Roman de la Rose Digital Library

We’re pleased to announce the Roman de la Rose Digital Library, a joint project of the Sheridan Libraries and the Bibliothèque nationale de France made possible with funding from the […]


Syncing with Dropbox

If you’re like me, you’re constantly emailing yourself files, always using flash drives to transfer papers from one computer to another, and perpetually worrying that you’re working on the most […]


Make a Video and Enter to Win $1,000

The Sparky Awards are looking for your videos on the value of sharing information and ideas. Submissions must be publicly available on the Internet — on a Web site or […]


Film Friday

It’s May. And it’s Reading Period. Who has time for movies, unless they’re for a paper or an exam? Consider this list of the 100 latest additions to the MSEL […]


Film Fridays

With February being the Academy Awards season, those little gold Oscars are still on my mind. And just by chance one of my favorite award winners from yesteryear arrived in […]


Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics

Recently, the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program released Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics, a digital collection you might be interested to use in your research or teaching. […]


Film Fridays

Warning: This promotional clip contains graphic images of surgical procedures. Did you know that nearly 11.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2005? […]


Film Fridays

It’s arrived. Killer of Sheep (1977 / DVD 3174) has garnered a *ton* of attention in the months building up to its re-release. Set in Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood in […]


2008 Student Book Collecting Contest

Have a book collection worth showing off? The Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries is sponsoring a student book collecting contest that recognizes the love of books and the […]


Browsing for Movies

The question I’m asked most often is, “How do I browse for movies owned by MSEL?”It’s a good question. MSEL’s DVDs and videos are shelved in a secure area in […]