On March 24, the Libraries welcomed eighteen Kent State University MLIS graduate students for a one-day tour. After receiving an overview from Assistant Director Martin Kalfatovic, the students broke into more »
Category: Natural and Physical Sciences
Portrait of Samuel Finley Breese Morse Samuel Morse sent the first telegraphic message 165 years ago today. The Libraries has many portraits of Morse in its digital collection, Scientific Identity: more »
The Libraries' exhibition, Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration is currently on view in the National Museum of American History. One of the items featured in the exhibition is more »
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is holding an open house today from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at its location in Edgewater, MD. It is free and open to the public. more »
The Smithsonian is celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage during the month of May with films, performances, talks, tours, and family programs. The Libraries would also like to highlight some images more »
In 1839 Haswell Barrington And Haswell of Philadelphia published The conchologist’s first book: a system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according more »
The Libraries would like to showcase a few images from its Heralds of Science collection today. Many of the titles can be found in this online show or by searching more »