Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904, Anemone The Libraries may not be able to go along on a cruise to select specimens, but our collections can help more »
Category: Research
Just a reminder: the Freer-Sackler Library will be temporarily closing to the public at the beginning of November 2009 through March 2010 for a renovation to increase space for the more »
The invention of the telephone has a fraught and complicated history, but in spite of legal challenges and controversy, most can comfortably credit Alexander Graham Bell with its creation. On more »
Louis Figuier, Les nouvelles conquetes de la science [The new conquests of science], 1883-85, Tome 1, plate opposite page 430 – "Fig.163: Fig. 163: Bureau centrale telephonique" (Telephone Exchange). In more »
The Freer-Sackler Library will be temporarily closing to the public at the beginning of November 2009 through March 2010 for a renovation in order to increase space for the Library’s more »
The Libraries may not specialize in fiction, but does have some of these challenged titles. Celebrate reading during banned books week (and any week!) The American Library Association also has more »
In two previous posts we outlined a users survey currently being conducted at the Libraries and Questions 1 and 2. Here are the responses to Questions 3-5 of the survey, more »