Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Betty and Edgar Sweren Student Book Collecting contest! The annual competition, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries and was endowed […]
ProQuest E-Book Survey: Tell a Vendor What You Need!
One of our e-book vendors, ProQuest, is administering a Global Student & Researcher E-book Survey. They want to better understand e-book usage and needs among college and university students, faculty, and staff. […]
She said/he said: great quotes from books
Being a librarian, it might seem ironic that I have very little time for leisure reading. When I do find the time, I usually read on a kindle or from […]
Materials Science in Paper Conservation, History, and Literature: The Gulistan of Sa’di
Gulistan or Goléstan-e (The Rose Garden) was written in 1258 CE by a Persian poet whose pen name was Sa’di. The book is comprised of a mixture of poetry and […]
Student Book-Collecting Contest 2016: Application Extension, Feb 29th!
The Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest has extended its application deadline to Monday, February 29th! The Betty and Edgar Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest recognizes the love of books and the […]
John Barth Loves Us: A Valentine to Fiction
S: So, what are you doing on February 14? Wanna go on a date? Z: Hello? S: …with me and John Barth? Z: A double date? S: Also, Rafael Alvarez, […]
Learn from Modern Doctors
What is it like to be the Health Commissioner of a complex city like Baltimore (whose health department happens to have been the first in the United States)? Dr. Leana […]
Magical Moments for Teachers
The art of teaching keeps changing. At Hopkins, as at many other schools, our students work in labs, have flipped classrooms, use clickers and other “active learning” methods, attend lectures, […]
All sorts of endings
It’s the end of the year (or maybe the end of the world?) and since I’m writing this on a gray afternoon, my mind is focused on the end of […]
Lost and Found in the Funhouse: Open for Business
Our new exhibition of rare books and manuscript materials is open… now! Lost and Found in the Funhouse: The John Barth Collection celebrates the American writer John Barth, known for […]