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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Have you ever seen a Revolvator?It is a portable elevator or tier machine from the early 20th century. The ceilings in the Science and Business reading room are around 35 ft, so when a light bulb needs to be replaced or the ceiling needs to be patched up, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) breaks …
Posted in: Inventions, John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is the view from the 5th floor of the Adams Building looking west? See here.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is blog post features some images and history related to the building of the Annex now known as the John Adams Building.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
As you walk through the main center door of the Science and Business Reading Room, you see the Book Service Desk straight ahead. Because the Library’s books stacks are closed to the public, this is where researchers turn in paper call slips to retrieve items from the General Collections and pick up delivered items. Thousands …
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
We decided to follow the lead of our Law Library colleagues at In Custodia Legis with a Picture of the Week series. In this series we will show you interesting things we see in and around the Library of Congress John Adams Building. With that said, our first photo features one of the John Adams Building owls that greets vistors …
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Post featuring photographs of Flat Stanley's visit to the Library of Congress' Adams Building, its collections and reading room.
Posted in: John Adams Building
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Post describing open house events at the Library of Congress Science and Business Reading Room and other reading rooms for American Library Association (ALA) conference attendees.
Posted in: John Adams Building, ST&B Division
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
This post is about the renaming of the Library of Congress Annex to the Thomas Jefferson Building, now known as the John Adams Building.
Posted in: John Adams Building, ST&B Division
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Post about the ongoing monthly tours of the Science & Business Reading Room and the Business Research Orientations that follow.
Posted in: Business, John Adams Building, ST&B Division