Reading is Fundamental Bookmobile, 1972, by Victor Krantz, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image no. 72-8751-01.

Link Love: 4/17/2020

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history. 
April 17, 2020, by Deborah Shapiro

For National Library Week, help the Newberry Library choose the top (fictional) libraries and librarians. [via Newberry Library]

The Natural Museum of Natural History offers tips for starting up a birding hobby. [via NMNH]

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A digital exhibit of World War I recipes provides some pantry-friendly inspiration. [via Smithsonian]

The National Archives celebrates the bookmobile! [via US National Archives]

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The Netherlands’ NIOD Institute leads a crowdsourcing effort to transcribe diaries and scrapbooks that document World War II. [via New York Times]

This podcast round-up includes Smithsonian Sidedoor, so you can tell these recommendations are absolutely ironclad. [via Saving Places]

It's a free, printable Van Gogh board game! [via Van Gogh Museum]

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