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Archive: 2012 (51 Posts)

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Put Yourself on Target

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Today’s post is authored by Constance Carter, head of the science reference section. Connie has written for us before, see her posts – Food Thrift: Scraps from the Past  and Celebrate with a Chocolate Chip Cookie. The LC Science Tracer Bullet is celebrating its 40th birthday this month! The idea behind the Tracer Bullet was to find …

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Transit of Venus: The Unsung Heroes

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The following is a guest post by Dr. Sten Odenwald, NASA/ National Institute of Aerospace, who presented a lecture on the Transit of Venus at the Library of Congress on May 8, 2012. You can view his lecture on our webcast page and Youtube channel. On June 5th, 2012 most people will have the opportunity …

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Give Me an H!

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

In an earlier post I featured an April 1902 Washington Times article on how to get a book from the Library of Congress.  While reading the article, a section about the catalog division – “one of the most remarkable departments in the conduct of the library” – also caught my eye. The function of a …

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Science Diplomacy

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage month, which provides me with the perfect opportunity to highlight one of our outreach activities- the Asian Science & Technology (S&T) Forum. Our division’s research specialist in Asian S&T policy, Dr. Tomoko Steen, created this forum three years ago as a discussion group on behalf of a selection of Asian …