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Posted by: Donna Scanlon
The Library attracts many researchers looking for older print advertising and as a result developed The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 collection in American Memory using the collections of Duke University, and a publication from a couple of past Library employees, Advertising in America: the first 200 years. It is interesting to contrast the …
Posted in: Advertising, Business Reference Guides, Sports
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Post about the ongoing monthly tours of the Science & Business Reading Room and the Business Research Orientations that follow.
Posted in: Business, John Adams Building, ST&B Division
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
This week marks my one year anniversary here at the Library of Congress. Granted, this isn’t the first job I’ve had and other one year milestones were not necessarily a big deal, but librarianship is a new career for me and it is my second career! The dotcom bust (2000-2002) took its toll. I was …
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
I’m not a huge sports fan, I watch an occasional game and it seems there are a couple of days each year when all you find on television are football games. New Years day is one of those days (Thanksgiving is another). Knowing that we have a resource guide on the sports industry and that …
Posted in: Business Reference Guides, Census and Statistics, Sports