“Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero This quotation is often mistranslated as “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” […]
Food for Thought
What is a National Bibliography and Why Would I Care?
Have you ever wondered how libraries and researchers keep track of all the published materials that come from a particular country? Every year countless publications, books, journals, maps, music scores, […]
MSE Renovation Marks a Year of Milestones
A year into the construction phase of the Milton S. Eisenhower renovation project, here are four major milestones to celebrate.
NIH Public Access Mandate: Live July 1, 2025
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy takes effect on July 1, 2025. This policy mandates that anyone who has received a grant from the NIH must deposit […]
A Summer School Like No Other: Michelle Fitzgerald Heads to England with the Attingham Trust
Starting June 28, Michelle Fitzgerald, Curator of Collections for the Johns Hopkins University Museums, will embark on a 16-day journey through the stately homes and storied landscapes of the English countryside as a member of the 72nd Attingham Summer School.
New Funding Database Pivot – RP
Johns Hopkins faculty and students now have access to Pivot – RP, a global, expert-curated funding database designed to support scientific and academic research. This platform not only highlights funding […]
LGBTQ+ Data and Collections
In honor of Pride Month, we want to highlight LGBTQ+ data and collections at JHU and beyond. These datasets give us a lens through which we can observe and interpret […]
LGBTQ+ Resources On and Off Campus
This June, we at the libraries encourage you to celebrate your identity, your community, and your people! In honor of Pride Month, here is a list of projects, resources, materials […]
Yizkor Books: Traveling Homelands and Portable Memorials
Please enjoy this blog post by Sophia Shoulson, PhD candidate in Jewish Languages and Literatures in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, who spent the 2024-2025 year in Technical […]
Freddie Gray, 10 Years On
It has been just over ten years since Baltimore local, Freddie Gray, died after sustaining spinal injuries while in police custody. This death, ruled a homicide by medical examiners, resulted […]