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The Betty and Edgar Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest recognizes the love of books and the delight in shaping a thoughtful and focused book collection. All undergraduate and graduate students […]
Travelogue: George Peabody Library
If architectural beauty and historic research collections are important to you, then you should visit the George Peabody Library. The collection was started in 1860 as part of the Peabody […]
‘Tis the Season!
The season of literary prizes is upon us. And that favorite end-of-the-year activity – Top 10 Book Lists. We should all have lots to be thankful for: good books to […]
Travelogue: Friedheim Library
The Arthur Friedheim Library is the music library of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins, and its primary purpose is to support the curriculum of the Peabody Conservatory. The Friedheim […]
Nobel Winners and JHU Scientists Support Open Access
On November 10th the Alliance for Taxpayer Access released a letter from 41 Nobel laureates to the U.S. Congress. The letter was written by the scientists in support of the […]
Have You Heard About Our Press?
The Johns Hopkins University Press is the oldest university press in the United States, founded in 1878. Within a few years, they were publishing the American Journal of Mathematics and […]
Picture This: A Research Guide for Visual Information
Do you need an illustration of an artwork for a class presentation?A diagram of a chemical compound?A photograph of an historical figure?An illustration of a shark’s anatomy?More and more people […]
Travelogue: John Work Garrett Library
While the Rare Books and Manuscripts department of MSEL has many wonderful books, there are other Hopkins libraries that also house older and rare works. The John Work Garrett Library […]
Claude Levi-Strauss dies at 100
Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the last icons of 20th century French intellectual life, died over the weekend at the age of 100. He was considered and will be remembered as the […]