The International Association of STM Publishers released their Tech Trends 2015 list as a set of infographics. It’s always an interesting list to librarians because we spend our time working […]
Research Remix: They Came From Ocular Space!
What if artists and researchers got together to talk, and then the artists created art based on the science and engineering and medicine that they heard about from the researchers? […]
What’s New on C Level?
Your favorite bricks-and-mortar location for science, engineering, and medicine — that’s C Level, of course — has made some changes. Let’s discuss. I went to the shelf where I always […]
Explore Mars, the moon, and the skies
For nearly fifty years, people have attempted to send spacecraft to Mars. During the 1950s and 60s, an increasing preoccupation with the future and technology helped transform America’s outlook, as […]
Go To Other Worlds This Weekend
JOHNCON IS HERE! Yes, this is news worth shouting. Prepare for the non-stop extravaganza that will be JohnCon 2015 (April 10-12). JohnCon is the annual convention of JHU’s Science Fiction […]
Why Can’t Some People Donate Blood? Is That Fair?
Are the guidelines used to screen potential blood donors discriminatory? This question will be the subject of the talk given at this year’s Undergraduate Conference in Public Health, the theme of […]
Print on Demand Springer Books
The JHU Libraries purchase new books from Springer, a large STEM publisher, as ebooks. We’ve been doing this for about 4 years now, so there are thousands of them in […]
Virtual Reality, Virtual Worlds
What’s going on in the world of virtual worlds? Snow Crash (1992) — Okay, follow this: Facebook recently bought Occulus VR — the Federal Trade Commission said OK — because […]
Talk: Conversations in Medicine
Conversations in medicine happen billions of times each day. Everyone within the medical community, including the patients, talks and talks and tries to reach mutual understanding. As studies show, we’re […]
Web of Science Has Changed
One tool that will tell you how many times an article has been cited, or who cited a particular article, is Web of Science. It has a new platform, so […]