I’m willing to bet that very few reading this have ever heard of Robert Layfield. There are no buildings named for him and no monument to his accomplishments. He wasn’t […]
Drawing and Believing: Questions of Draftsmanship in 19th c. Psychic Science
by Alicia Puglionesi, Ph.D Candidate in the History of Medicine It was important to draw well in nineteenth-century America, at least if you hoped to appear cultured and refined. Drawing […]
The Homeland Wolf
Part of a monthly series of posts highlighting uncovered items of note, and the archival process brought to bear on these items, as we preserve, arrange, and describe the Roland […]
Baltimore Book Festival (AKA When Bibliophiles Go Wild at the Peabody Library)!
The reintroduction of pumpkin spice lattes? Please. Everyone knows that the true start of fall is the Baltimore Book Festival, and it is happening September 27-29th in lovely Mount Vernon […]
GIS Workshops: Geography is Cooler than You Think It Is
For many of us, our last brush with geography was in middle school when we were asked to color in maps of various regions that we were studying, and we […]
Stranded on a Desert Island
Missing the beach already? Here’s a quick cure: imagine you can never, ever get off it. If you need help envisioning this grim scenario, the library can help! Given the […]
Green Reprieve
Happy Fall Semester! The lazy days of summer are over, and we’re careening forward into the exciting pace of autumn. As the days fill with school, work, socializing, and pumpkin-flavored […]
Improve Your Skills at the Library
A lot of skills are involved in a successful academic career. Active listening, note-taking, and studying…all of these will help you pass exams and write terms papers. Library skills will […]
Why Are There Orange Signs on C Level?
I was looking for an organic chemistry book on C Level and saw lots of orange signs hanging up. What’s going on? You mean the signs in the Science Reference […]
Baltimore Development Plans
Every large city, in looking to make decisions regarding building, zoning, transportation, park facilities, and economic renewal areas, spends a lot of time and money in developing plans for the […]