As you’ve no doubt heard, The Hobbit (first published in 1937) will soon be coming to a theater near you. Not once, but three times. Each of J.R.R. Tolkien’s three […]
Update: MSE and BLC to open at 5 pm today, October 30
With the university set to resume normal operations tomorrow, the Milton S. Eisenhower Library and Brody Learning Commons will open at 5 pm this evening. The cafe will reopen tomorrow.
Update: MSE and Brody Learning Commons closed Tuesday, October 30
Please be advised that the Milton S. Eisenhower Library and Brody Learning Commons are closed Tuesday, October 30. Librarians will be monitoring the Ask a Librarian e-mail account for as […]
What is the Bibliotheca Fictiva?
From antiquity to current times, there have always been writers devising literary forgeries of all kinds, either copying an existing book from the classical period or simply creating a fake […]
Why Aren’t All Journals Available Online?
We are always getting questions about why some journals are available online and some are not. Some of the comments from a recent library survey requested that we get “…..all […]
Autumn Light
As we settle into the new semester, the oppressive heat of the summer sun has eased as we rush past the autumnal equinox, and our wobbling top of a planet […]
JHU Funding for Open Access
“Set the Default to Open Access” is the theme of Open Access Week 2012. To help JHU authors move to Open Access publishing, the Sheridan Libraries and the Welch Medical […]
Introducing Mo Yan
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was awarded to the Chinese author, Mo Yan. Mo Yan is perhaps best known to the Western audience through a successful film adaptation of […]
Loving those lockers!
When you have a very long study session and need to take a meal break, a locker can be your best friend. But not all lockers are created equal. If […]
The Clock is Ticking
Midterms are just around the corner (gasp!), and to make sure that you have enough space to spread out and study, we’ll be limiting non-JHU access to MSE Library and […]