Anyone who thinks that poetry and aviation are like oil and water would be incorrect. The National Air and Space Museum Library has more than a few poetry books containing beautiful poems about aviation, airplanes, flight and more.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
March 30 marked the 144th anniversary of the signing of the treaty under which the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. During the 125 years leading up to this event, a number of European powers (notably Russia, Spain, France and Great Britain), and later the United States, sponsored exploring expeditions to the area which we now know as Alaska.
In case you missed the event, here is a video of remarks made at the grand re-opening of the National Museum of Natural History’s new main library.
Cherry blossoms are not the only thing blooming in the Washington DC area. The month of April has sprouted some blooms in the National Air and Space Museum Library in the form of new book titles.
In a happy coincidence, for the second consecutive year the annual Award for Photography by the Northern Virginia Review, a publication of literature and the arts, has been given to a Library Systems & Services employee, Todd Morgan, who works onsite in the Libraries’ Cataloging Department.
On March 25 Martin Kalfatovic met with Maria Van der Spuy-Groenewald, Digitization Coordinator, Department of Library Services, University of Pretoria (South Africa). Ms. Van der Spuy-Groenewald visited the United States under the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.
In honor of Women’s History Month, I decided to acquaint myself more with early American women naturalists. Luckily, for me, author Tina Gianquitto has written a book about such a subject