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NLM celebrates 20 years of Harry Potter with an exhibition, lectures, and more.

We Await Your Owl: Marketing and Collaboration Around the Harry Potter’s World Exhibition

September 7, 2017 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Eva Sclippa,  formerly at The Libraries at Alfred University in New York State and currently at the University of North

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Reflections on History and Harry Potter

August 17, 2017 Circulating Now

By Jill L. Newmark ~ One of the joys of working in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine is engaging

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Harry Potter’s World and the NLM Herb Garden

June 29, 2017 Circulating Now

By Jill L. Newmark ~ For centuries, people have used plants to cure illness and treat wounds.  Medicinal properties of plants have been studied by

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Monsters in the Stacks: How Harry Potter Came to NLM

June 28, 2017 Circulating Now

Stephen J. Greenberg, PhD, will speak on June 29, 2017 at 2:00 in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine on “Monsters

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Pop Culture Meets NLM Historical Collections: Harry Potter’s World

June 27, 2017 Circulating Now

By Nicole Orphanides ~ In 1997, 10-year-old Harry Potter waved his wand for the first time and filled the minds of readers with magic and

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A Look into the Pensieve: Reflections on Harry Potter at Twenty Years

June 26, 2017 Circulating Now

Elizabeth Bland, M.A., will speak on June 27, 2017 at 2:00 in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on “A

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Circulating Now Celebrates 20 Years of Harry Potter!

June 22, 2017 Circulating Now

By Erika Mills ~ J. K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the debut novel in the seven-book series that became a pop

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