Open Textbooks: Meeting Student Learning Needs on Day One

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Written by Kathleen DeLaurenti, Director, Arthur Friedheim Music Library, Peabody Institute of Music As educators, we think deeply about pedagogical approaches to help our students achieve their learning goals. In […]


Digital Humanities’ Ethos of Sharing

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Written by Emily McGinn, Digital Humanities Librarian, Sheridan Libraries & Museums Open Access is at the heart of the Digital Humanities (DH). Freely available and unfettered data is key to […]


What is Open Access?

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Written by Nancy Shin, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Welch Medical Library Open Access Week is next week. Check out the events happening across campuses and online. Open Access refers to freely […]


International Open Access Week

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The Sheridan Libraries and Museums, in collaboration with the Peabody Institute, Arthur Friedham Library and Welch Medical Library are celebrating International Open Access Week (October 21-27), which is recognized by […]


Maryland’s Monsters!

In the shadowy corners of Maryland’s history, lurking in lush forests and meandering rivers, lie tales of mysterious creatures that have captured the imagination of locals and visitors alike. Spanning […]


‘Tis the Season for Horror!

Looking for some spine-chilling reads this October? We at the libraries wanted to share a list of fantastic indie, alternative, and mainstream horror comics and graphic novels to sink your […]


Sheet Music Deep Dive: Halloween

The Ghost of the Violin

Halloween is coming! As the most haunted season of the year begins, here are a few of the spookiest, creepiest, and midnight-iest songs in the Levy Sheet Music Collection. ‘Twas […]


I Can Has Vote Plz?

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Do you know what is totally not the cat’s meow? Innocently waking up one morning to discover that a politician’s comments on the allegedly doomed lives and dangerous voting ways […]