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American Prison Writing Archive moving ‘striking stories of human resilience’ to Hopkins
Maryland The Daily Record
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From Baltimore to Buenos Aires: New Directions in Jewish Studies Collections at JHU
2022 Paula U. Hamburger Endowed Lecture by Dr. Mack Zalin and Dr. Sam Spinner
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American Prison Writing Archive moves to Johns Hopkins
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Society of Fellows in the Humanities names first cohort
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Lunch with the Libraries: Conserving the Women of the Book Collection
Video talk by Kress Conservation Fellow Laura McNulty
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Retelling Baltimore history through community narratives
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Black Beyond Data taps into the power of datasets to uncover new truths about Black history
Arts & Sciences Magazine, Spring 2022
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Elijah Cummins portrait by Christopher Batten unveiled in MSE Library
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A Horseman of a different era
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Levy Family Curator explores sheet music as cultural history
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Center for Educational Resources gets new name, expanded future
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New exhibition spans 200 years of American sheet music
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Peabody Library opens Grace Notes in American History exhibition featuring rare sheet music
Baltimore Fishbowl
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Newly Acquired John and Linda Greene Map Collection expands the boundaries of research at Johns Hopkins
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Johns Hopkins curators examine musical mystery linked to Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Post
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Sheet music signed “E.A. Poe” could change what we know about the famous poet
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Lunch with the Libraries: Romance Comic Books
Video talk by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
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A Library the Internet Can’t Get Enough Of
New York Times
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Winston Tabb, longtime Sheridan Libraries dean at Johns Hopkins, announces plans to retire
JHU Hub
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Lunch with the Libraries: A Virtual Tour of Tin Pan Alley
Virtual talk by Sam Bessen, Eleanor and Lester Levy Family Curator of Sheet Music and Popular Culture
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Lunch with the Libraries: Spanish Sueltas and the History of Publishing in Spain
Virtual talk by academic liaison librarian Dr. Mack Zalin
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Portrait of LGBTQ rights trailblazer Edith Windsor unveiled in the Brody Learning Commons
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SGA meets to discuss MSE renovations
The Johns-Hopkins Newsletter
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Town halls discuss concerns regarding MSE library renovations
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Students return to study spaces on campus amid plans for library redesign
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Lunch with the Libraries: Behind the Scenes at Evergreen Museum & Library
Virtual talk by Lori Finkelstein, Philip Franklin Wagley Director and Curator of Evergreen Museum & Library
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New open access publishing opportunities for Hopkins authors: PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and TOME
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Johns Hopkins Libraries: What’s new for spring 2021?
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Mellon Foundation awards $4 million grant to Inheritance Baltimore project
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Libraries & Museums curators Dean and Plaster on team that wins $4.4 million Mellon grant
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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)
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How one very old Census record spurred a reckoning at Johns Hopkins University
The Washington Post
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For 50 years, a Baltimore photographer trained his lens on the city. Now he’s in the spotlight
The Baltimore Sun
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Year in review: 2020
JHU Hub
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Emerging Technologies: Creating virtual library spaces
Ithaka S+R
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Lunch with the Libraries: Preservation and Access
Video talk by digitization specialist Cameron Hanley
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Contrary to century-old family lore Johns Hopkins was an enslaver
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Records prove Johns Hopkins University founder owned slaves, shattering belief he was a staunch abolitionist
The Baltimore Sun
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Johns Hopkins reveals that its founder owned slaves
The New York Times
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Newly discovered documents prompt reexamination of the history of university’s founder, Johns Hopkins
JHU Hub
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Lunch with the Libraries: The Ephemeral Renaissance
Video talk by rare books curator Earle Havens
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Hopkins OSPO featured on ‘Impactful Open Source’ podcast
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Students get hands-on research experience with a 17th-century “paper supercomputer”
Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Lunch with the Libraries: Tour of the George Peabody Library
Video talk by Peabody Library curator Paul Espinosa
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Update on library services for Thanksgiving Week
News
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Lunch with the Libraries: Cooks and their Books
Video talk by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
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DSAGA explores Baltimore’s queer history through media archives
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Lunch with the Libraries: Archival Justice
Video talk by rare books curator Gabrielle Dean
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Meet our 2020-2021 Freshman Fellows
From the blog
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Lunch with the Libraries: Conservation of Library Materials
Video talk by paper conservator Jennifer Jarvis
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Let’s Talk Open Source with Sarah Novotny
Video talk with Microsoft’s “open source wonk”
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The unsung mapmakers
JHU Hub
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Johns Hopkins libraries resume Borrow Direct
JHU Hub
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The changing cover art of Zitkála-Šá’s American Indian stories
From the blog
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JHU Data Services: Helping You Navigate Data
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A History of “Fake News” from the Flood to the Apocalypse
Hopkins at Home mini course
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Project lets viewers experience the Women’s Suffrage Movement through virtual reality
JHU Hub
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Johns Hopkins’ libraries document the coronavirus era for future generations
JHU Hub
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Resuming library research at JHU
News
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Johns Hopkins libraries resume select services June 29
JHU Hub
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Seeing Red: the story of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard
Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Mike Reese of CER honored for commitment to community-based learning
JHU Hub at Work
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Vintage Toymaking with Special Collections: Matchbox Ship
Video demo by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
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Aaron Birkland hunkers down in his Shenandoah Valley basement
JHU Hub at Home
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Library staff digitizes content to help with remote instruction
JHU Hub
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MSE Library will provide art and tech-based mental health services
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Vintage game night
Johns Hopkins Magazine
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‘See Also’ ties together the past and the present
No Proscenium
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Discover Baltimore: In the Stacks
CharmTV
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Peabody exhibit honors Baltimore neighborhoods
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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MSE offers students a “blind date with a book”
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Meet Christina Thomas, co-curator of “City People”
Video
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Johns Hopkins libraries explore impact of collections on students’ mental wellness
Association of Research Libraries
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Snapshots of Baltimore’s Past
JHU Hub
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Hopkins plans yearlong commemoration of women’s suffrage
JHU Hub
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Jim Stimpert has so many stories about Johns Hopkins
JHU Hub at Work
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Archive illustrations portray scientific progress
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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See Also: A performance inspired by the Peabody Library’s history
Maryland Humanities podcast
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An interview with John Clark Mayden for “City People” exhibition
Video by exhibition co-curator Christina Thomas
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Nobel Medal finds a home
Johns Hopkins Planning Matters
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A 19th-century book helped lay the foundation for gay rights. A Hopkins researcher just found a rare copy
Baltimore Sun
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Coffee With: Baltimore photographer John Clark Mayden
WJZ-TV 13
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Here to Help: How to use the Sheridan Libraries
JHU Hub at Work
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Libraries acquire rare copy of seminal 19th-century essay
JHU Hub
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Play, Lady, Play: Games & Toys of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Video talk by Special Collections librarian Heidi Herr
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Looking at the history of Hopkins work culture
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Rare books illuminate the lives of early modern nuns
Johns Hopkins Magazine
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‘Engaged Humanities’ lecture sheds light on Montreal Stories project
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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DURA and Hawkins Fellows study archival objects
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Stern Center lecture discusses the value of physical relics
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Professor discusses policing research in New York
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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Ballroom glitz
JHU Hub
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Black Queer Performance in Baltimore’s “Cathedral of Books”
Radical History Review
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2019 Peabody Ballroom Experience
Documentary short by JHU Film & Media Studies MA Program
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The art of faking it: The Bibliotheca Fictiva collection of literary forgery
JHU Arts & Sciences Magazine
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Eugene Sekulow: Sharing a lifelong love of books
Johns Hopkins Planning Matters
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Liz Mengel makes sure you have the books you need
JHU Hub at Work
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Hopkins professor examines Baltimore history through maps
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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The hidden histories revealed by maps
JHU Hub
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Rita Dove’s poem “The Return of Lieutenant James Reese Europe”
Video by Joanne Oh, A&S ’19 (Writing Seminars)