Cupid’s Favorite Pulp Fiction: Love Story Magazine

Dawk with Books

As anyone who is part of the cult of Captain Stubing knows, love is most certainly life’s sweetest reward. What better way to pay homage to such sentiment on Valentine’s […]


Take Advantage of the Library’s Open Access Arrangements

Books

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Libraries has several open access agreements with publishers to make it easier for our researchers and authors to publish more openly without fees. Learn more about the different kinds of arrangements below by signing up for the Scholarly Communication series offered […]


Celebrating Public Domain Day 2022

Man and woman reading

On January 1, 2022, books, poems, music, and films published in 1926 in the US entered the Public Domain. Why does that matter to you or anyone else? For one thing, it […]


Sheet Music Deep Dive: Aviation

As an early form of social media, sheet music covers and lyrics trumpeted the latest and most exciting inventions and movements. It’s therefore no surprise that the creation and development […]


Sheet Music Deep Dive: Bicycles

The Levy Collection contains hundreds of songs that celebrate modes of transportation, ranging from boats, buses, and airplanes to hot air balloons. Not surprisingly, there are over 100 songs dedicated […]


Sheet Music Deep Dive: Veterans Day

Over There Cover

The Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection contains hundreds of songs honoring our veterans, ranging from the American Revolutionary War to World War II. More broadly, music has always played a […]


Sheet Music Deep Dive: Carner Collection

Loveless Love

This week’s deep dive will explore one of our lesser-known sheet music collections: the Sam Carner Collection. While the Levy Sheet Music Collection is our largest and most consulted, we […]