The ballroom scene is a nearly century-old performance-based culture composed primarily of queer, lesbian, trans, and gender non-conforming artists of color. Recently popularized by the television show Pose, ballroom consists […]
As we continue to welcome this year’s new crop of Service Desk workers, we want to recognize the achievements of our wonderful and hard working staff! Briana Zhang, Eisenhower Library […]
Sheridan Libraries and Hopkins Dining partner to bring dining dollars to the library’s coffeehouse. A new partnership between the Sheridan Libraries and Hopkins Dining allows students to use their dining […]
In earlier posts, I talked about reprocessing the Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers and how that work led me to Fannie Manning Gildersleeve Tonsler, a Black woman from Charlottesville, Virginia, who […]
Throughout the summer and fall of 2022, carpenters, masons, and painters worked to restore the interior of Homewood Museum’s historic privy. Built between 1801 and 1804, when construction on the […]
We are excited to share that the New York Times is now offering even more great material to Johns Hopkins students and scholars. In addition to the top-notch journalism currently […]
Maryland recently approved cannabis legalization for recreational use starting July 1, making it the 21st state to do so. The impact of this legalization on our neighbors and our communities […]
In part one of this blog series, I discussed why processing archivists sometimes reprocess collections. In part two I’ll talk more specifically about reprocessing the Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers and […]
Processing archivists arrange and describe unpublished materials so that researchers can use them effectively and efficiently within Special Collections and Archives at universities, museums, historical societies, and other institutions. Because […]
What is it? Starting on January 25, 2023, NIH’s Data Management and Sharing Policy went into effect. Researchers who submit an application to NIH for research that results in the […]