All work and no play makes Johns Hopkins a dull boy! And as much as we love diving deep into our academic research, you may not be surprised that our […]
Summer Reading Recs From Your Librarians! (Part 1)
Art, Archaeology, and Assessment: ARLiS NA, Mexico City, April 18-21, 2023
By some metrics, Mexico City has more museums than any other city in the world. While this oft-quoted statistic is somewhat contentious on the internet, it’s undeniable that the city’s […]
Legalized It: Cannabis and Hopkins
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 […]
Reprocessing the Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve Papers, Part II: Why Gildersleeve?
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 […]
ACRL Pittsburgh – March 15-18, 2023
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference in Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges, was a phenomenal experience in multiple ways. While the weather was cold and blustery and […]
There’s More to the Story: Celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek, April 23-29
It’s National Library Week (April 23-29), an annual celebration of the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians. This year’s theme, There’s More to the Story, has us asking: What […]
Bring Your Ideas To Life at the Makerspace
Do you have an idea you wish you could make, if only you had the tools? Lucky for you, Johns Hopkins University has a Makerspace for just that purpose. Located […]
Wishing You Happy Holidays!
This year, three of the world’s most prominent religions welcome Spring by celebrating their faiths. While Passover and Easter are always celebrated in Springtime, the alignment of these holidays with […]
Unearthing Ephemera in the Levy Collection
The Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection, a collection of over 30,000 digitized songs, is one of Special Collections’ most frequently consulted resources. While the collection has been the subject of […]
Where Are the Comics?!
Until fairly recently, the presence of comic books and graphic novels in the world of academia would be debated. However, the place of comic books and graphic novels in academia […]