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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Last year I wrote about collecting and preserving websites and how 21st century librarians are integrating the collection and preservation of digital items such as eBooks, datasets, and websites into their traditional analog collections. For example, the Library of Congress has been involved in preserving websites since the year 2000. We traditionally collect websites based …
Posted in: Science
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
For the 2013 Presidential Inauguration I am highlighting the First Ladies and their inaugural ball gowns. A BIG THANK YOU to our friend, fashion historian John A. Tiffany, who briefed me on some great moments in inaugural gown history. Fashion is an art, but it is also an industry. The First Lady’s inaugural gown is …
Posted in: Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Presidents, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
As Secretary Chase was instrumental in establishing a national banking system after the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were passed.