Over the past few years, we have had the opportunity to share many of the items in our collection about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy. Below are a more »
Month: January 2012
Do you like fundraising and libraries? If so, we have the job for you! The Smithsonian Libraries is seeking a Development Associate! This position will assist the Director of Development more »
This month, we feature another new addition from the National Museum of the American Indian's Vine Deloria, Jr. Library into the digital collection housed at the Internet Archive, here. The more »
There are times when we receive items in the Book Conservation Lab that have been altered from their original format. This was the case with a seven volume set of more »
Today, January 6th, marks the 100th anniversary of New Mexico’s statehood. In 1848, the land was cededed to the United States by Mexico via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and more »
For the past two weeks, it has been my privilege to work with the collections of the National Museum of Natural History Library here in Washington, DC. As part of more »
Our oldest bound volume in the Smithsonian Libraries is from circa 1280. It gives me a thrill every day that I can actually take off the shelf and hold in more »