Visions of Packages Danced in Their Heads
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Christmas is a busy season for the Post Office and provides a good opportunity highlight the photo collections related to the mail held by the Library.
Archive: 2023 (45 Posts)
A New Look for 2024
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The new website of the Science and Business Reading Room has just gone live, and we're pretty excited!
Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Your Roadmap to Success: Write a Business Plan in December
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
December is Write A Business Plan Month, an annual reminder to create and maintain a roadmap in order to achieve your entrepreneurial ambitions. In this post, we highlight a few helpful resources to get started.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Cancer Moonshot Panel Webinar will Discuss AI and Cancer on December 5
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
The Library of Congress will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cancer diagnostics and treatment on December 5, 2023. This event is sponsored by the Library's Health Services Division and Science Section and is part of its annual Cancer Moonshot series.
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos, Science
New “This Month in Business History” Entries for United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Business Reference project This Month in Business History has three new entries that feature United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Geyer’s: Businesses and “How they Face the World” (part 3)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Geyer's Stationer the trade publication for American stationers features many wonderful images of stores from around the United States and can be used for more than understanding the trade, such as for images of businesses around the U.S.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Steering Through Automotive Industry Resources
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The latest version of Automotive Industry: A Research Guide is now accessible to researchers. While the guide covers information on vehicles, the Library has other relevant resources on automobile industry workers in our This Month in Business History feature.
Posted in: Business Reference Guides, Labor, Transportation
Geyer’s: More than Just Paper, Pens, & Pencils (part 2)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Geyer's Stationer was a trade publication for stationers in the United States who sold many products to the growing American business sector including furniture and filings systems.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Cough Gum & Candy Day in the 1923 Confectioners Journal
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With Halloween trick-or-treating right around the corner, it's a great time to take a sweet peek in the Confectioners Journal, a trade journal for the candy industry.
Posted in: Business, Cookbooks and Food