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
Archive: 2023 (13 Posts)
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
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
Five Questions: Georgette Green, Business Reference and Research Specialist
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Georgette Green answers five questions about her decades of work at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Five Questions
Webinar Recording Now Available – African Americans in Business: Doing Historical Company Research
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The webinar focuses on John Merrick (1859-1919), Co-Founder of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927), Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Both the recording and transcript can be found on the African Americans in Business and Entrepreneurship: A Resource Guide.
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Business Collections Orientation September 13
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
If you missed our business orientation in June, join us for another short webinar on our business collections at 1pm (EDT) on Wednesday, September 13. Since we can't show you everything in 30 minutes, we'll be using items related to Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry as examples of what you might uncover in these collections!
Posted in: Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
“Cool Off With Coffee”: Promoting Iced Coffee in Mid-Century America
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Despite a brief spike in popularity in the early 1920s, iced coffee was not a typical American drink. A number of campaigns from coffee cooperatives sought to change that.
Posted in: Business
New York in 1798: A Global City
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Explore New York City at the turn of the 19th century through two recently acquired copies of David Longworth's The New York Directory and Register for 1798 and 1806.
Posted in: Business, Rare Books and Special Collections
Business Collections Orientation Webinar June 14
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join Business Reference and Research Specialists for a short, 30-minute webinar at 1pm on Wednesday, June 14, highlighting collections, with content related to Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry as examples.
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos