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December 22, 2021
Winston Tabb, longtime Sheridan Libraries dean at Johns Hopkins, announces plans to retire
February 10, 2021
New open access publishing opportunities for Hopkins authors: PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and TOME
News
January 22, 2021
Johns Hopkins Libraries: What’s new for spring 2021?
News
January 15, 2021
Mellon Foundation awards $4 million grant to Inheritance Baltimore project
JHU Hub
January 13, 2021
Libraries & Museums curators Dean and Plaster on team that wins $4.4 million Mellon grant
News
December 29, 2020
Sweets and Treats: Holiday Baking with the Suffragettes
Hopkins at Home talk and cooking demo by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr and Christin Le (A&S ’23)
December 25, 2020
How one very old Census record spurred a reckoning at Johns Hopkins University
The Washington Post
December 24, 2020
For 50 years, a Baltimore photographer trained his lens on the city. Now he’s in the spotlight
The Baltimore Sun
December 21, 2020
Year in review: 2020
JHU Hub
December 16, 2020
Emerging Technologies: Creating virtual library spaces
Ithaka S+R
December 11, 2020
Lunch with the Libraries: Preservation and Access
Video talk by digitization specialist Cameron Hanley
December 10, 2020
Contrary to century-old family lore Johns Hopkins was an enslaver
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
December 9, 2020
Records prove Johns Hopkins University founder owned slaves, shattering belief he was a staunch abolitionist
The Baltimore Sun
December 9, 2020
Johns Hopkins reveals that its founder owned slaves
The New York Times
December 9, 2020
Newly discovered documents prompt reexamination of the history of university’s founder, Johns Hopkins
JHU Hub
December 4, 2020
Lunch with the Libraries: The Ephemeral Renaissance
Video talk by rare books curator Earle Havens
November 14, 2020
Hopkins OSPO featured on ‘Impactful Open Source’ podcast
News
December 2, 2020
Students get hands-on research experience with a 17th-century “paper supercomputer”
Johns Hopkins Magazine
November 20, 2020
Lunch with the Libraries: Tour of the George Peabody Library
Video talk by Peabody Library curator Paul Espinosa
November 20, 2020
Update on library services for Thanksgiving Week
News
November 13, 2020
Lunch with the Libraries: Cooks and their Books
Video talk by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
October 30, 2020
DSAGA explores Baltimore’s queer history through media archives
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 30, 2020
Lunch with the Libraries: Archival Justice
Video talk by rare books curator Gabrielle Dean
October 20, 2020
Meet our 2020-2021 Freshman Fellows
From the blog
October 16, 2020
Lunch with the Libraries: Conservation of Library Materials
Video talk by paper conservator Jennifer Jarvis
October 7, 2020
Let’s Talk Open Source with Sarah Novotny
Video talk with Microsoft’s “open source wonk”
October 5, 2020
The unsung mapmakers
JHU Hub
September 21, 2020
Johns Hopkins libraries resume Borrow Direct
JHU Hub
September 17, 2020
The changing cover art of Zitkála-Šá’s American Indian stories
From the blog
September 17, 2020
JHU Data Services: Helping You Navigate Data
Video
July 16, 2020
A History of “Fake News” from the Flood to the Apocalypse
Hopkins at Home mini course
September 15, 2020
Project lets viewers experience the Women’s Suffrage Movement through virtual reality
JHU Hub
July 8, 2020
Johns Hopkins’ libraries document the coronavirus era for future generations
JHU Hub
June 25, 2020
Resuming library research at JHU
News
June 25, 2020
Johns Hopkins libraries resume select services June 29
JHU Hub
June 1, 2020
Seeing Red: the story of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard
Johns Hopkins Magazine
May 20, 2020
Mike Reese of CER honored for commitment to community-based learning
JHU Hub at Work
May 15, 2020
Vintage Toymaking with Special Collections: Matchbox Ship
Video demo by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
April 9, 2020
Aaron Birkland hunkers down in his Shenandoah Valley basement
JHU Hub at Home
March 31, 2020
Library staff digitizes content to help with remote instruction
JHU Hub
March 12, 2020
MSE Library will provide art and tech-based mental health services
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
March 4, 2020
Vintage game night
Johns Hopkins Magazine
March 3, 2020
‘See Also’ ties together the past and the present
No Proscenium
March 1, 2020
Discover Baltimore: In the Stacks
CharmTV
February 27, 2020
Peabody exhibit honors Baltimore neighborhoods
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
February 20, 2020
MSE offers students a “blind date with a book”
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
February 20, 2020
Meet Christina Thomas, co-curator of “City People”
Video
February 19, 2020
Johns Hopkins libraries explore impact of collections on students’ mental wellness
Association of Research Libraries
February 17, 2020
Snapshots of Baltimore’s Past
JHU Hub
February 5, 2020
Hopkins plans yearlong commemoration of women’s suffrage
JHU Hub
February 2, 2020
Jim Stimpert has so many stories about Johns Hopkins
JHU Hub at Work
January 30, 2020
Archive illustrations portray scientific progress
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
January 17, 2020
See Also: A performance inspired by the Peabody Library’s history
Maryland Humanities podcast
January 8, 2020
An interview with John Clark Mayden for “City People” exhibition
Video by exhibition co-curator Christina Thomas
January 6, 2020
Nobel Medal finds a home
Johns Hopkins Planning Matters
January 2, 2020
A 19th-century book helped lay the foundation for gay rights. A Hopkins researcher just found a rare copy
Baltimore Sun
January 2, 2020
Coffee With: Baltimore photographer John Clark Mayden
WJZ-TV 13
January 2, 2020
Here to Help: How to use the Sheridan Libraries
JHU Hub at Work
December 5, 2019
Libraries acquire rare copy of seminal 19th-century essay
JHU Hub
November 15, 2019
Play, Lady, Play: Games & Toys of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Video talk by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
November 7, 2019
Looking at the history of Hopkins work culture
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
November 4, 2019
Rare books illuminate the lives of early modern nuns
Johns Hopkins Magazine
October 24, 2019
‘Engaged Humanities’ lecture sheds light on Montreal Stories project
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 24, 2019
DURA and Hawkins Fellows study archival objects
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 24, 2019
Stern Center lecture discusses the value of physical relics
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 17, 2019
Professor discusses policing research in New York
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 14, 2019
Ballroom glitz
JHU Hub
October 1, 2019
Black Queer Performance in Baltimore’s “Cathedral of Books”
Radical History Review
September 28, 2019
2019 Peabody Ballroom Experience
Documentary short by JHU Film & Media Studies MA Program
September 15, 2019
The art of faking it: The Bibliotheca Fictiva collection of literary forgery
JHU Arts & Sciences Magazine
July 1, 2019
Eugene Sekulow: Sharing a lifelong love of books
Johns Hopkins Planning Matters
April 9, 2019
Liz Mengel makes sure you have the books you need
JHU Hub at Work
March 14, 2019
Hopkins professor examines Baltimore history through maps
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
February 27, 2019
The hidden histories revealed by maps
JHU Hub
February 18, 2019
Rita Dove’s poem “The Return of Lieutenant James Reese Europe”
Video by Joanne Oh, A&S ’19 (Writing Seminars)
January 4, 2019
Reading between 16th-century lines
Johns Hopkins Planning Matters
December 1, 2018
Erasmus unredacted
Johns Hopkins Magazine
December 1, 2018
Seeing Robert Wilson Plain
Johns Hopkins Magazine
November 2, 2018
Peabody Library stars in Ravens 2018 week 8 trailer v. Pittsburgh Steelers
November 1, 2018
Peabody exhibit showcases Frankenstein’s impact
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 31, 2018
Loan of Willem de Kooning sculpture to Johns Hopkins renewed
JHU Hub
October 25, 2018
New York Times author visits Peabody Library
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 25, 2018
JHU’s Open Access Week kicks off with panel discussion
JHU Hub at Work
October 25, 2018
Maps from Hopkins alum on display at Peabody
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
October 9, 2018
Baltimore maps that will get you lost in time
The Baltimore Sun
October 4, 2018
Research for the masses
JHU Hub at Work
September 13, 2018
Exhibition highlights political and social unrest of the 1960s
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
September 4, 2018
A Bibliomaniac’s Dream: The Peabody Library
WYPR 88.1 FM
August 30, 2018
Our best tips for navigating Brody and MSE
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
June 13, 2018
Alessandro Scola preserves, protects, and presents the Sheridan Libraries’ literary treasures
JHU Hub at Work
June 11, 2018
Research teams receive Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards
JHU Hub
June 1, 2018
Letters to the Editor: Nothing but the truth
Johns Hopkins Magazine
April 26, 2018
Historic Johns Hopkins University photos now available online
JHU Hub
April 26, 2018
Hopkins plan renovations for the MSE Library
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
April 16, 2018
Experimentation in the open access monograph market: Black press in America, a new aggregation
ACRL Choice
April 9, 2018
Literature-inspired creations take the cake
JHU Hub
April 4, 2018
The Renaissance roots of social media
Hyperallergic
March 30, 2018
On the Record: Devour a book at the Edible Book Festival
WYPR 88.1. FM
March 8, 2018
Endangered data week calls for open data access
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
March 7, 2018
Students curate exhibit of century-old selfies
JHU Hub