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Library Closed for Memorial Day Weekend

The Brown Library has modified its hours of operation during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

  • Friday, May 24th: 8am-5pm
  • Saturday, May 25th—Monday, May 27th: Closed
  • Tuesday, May 28th: Regular hours resume

IMPORTANT NOTE: The hours for the Learning Technology Center are different and are posted here.

Remember, even when the library is closed, you can still access expert assistance, online library resources, and computers for doing class work or research. Check out these alternatives:

Computer Labs on Campus

Off-Campus Access to Research Databases and the Library Catalog

Ask a Librarian Chat Service

Local Public and College Libraries

Library Closing Early Tuesday

Brown Library will be closing at 3pm on Tuesday for a staff meeting.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The hours for the Learning Technology Center are different and are posted here.

Remember, even when the library is closed, you can still access expert assistance, online library resources, and computers for doing class work or research. Check out these alternatives:

Computer Labs on Campus

Off-Campus Access to Research Databases and the Library Catalog

Ask a Librarian Chat Service

Local Public and College Libraries

Shortened Library Hours

The library will have shortened hours until Summer semester officially begins on May 16th, 2013.

Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm

Saturday: 9am-1pm (Closed 5/11, 5/25)

Sunday: CLOSED

IMPORTANT NOTE: The hours for the Learning Technology Center are different and are posted here.

Remember, even when the library is closed, you can still access expert assistance, online library resources, and computers for doing class work or research. Check out these alternatives:

Computer Labs on Campus

Off-Campus Access to Research Databases and the Library Catalog

Ask a Librarian Chat Service

Local Public and College Libraries

Congratulations to Our Winners!

As part of National Library Week, Brown Library sponsored a Word of the Week contest. Students, faculty, and staff were invited to create their own definition for the word, “jentacular”— no Googling allowed!  We received many great definitions, many of them relating to either Jennifer Aniston or Jennifers in general. Some of them related the word to gentleman.

Congratulations to our student winner, Patrick Breslin! His definition: “When in the midst of an intense game of Jenga, and one performs a spectacular move that wobbles the tower but doesn’t fall.”

And congrats to our faculty/staff winner, James E. Smith, who defined it as “A spectacular jokester and entertainer.”

Both are the lucky winners of a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble! Thank you to everyone who entered and put their creativity to work!

But the real definition is…

Jentacular—adj. Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up. (From the Latin ientaculum.)

Breakfast meal