[This blog post was contributed by VRC Staff Emily McDonald (Writing Seminars)] As the end of the semester approaches, students are turning to Artstor, a database that houses more than 2.5 million images, plus the 183,000 local images in the JHU Visual Resources Collection. Artstor functions not only as an archive of collections of images […]
So you want to use textual digital surrogates in your teaching. Where can you find what is most relevant to your topics and pedagogical aims? How can you identify the most accurate and informative images, if there are several options? Alas, there is no one-stop shopping for this or any kind of textual material… digital […]
In the humanities, we place human creation at the center of inquiry. Our work, in its essence, is a dialogue with things people have made and, through them, with particular human creators—their histories and aesthetics, beliefs and philosophies, practices and communities. While the artifacts through which we learn vary by discipline, what humanists have in […]
Time still flies, even when you are under quarantine. We are now about to embark on our 5th #JHUMakesToys Challenge! Last week, we attempted to avoid the intrusion of creepy dolls in our lives by constructing a sailing ship. It worked! We now just have to deal with the judging eyes of snarky flamingos. Wait. […]
[This blog post was contributed by VRC Staff Alana Barry (International Studies/East Asian Studies, ’22)] Though large parts of our lives have been put on hold, there are still exciting new developments to be found on Artstor. As part of their initiative to increase the number of open collections, Artstor recently announced a new collaboration […]
[Today’s post is brought to us by guest bloggers, Edwina Picon and Clare Lochary, two of the people involved in the Sheridan Libraries student wellness initiatives. To reach them, please e-mail wellness@jhu.edu]. Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic affected operations at Johns Hopkins, the Sheridan Libraries inaugurated a Wellness Station in the Brody Learning Commons (BLC) […]
Alas, last week’s fantasy that we could actually build a toy car and escape the tyranny of creepy dolls proved to be a dud. While our matchbox racing card is quite snappy, it turns out that creepy dolls are skilled roadside mechanics. It is probably because the dolls have acorns for heads, and the racing […]
It’s a most wonderful time of the year for those of us in Library World. Each year, April 19th-25th is set aside as National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions that libraries and library workers make to our civil society. Whether providing education and information to anyone who needs it, assisting the research […]
Andrea Copland, Outreach & Instruction Librarian, Friedheim Library and Robin Sinn, Coordinator, Office of Scholarly Communication, coauthored this post. Google Scholar covers a large proportion of scholarly literature including: academic journals, books, institutional repositories, preprints, case law, patents, and dissertations. It indexes most of the academic journal publishers, so It’s a popular place to search for articles that support your research, learning, and teaching. Because Google […]
Last week, our #JHUMAKESTOYS challenge threatened to open the gates to the nearest hellmouth by potentially unleashing an army of handmade dolls ready to the haunt the homes of unsuspecting Blue Jays. Fortunately, this humble toy-maker can attest that the crisis was averted. The doll I created was just one sandwich away from reviving the […]