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Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Alexander Graham Bell, a successful business man, scientist, innovator and engineer was born on this date in 1847. In 1876, at the age of 29, Alexander was awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone (patent # 174,465). Soon afterward in 1877 he formed the Bell Telephone Company. With the financial success of the telephone, …
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Inventions
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Today’s guest author is Ellen Terrell, Business Reference Specialist Today is Fat Tuesday the culmination of the Mardi Gras season. This is a HUGE event for the city of New Orleans, my hometown. There are many ways to gauge success from a economic standpoint – revenues, hotel room occupancy, tax collection, money spent by the …
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, New Orleans
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Post about the ongoing monthly tours of the Science & Business Reading Room and the Business Research Orientations that follow.
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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 …
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Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Did you know…… about 91% of holiday long distance travel is by personal vehicle the average long-distance trip length over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday is 275 miles about 50% of us make same-day trips, the other half averages about 4 nights away the average age of the Christmas/New Year’s holiday travelers is slightly above 36 …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Travel
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Ever thought about starting your own business or maybe doing something out of your home? This seems to be a topic on the minds of many people recently. The number of questions about starting a business that have been received through our Ask a Librarian service has increased, and there have also been other blog …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Yesterday I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from beginning to end for the very first time. I’ve always caught parts of it, but when I lived in California it just started too early for me. There were bits of trivia about the parade provided throughout the broadcast that piqued my curiosity so I went …
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Posted by: Donna Scanlon
No, not the financial crisis of 1869*, but what is considered by many to be the biggest shopping day of the holiday season! The day after Thanksgiving, often referred to as “Black Friday,” is a day that many retailers kick off their holiday sale season. One myth is that this day is when retailers begin …
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
In 1926 Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance of the end of World War I. Tomorrow, November 11, was initially known as “Armistice Day” and became a national holiday in 1938. The name was changed to Veterans Day by President Eisenhower in 1954 as a way to honor all who served in American …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History