This blog post was contributed by VRC Staff Kali Gilbreath (School of Education) Welcome back Blue Jays! As we begin the Fall 2024 semester, the Visual Resources Collection is up […]
Access Images in JSTOR This Fall Semester
Madeleine Schmitz: Translating Lou Andreas-Salomé’s Ma. Ein Porträt
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award (DURA) recipient Madeleine Schmitz translated Ma. Ein Porträt, one of the rare first editions of Lou Andreas-Salomé’s works housed by Special Collections. Schmitz created an online […]
Preserved in Print: Black Cultural Icons & Legacies
Preserved in Print, the current exhibition at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, examines eminent figures of African descent–political leaders, journalists, poets, actors, scientists, and thinkers–as they were represented through printed […]
Welcome to Artstor’s Last Semester…Try JSTOR Now!
The VRC welcomes you to the Spring semester with a few updates about Artstor’s final transition to JSTOR. The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024. You are […]
A Year of Growth at the JHU Museums
As 2023 draws to a close, Lori Beth Finkelstein, Director of the JHU Museums, took a moment to reflect on all the activities and accomplishments at Evergreen and Homewood over the past year.
JHU Museums Year in Review: Homewood’s Orchard Yields Delicious Results
We’re now deep into baking season, and while 2023’s apple harvest was a mixed bag nationally, Homewood Museum’s orchard of mostly apple (and a few pear) trees over-performed. As the […]
JHU Museums Year in Review: Interns
It is often said that the Johns Hopkins University Museums are laboratories of learning. Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library certainly lived up to that reputation in 2023, hosting […]
OA Week: JH Libraries Supports Book Authors Too!
Sometimes, when we talk about Open Access (OA), it can feel like we focus way too much on STEM fields. However, humanities and social sciences want to publish OA too! […]
OA Week: Digital Humanities’ Ethos of Sharing
Please enjoy this blog post written by Emily McGinn. Open Access is at the heart of the Digital Humanities (DH). Freely available and unfettered data is key to being able […]
Open Access Week 2023
On October 23 – 29, 2023, Johns Hopkins Libraries will celebrate International Open Access Week with libraries and researchers across the world. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization,” emphasizing […]