Friends of Brown Library

04/17/2026

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04/08/2026

03/11/2026

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Brown Library is celebrating its 🎉115th🎉 anniversary this month!

💗 Throughout March, pick up a Bingo sheet to complete for a prize, or leave us a note to help us decorate our foyer with 115 (or more!) reasons why you love our library.

🎉 Then on March 17th, join us for an all-day celebration with cookies, giveaways, games, prizes, and more!

(While supplies last. Giveaway items limited to 1 per person.)

03/01/2026

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ALA's advocacy has resulted in some transformative changes for libraries over the past 150 years. one of the most powerful changes was the creation of the program, first developed 30 years ago after long-term advocacy by ALA, which provides critical broadband discounts for public libraries and schools. Read more about the 30-year history of E-Rate in Library Journal: https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/getting-libraries-online-30-years-of-e-rate-advocacy

03/01/2026

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Bibliotherapy can help librarians support both their communities and themselves. Judit H. Ward and Nicholas A. Allred share ideas, examples, and best practices for bibliotherapy-inspired initiatives that empower librarians to promote well-being. https://bit.ly/4c6JpX3

01/23/2026

We have a lot of books for sale at Washington’s Covic Center. We will still be open for $5 bag day on Sunday from 12 to 3 pm.

12/27/2025

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12/01/2025

New study pod, with a matching grant from the Friends.

10/24/2025

The staff at Hogwart’s is ready for you.

10/14/2025

04/27/2025

The Friends’ Annual meeting will be held on May 12, 2025 at 3:00 pm in the library’s upstairs meeting room. The program will be “Meet Your Library Staff”. Refreshments will be served.

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