The Special Collections-Preservation paid internship program for the summer of 2010 has selected Carrie A. Gross of Riva, Maryland. Carrie, presently enrolled as a MLIS student at Catholic University is more »
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"You'll like it better, or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher," says the famous king of popcorn, whose July birthday is being celebrated by the Libraries. Orville, the smiling gentleman with more »
The fascinating art of paper engineering is the focus of a new exhibit that is on display in the Libraries’ gallery at the National Museum of American History. Paper Engineering: more »
Charles Hedley, Wild Animals of the World: Being a Popular Guide to Taronga Zoological Park Sydney, Australia: Trustees of Taronga Zoological Park, 1923 You might want to visit a zoo more »
Chicago Sewing Machine Co., The Defiance Sewing Machines, 1900, Illustration of Defiance No. 4 On this day in 1790, the first patent for a sewing machine was granted. With its more »
During the first week of June, I attended the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology, (IASSIST) 2010 Conference—Social data and social networking: Connecting social science communities across more »