Description: British botanist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957), born in Leigh, Lancashire, is best known for her research on the edible seaweed Porphyra laciniata (nori) which is used in sushi.
Description: Wired Science has great coverage of our recent “Field Book Lantern Slides” Flickr Commons set, complete with more information from the Smithsonian’s Thomas Jorstad, who works in the paleontology department at the National Museum of Natural History. Yeek! A Dust Archive (for real!) [via Marguerite Roby, SIA].
Description: The University of North Carolina at Chapel wants to make archiving more accessible with Archivist in a Backpack. [via Hyperallergic]The Field Book Project wrapped up May 31 with a contribution of 517,000 pages of field books to the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Internet Archive! [via BHL Blog]Some lessons learned from archiving Lubalin's Radical 60's magazines. [via AIGA's
Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="193" caption="Camel cigarette advertisement from Vanity Fair, 1934, by Unknown creator, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, ID: SIL7-78-03."][/caption] Cigarettes and gardenias . . . The Smithsonian Institution Libraries blog checks out old trade literature on women, commerce, and society. Beautiful digital flipbooks at Mediastorm. I
Description: This month, we invite you to follow along as we participate in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Her Natural History campaign to highlight women natural scientists in our collections. And don’t forget to head to the Smithsonian Transcription Center to help us transcribe notes from women working in the field.
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