Private Eyes
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The blog post is about Allen Pinkerton and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Category: Favorites From the Fifth Floor
The Ambitious Girl
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
This week I have been relocating to a new office. This is my first move since I joined the Library over ten years ago and boy have I accumulated a vast collection of files and paper. Many of these files have been buried away and it takes a move like this for some interesting stuff …
Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Women's History
Pic of the Week: SEC! SEC! SEC!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
And no, sports fans, I do not mean the Southeastern Conference of college athletics fame. In this case I am talking about the Securities & Exchange Commission. In the Science & Business Reading Room, we have a microfiche set of SEC company filings that is one of our more regularly used items. I have featured …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Pic of the Week
Collecting and Preserving Websites
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
As librarians, we identify, evaluate, select, collect, describe, preserve and provide access to materials to facilitate use. As librarians of the 21st century, we have integrated digital collections such as ebooks, databases, datasets, and other digital objects into our traditional analog collections. What about websites? Do libraries collect websites? Back in January, I presented on …
Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Science