OK, so most of you bloggers are far too young to remember when Barry Levinson’s groundbreaking film Diner first graced the silver screen – but, if you’re any kind of […]
Study Break in Mount Vernon! Woo Hoo!
On the illustrious eve of the last day of classes, give yourself a break and partake in some holiday cheer downtown in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. Thursday, December 1, marks this […]
Dancing at the Peabody (no wedding required)
Usually when people are found dancing inside the George Peabody Library, there’s a wedding going on. OK, that’s not entirely true. We do also occasionally find a researcher (or staff […]
Get Thee to the Baltimore Writers’ Conference
A copyright lawyer, a magazine editor, an independent publisher and a mystery writer walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, “Is this some kind of a joke?” “No,” […]
Poets of the Great War
Veterans Day, as you may know, used to be called Armistice Day; November 11 was officially designated such by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 to honor the cessation of hostilities […]
National Native American Heritage Month
November is the National Native American Heritage Month during which we commemorate the cultural legacy and remember the contributions of Native Americans to our country. Throughout this month, various events […]
Open Access Quiz Winners!
Last week we ran a quiz about Open Access Week. We had blog posts about authors’ rights, philosophy resources, and Open Data. Here are the winners of our prizes! Chris […]
Unleash Your Inner Author
If you need a reason to start and finish that great unwritten novel, look no further: National Novel Writing Month is almost upon us. Between November 1 and 11:59:59 on […]
Open Access Week: Opening Doors with Open Data
The idea of sharing research data – both scientific and social science – has been around for quite some time (for replication studies and new science), but the Open Data […]
Tales from the Trenches, Educause Edition
We’ve triumphantly returned from Educause Annual Conference after presenting our poster, Tales from the Trenches: Social Media Use at the Sheridan Libraries, to a whole range of folks from higher […]