With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the new Science, Technology and Business blog has a timely post: “Candied Yams or Candied Sweet Potatoes?”
Archive for the ‘science’ Category (5 posts)
Posted in: Blogging, Curators, science
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This feels a little like a birth announcement: The Library of Congress has launched its second official blog since the one you’re now reading took the blogosphere by storm in April 2007. (Hyperbole much?)
The Library’s Science, Technology and Business Division is an excellent addition to our growing social-media family. The very name of the division …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Curators, News, Technology, science
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With all the various reading rooms available at the Library, did you know there is one with a reference alcove dedicated to business?
The 5th floor of the John Adams Building on Capitol Hill, home to the Science & Business Reading Room, has a staff of business reference specialists to assist with your business-related questions and …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, History, LC Web site, Technology, Washington DC, science
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“May Day!” is a well-known distress call. But “MayDay” is also a project to help prevent distress of another kind: Archives, libraries, museums and historic preservation organizations have set aside May 1 to participate in MayDay, an initiative to protect cultural heritage from disasters.
For our part, the Library last year contributed a “mutual assistance” charter …
Posted in: Collections, Libraries, Preservation, science
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As I’ve previously stated (or tweeted), I felt a little bit bad that Charles Darwin shared his 200th birthday with Abraham Lincoln.
It’s safe to say that one of the most widely recognized and influential scientists in history was somewhat overshadowed by the celebration of one of America’s greatest presidents.
My colleague Donna Urschel recently covered a …
Posted in: Books, Events, science
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