This week saw a number of fun and fascinating events celebrating the spooky season at Hopkins. On October 25th Special Collections opened their doors for the Vintage Halloween Spectacular while […]
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OA Week: JH Libraries Supports Book Authors Too!
Sometimes, when we talk about Open Access (OA), it can feel like we focus way too much on STEM fields. However, humanities and social sciences want to publish OA too! […]
OA Week: Digital Humanities’ Ethos of Sharing
Please enjoy this blog post written by Emily McGinn. Open Access is at the heart of the Digital Humanities (DH). Freely available and unfettered data is key to being able […]
OA Week: OSTP Nelson Memo Update
What’s going on with the Nelson Memo? In August of 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available […]
OA Week: Five Action Items Researchers Can Take Today
Interested in getting more eyes on your publications? Avoiding paywalls for the articles you want to read? Asserting rights to read and reuse your own work? Read on for five […]
OA Week: How Data Services Can Help You With Open Data and Data Management
The JHU Libraries’ Data Services department can help researchers with all their data-sharing needs. New federal agency regulations require open sharing and proper archiving of data related to funded projects. […]
Open Access Week 2023
On October 23 – 29, 2023, Johns Hopkins Libraries will celebrate International Open Access Week with libraries and researchers across the world. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization,” emphasizing […]
Celebrate Spooky Season at Our Vintage Halloween Spectacular!
The friendly ghosts of the Brody Learning Commons have pleasantly haunted our dreams, demanding a Vintage Halloween Spectacular in Special Collections! Off to our 1940s Ouija Board we went, determining […]
This is Halloween!
With Samhain season soon upon us, specters, spirits, spooks galore! Conjure forth your syllabus to get the help you’re searching for.We call upon thee, spectral scholars, those who haunt the […]
Hopkins Students Participate in the Peabody Ballroom Experience
The ballroom scene is a nearly century-old performance-based culture composed primarily of queer, lesbian, trans, and gender non-conforming artists of color. Recently popularized by the television show Pose, ballroom consists […]