In recent years an increasing number of academics have turned their attention to comic books and graphic novels with a desire to better understand the cultural significance of the once […]
Comic Books Invade JHU Libraries!
Artstor is Moving to JSTOR
Artstor is moving to JSTOR—here’s what you need to know this fall: Artstor will be supported at least through the summer of 2023 with 6 months notice given in advance […]
White House Announces New Open Access Guidelines for Federally-Funded Research
On August 25, 2022, the White House issued a press release and a detailed memorandum announcing groundbreaking new guidance on public access to federally-funded research. These measures are intended to […]
The Willie Lee Rose Papers: The Public and The Personal
Historian Willie Lee Rose (1927-2018) is well known for her contributions to the study of Reconstruction in post-Civil War America, as well as her advocacy for women in the academic […]
Introducing the Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online!
Joining the many reference works and databases the Sheridan Libraries now own or license through Brill is the Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online (IEDO). For someone who has always been fascinated […]
New Data Services Lunch and Learn Series – Data Bytes
This fall, join JHU Data Services in a new talk series, Data Bytes! Data Bytes are short data-related talks, hosted by Data Services, and offered during lunch from 12 to […]
Early Modern Women, Golden Age Spanish Comedy, and Other Collection Highlights
Through the generosity of Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, the Sheridan Libraries is pleased to announce that we have digitized almost 2500 books, manuscripts and […]
The 2015 Baltimore Uprising was a Trans Turning Point
By Sophia Lola (JHU ’22) How did the 2015 Baltimore Uprising impact trans activism? This was the question I had as a student in Dr. Joseph Plaster’s “Queer Oral History” […]
Calling All First-Year Students: Apply to be a Freshman Fellow!
Special Collections is accepting applications for Freshman Fellows, a one-year fellowship exclusively available to our fabulous First-Year undergraduates! The program is designed to introduce students to the joys, challenges, and […]
JHU Libraries Supports Open Access Books Through MIT Direct to Open
JHU Libraries is excited to support MIT Press’s Direct to Open initiative, which funds the open access publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed books through the collective contributions of libraries all over […]