What do you call 30-odd boxes of books and 25 boxes of manuscripts, letters, newspaper reviews, notebooks, and assorted papers? Well, if those boxes contain essential primary sources for the […]
The Author’s Guild vs. Google
Last month, Google won its latest legal battle in its now eight-year-long argument with authors about scanning books, Authors Guild Inc et al v. Google Inc. The judge decided that […]
French Pamphlet Project
The following was written by Jena Whitaker, a 3rd year graduate student in the French section of the German and Romance Languages department. Jena was hired to inventory JHU’s holdings […]
The Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest is Open!
The Betty and Edgar Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest recognizes the love of books and the delight in shaping a thoughtful and focused book collection. All undergraduate and graduate students […]
Bibliography: it’s not for the faint of heart. Part One
When you hear the word “bibliography,” what comes to mind? A dreaded assignment in an English class? The very last, incredibly annoying and frustrating thing you have to do before […]
What Are You Reading (Part 2)
We continue our posts on what people at JHU are reading; here are three more reading lists for your enjoyment. Ben Schafer, Swirnow Family Scholar Professor and Chair, Department of […]
“A Plague of Sheep” — The Wonders of Browsing
Do you need another way to open your mind? Wander around the library and look at the titles of the books. Browsing is a marvelous thing. Try it — just […]
E-books for YOU
October has turned out to be “E-book Month” here at the library. We have 1 million e-books (truly!), and you can read all of them. How? Come to these events and […]
Drawing and Believing: Questions of Draftsmanship in 19th c. Psychic Science
by Alicia Puglionesi, Ph.D Candidate in the History of Medicine It was important to draw well in nineteenth-century America, at least if you hoped to appear cultured and refined. Drawing […]
Stranded on a Desert Island
Missing the beach already? Here’s a quick cure: imagine you can never, ever get off it. If you need help envisioning this grim scenario, the library can help! Given the […]