Gorham Database Design Project
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

The Brown University Library has been awarded an IMLS National Leadership planning grant for the purpose of collaborating with the RISD Library and the RISD Museum in the development of a new database architecture that will allow users to explore the complete extent of the design process used by the Gorham Manufacturing Company to create its hand-crafted consumer silver products. See project website

Expansion of COinS Technology to Non-structured Bibliographic Data
Andrew W. Mellon Scholarly Communications Program

The Brown University Library has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop a web-based citation parsing service which will improve access to campus scholarship. The award will be used to improve functionality for the Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown, a service offered through the Office of the Vice President for Research, by providing OpenURL links to the scholarly content of over 40,000 citations in the directory. See press release || Information about COinS

Revitalization of the John Hay Reading Room
Champlin Foundations Grant

The Brown University Library has received a grant of $250,000 from the Champlin Foundations to help with ongoing improvements to the John Hay Library and to enhance the George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection. A grant of $200,000 will be used to purchase new display cases that will be prominently featured in proposed renovations to the Hay’s Reading Room. The new cases will significantly increase the Library’s exhibit capacity. Cases will be customized to fit the dimensions of the Reading Room and will be made of oak, in keeping with the building’s elegant décor. In addition, the Library received $50,000 to support and improve the Champlin Stamp Collection. See press release

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online (RIAMCO)
National Endowment for the Humanities

The Brown University Library has received a grant of $228,454 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create a statewide database, entitled the Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online (RIAMCO). Through the application of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids, RIAMCO will collocate more than 300 dispersed but overlapping collections about the history of Rhode Island drawn from local public and university libraries across the state, fashioning a union web resource hosted and supported by Brown University. The material documented in RIAMCO represents the history of Rhode Island from the colonial period to the present day and provides valuable insight into a range of topics including business, the Civil War, slavery, literature, church history, politics, diplomatic history, art and architecture, military history, labor, health and medicine, state and local government, higher education, and Native Americans. The RIAMCO project has been designated by NEH as a “We the People Project” for “promoting knowledge and understanding of American history and culture.”