The Biodiversity Heritage Library will host a twoday conference titled “Life and Literature” Nov. 14 and 15 at the Field Museum in Chicago. The conference will unite librarians, biologists, computer more »
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Over 150 volumes of US government patent records have recently been digitized and are currently accessible from Internet Archive here. Originally from the main library at NMAH and on their way more »
In the hopes that some of you are Sirius radio listeners, we have some exciting news! The Sirius XM Satellite Book Radio Channel created a special program covering this year's National more »
The Libraries welcomes Trina Brown, our new Instructional/Reference Librarian. Trina received a B.A. in speech communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an M.L.S. from the more »
As it turns out, not all vampires are pointy-toothed Transylvanian counts or lovelorn, sparkly teenagers. Sometimes, they're squid. The vampire squid, or Vampyroteuthis infernalis (formerly Melanoteuthis lucens, as more »
The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library includes many catalogs related to automobiles. One of these is this 1899 trade catalog by Roach & Barnes entitled more »
Friday, October 21st may have been chilly and quiet on the outside, but that night the inside of the National Museum of the American Indian was filled to the brim more »