- October is American Archives Month and archives across the Smithsonian are planning a variety of activities to highlight their collections and what they do. [via Smithsonian Collections Blog]
- A new poison dart frog discovered in Panama. [via Smithsonian Science]
- Now online - The National Library of Medicine joins The Commons on Flickr and a collection of women's movement ephemera at Europeana. [via InfoDocket and Europeana Blog]
- To Do or Not to Do - The Shakespeare Theatre Company, in collaboration with the U.S. Botanic Garden, presents An Escape to the Forest of Arden. An examination of nature through the lens of William Shakespeare's writing. [via Marcel LaFollette, SIA]
- Take a look at the New York Public Library's map collection which was established in 1898, and includes more than 433,000 sheet maps and 20,000 books and atlases published between the 15th and 21st centuries. [via InfoDocket]
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