I was out at Fort McHenry, recently. (My sister was visiting and wanted to see it.) If you haven’t been to the fort yet, you really should go! They’re doing […]
Real Cake for Virtual Books!
Hurrah! Catalyst now has more than one million ebooks!!! To celebrate all those virtual books, we’re serving real cake. Please join us! Q level of MSEL 2:00 pm Thursday, August […]
Crossing Charles Street
Boy, it seems to be getting harder and harder to cross or walk along Charles Street. A trip to Subway, Chipotle, or the School of Education takes some planning. Don’t […]
Attention Authors! Use ORCID!
I’ve posted before about ORCID. This service will help to identify academic authors uniquely by assigning a persistent digital identifier to each registered author. The semester is over, so you […]
A Digital Bookshelf for Your Journals
Thanks to the folks at Welch Medical Library, everyone at JHU now has access to a cool iPad app called Browzine. Download it, choose Johns Hopkins from a list of […]
RefWorks Workshops – Transform Your References
Sheridan Library is offering two RefWorks workshops this spring: Monday, March 11, 4:30 – 5:30 pm Tuesday, March 12, 4:30 – 5:30 pm RefWorks offers you a place to store […]
A Busy February for Open Access
On 2/22/13, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum with the subject: Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research. This memorandum from the […]
JH Libraries Open Access Promotion Fund
Way back in October, 2012, during Open Access Week, the Scholarly Communications Group announced an initiative to help JHU authors publish their articles in Open Access journals. Now we need […]
It’s Winnie the Pooh Day!
It’s time to celebrate all things Pooh Bear! Whether you’re a fan of the original Winnie the Pooh books, the Disney movies, Pooh music, or even the philosophy book, today […]
2012: An Abundance of New Bloggers
2012 was a great year for Sheridan Libraries, primarily because the Brody Learning Commons opened. BroLoCo has given students more room to study, collaborate, and visualize. A less noticeable change […]