By Nicole Baker ~ The Great Amherst Mystery by Walter Hubbell recounts his personal experience of what has been purported to be one of the
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Defoe and the Plague Year
By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ Until recently, if one thought of Daniel Defoe at all, it was of Robinson Crusoe, alone (well, not quite alone)
Collecting Roses: The Catholic University Film Collection Finding Aid
By Ethan Cheng ~ I’ve always wanted to work in a library. As a student of the life sciences spending the summer doing neuroscience research
Communing and Giggling with Cajal
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Dawn Hunter, Associate Professor, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina and Fulbright España Senior Research Fellow
Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!
By Erika Mills ~ In works of graphic medicine—an emerging field of medical literature—patients and their loved ones, caregivers, and health professionals tell stories about
The Falls of 1972: John B Calhoun and Urban Pessimism
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden. Adams, of the London School of Economics, and Ramsden, of the University of London, share
We Await Your Owl: Marketing and Collaboration Around the Harry Potter’s World Exhibition
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
A Public Library Electrifies the Community: Publicizing the NLM Exhibition “Frankenstein”
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Nicole Hughes and Donna Smith, from the Palm Beach County Library System, in Florida. Drawn from a presentation given as
Harry Potter’s World and the NLM Herb Garden
By Jill L. Newmark ~ For centuries, people have used plants to cure illness and treat wounds. Medicinal properties of plants have been studied by
Monsters in the Stacks: How Harry Potter Came to NLM
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