Category Archives: Hopkins
Keep an Eye on Your Stuff!
I know you love MSEL and the BLC. I know you think of these places as part of your living space and spend oodles of time here. But I (and librarians across the nation) urge you to keep track of … Continue reading
Let there be light!
Daylight hours are shrinking once again, but if you venture outside after dark you may be pleasantly surprised by the many seasonal light displays that will help dispel the winter blues. The Winter Solstice, which occurs on December 21 this … Continue reading
Beyond the Bookplate: Small-timore, 19th-Century Style
It is 1850, and an unidentified chronicler sits amidst the Greek Revival architecture of the Mondawmin Estate, awaiting the start of the third auction to empty the 10-year-old mansion of its contents. The multi-day auction had been advertised in the Baltimore Sun, and … Continue reading
Jacques Barzun, 1907 – 2012
Back before Frankenstorm Sandy took over the air-waves, academia met its demise. Well, not academia as it is today–we are all still here, obviously!–but academia as it existed in the mind of Jacques Barzun, who died on October 25 at … Continue reading
Update: MSE and BLC to open at 5 pm today, October 30
With the university set to resume normal operations tomorrow, the Milton S. Eisenhower Library and Brody Learning Commons will open at 5 pm this evening. The cafe will reopen tomorrow.
If Walls Could Talk: A History of Homewood House
Homewood House is the iconic building right next door to the Eisenhower Library – its design and style influenced and in some way defined the architecture of the entire Homewood campus. It has stood for 211 years, with its solid … Continue reading
JHU Funding for Open Access
“Set the Default to Open Access” is the theme of Open Access Week 2012. To help JHU authors move to Open Access publishing, the Sheridan Libraries and the Welch Medical Library are pleased to announce the Johns Hopkins Open Access … Continue reading
Commencement Programs Live On
While Commencement may be months or years away for many of you, we want to announce a new digital asset that has just been created. Each year in late May, a 100-page paper program is printed for distribution to graduates … Continue reading
Missed the Reserves Deadline? It’s Not Too Late!
I once had a professor spend what was, in retrospect, an inordinate amount of time explaining to me his belief that the American education system is rigged to trigger depression in individuals within a year of them severing ties with … Continue reading
Creating a Community: The Roland Park Company’s Magazine
By Rob Gamble, Processing Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History Part of a monthly series of posts highlighting uncovered items of note, and the archival process brought to bear on these items, as we preserve, arrange, and … Continue reading