Quoth the Raven : “Evermore!”

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, a writer forever associated with Baltimore and not only because he happened to die here. His final resting place, outside of Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, has become a pilgrimage site for many, including the famous Poe Toaster, who leaves a half-empty bottle of cognac and 3 red roses in tribute to this author of the macabre each January 19 on his birthday.

Subject of a recent New Yorker article, Poe left remnants of his literary life in Baltimore. The Enoch Pratt Free Library has the Poe Room, with letters, portraits and books of Poe. The Sheridan Libraries here at Hopkins owns a sheet music collection of music based on Poe’s works and also has papers related to the Edgar Allan Poe Society. And of course, Hopkins’ own John Astin is one of the best, and best-known, Poe imitators around.

To learn more about Edgar Allan Poe… Continue reading Quoth the Raven : “Evermore!”…

Library Lockers - New Loan Time

You asked, we listened. Short-term lockers in MSE now have a new loan time. At the request of our students, the short-term locker keys can be borrowed for 48 hours with one renewal. The overdue fees are assessed at $1/day.

New: Vanderbilt TV News Archive

We’re awfully excited to announce that the Libraries recently subscribed to a streaming video resource called the Vanderbilt TV News Archive.

The Archive has been recording TV news broadcasts since August, 1968. It includes content from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News, in addition to select special coverage.

Whether you’re researching coverage of the latest presidential election, want to view science news reporting across time, or are just plain curious, this is a resource that might just suit your needs. Watch for the video icon to indicate online video availability.

Access the Archive

Learn more about it

As always, for further assistance, contact your local JHU library.

Library to Close at 6 PM Tuesday, May 19

The Eisenhower Library will close at 6 PM on Tuesday, May 19 for an event.

The Library will reopen Wednesday, May 20 at 8 AM.

Summer Hours at MSEL

As finals conclude and our students go off to enjoy their summers, the Eisenhower Library starts its summer hours.  The library will close at midnight tonight and the building will be operating on the following hours until classes begin September 2:

Monday through Thursday, 8 am to midnight
Friday and Saturday, 8 am to 10 pm
Sunday, 1 pm to midnight

The Circulation Desk will be staffed the hours that the library is open.  Want a DVD from AV?  Check out those summer hours.

The library’s Information Desk is staffed the following hours for the duration of the summer:

Monday through Thursday, 9 am to 10 pm
Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Saturday, 11 am to 8 pm
Sunday, 1 pm to 10 pm

Want to speak to a reference librarian?  Our reference office is staffed the following hours from May 26 through September 1:

Monday through Thursday, 10 am to 6 pm
Friday, 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm (May-July)*
*The reference office is closed on weekends during the month of August.

Online Jazz Music Festival May 12-14

Alexander Street’s First Annual Online Jazz Festival
May 12 - 14, 2009
http://alexanderstreet.com/JAZZfest.htm

For the next three days, you can listen to more than 18,000 jazz recordings online, and get access to free downloads, videos, teaching tools, quizzes, contests, and prizes.

Wondering what else you can listen to through Hopkins? See more audio and recording resources.

Preparing for the MCAT, GRE, GMAT, or LSAT?

Studying this summer for standardized tests or licensing exams? Testing and Education Reference Center includes study guides and online practice tests to sharpen your approach for the MCAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and more.

When you begin, you’ll need to create a free account so the database can show your scores and progress each time you use a practice test or course. Timed practice tests include detailed answer explanations. Online versions of test study books (listed at right) give you classic review materials and example questions. Prefer things in paper form? You’re able to print a portion or entire book.

More Full Text Documents in ERIC

Over the years ERIC (the Education Resources Information Center) has collected and indexed many education documents from government agencies, conferences, and associations. Documents from the mid-1990s and forward have been digitized; earlier documents have been available in microfiche. ERIC has completed a huge project to contact the copyright holders of documents published between 1966-1992 and obtained permission to digitize many of them.
They have digitized about half of the collection, and now 192,000 more full text documents are available in ERIC. Look for the ‘Full Text from ERIC’ link under the citation.

Wireless access at MSEL

Are you having trouble accessing wireless in the Library? (And yes, we get the irony of asking that question via this medium.) If so, go here for information about the real-time usage of the MSEL’s access points—there are now 30 of them, given recent upgrades to the system.

We are aware that access continues to be an issue, and we are working with the University’s IT group to improve service. But we need your input (via the blog’s comments section, through MSEL’s wireless page, in-person at the Info Desk on M-level, or through the suggestion box on M-level) to better address the situation. Please remember to include the location, time, and general nature of the problem.

You can also get information on wired connections at the Information Desk and obtain Ethernet cables from the Circulation Desk.

Thanks for your patience, and good luck on finals!