Going on a college campus tour is a bit like watching a live-action commercial; by the end, it is not hard to feel as though you are being offered a […]
Shakespeare and Hamlet Through the Lens of Language: Final Reflection by Caroline West
House and Homewood, part II, by Faith Terry
Because I believe the issue of student apathy has been part of our history since the university’s founding, I didn’t think my final project would be complete without discussing the […]
House and Homewood, part I, by Faith Terry
After beginning my freshman fellowship experience last semester, I found myself with a solid foundation of knowledge regarding student housing. The information I had found during the first half of […]
JohnCon Has It All
Paintball, magic, tournaments, laser tag, comedy — where can you get all of this at the same event? That would be JohnCon (April 14-16)! JohnCon is the annual convention of […]
Hamlet, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, and the Eastern Bloc
Caroline West is an international studies major from Chattanooga, TN. She considers the Special Collections to be the perfect place to engage her various passions, which include history, politics, art, Shakespeare, […]
China Data and GIS Workshop
Are you interested in learning about spatial data and spatial analysis? If so, you don’t want to miss this upcoming workshop on China and U.S. data and GIS. Dr. Shuming Bao, […]
Day in library life: searching for clinical (or non-clinical) case studies
At first blush, it seemed like a very simple, clearly written assignment for a student — go and find a case study related to your search topic…to be used in […]
Omeka for Instruction
The following post describes Omeka, a Web-based exhibition software application, and the how it was selected, installed on a local server, and is currently used at Johns Hopkins. Outside of […]
Top 100 papers as measured by Altmetric
Last March I blogged about altmetrics – how many times a journal article is mentioned in social media and news outlets. There are several companies that perform this work, but […]