & Assessment | Brown University | 401-863-9445 | Daniel_O’Mahony@brown.edu or dpo@brown.edu
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Posted by Sarah E. Bordac on September 7, 2011
Today’s Brown Daily Herald features an article by Caroline Flanagan on the redesigned Library homepage.
“The University Library unveiled a redesigned website last Thursday, introducing a cleaner and more accessible home page. The search bar is now larger and centered at the top of the page, and there are fewer links clustered in the middle of the site.”
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Posted by aatticks@brown.edu on September 1, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – September 1, 2011 The Brown University Library and the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage are excited to announce a Digital Arts and Humanities Lecture Series for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The purpose of this new series is to engage Brown faculty and students in the digital arts and humanities by revealing the power of new digital approaches to transform traditional scholarship. By bringing some of the most prominent advocates of digital humanities to campus, we hope to inspire Brown scholars and encourage expanded programs focused on digital scholarship at Brown.
Events will kick off at 5:30pm on Monday, October 3, 2011 with the talk “Remembering Networks: Agrippa, RoSE, and Network Archaeology” by renowned digital scholar, Alan Liu in the second floor Lownes Room at the John Hay Library, followed by a reception. Liu is Chair and Professor of the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, an affiliated faculty member of UCSB’s Media Arts & Technology graduate program, and the author of The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information, and Local Transcendence: Essays on Postmodern Historicism and the Database. He founded the NEH funded Teaching with Technology project at UC Santa Barbara, Transcriptions: Literature and the Culture of Information, and the University of California multi-campus, collaborative research group, Transliteracies: Research in the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading.
The Digital Arts and Humanities Lecture Series will continue through April 2012. Visit the Library website for updates on speakers, dates and times http://library.brown.edu/.
The John Nicholas Brown Center helps connect academic communities and the broader public through history, art, and culture. We support people and organizations that explore, preserve, and interpret cultural heritage. Our programs explore the ways in which the humanities enrich everyday life.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world.
Contact: Amy Atticks | Amy_Atticks@brown.edu | (401) 863-6913
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