SIL is involved in several renovation projects–at the Cooper-Hewitt where the library is moving to new space; at NMNH where the main Natural History is also moving to new space; more »
Month: June 2008
One of the advantages of attending such a large conference is the exposure that is possible to issues and programs outside one’s normal everyday interests. The extensive exhibits are one more »
I’m attending the annual ALA conference in Anaheim, where we’re enjoying welcome relief from Washington’s hot, muggy air. ALA is so big that every attendee is going to have a more »
Smithsonian Libraries is very happy to announce that we can now offer both SI staff and visiting researchers wireless access to the internet in 11 of our library locations! So, more »
Back in May I posted a story about the exhibition of Botanica Magnifica in the Smithsonian Libraries’ exhibition cases in the National Museum of Natural History. Well, in this month’s more »
A little preview of Smithsonian Libraries images. These are available on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons as well as on the Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History more »
The Smithsonian joins the Flickr Commons project on June 16! The Smithsonian Libraries provided a selection of photographic portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology. more »