Harvard: Digital Collections

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GCC Historical Publications Databases Historical Periodicals Collection (AAS) Coverage Range: 1693 - 1877 Includes: Citations & Abstracts · Full Text · Primary Sources · HISTORIC PUBLICATIONS: The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1877. Publisher: EBSCOhost Oak Spring Garden Foundation - Meet our Staff: Head Librarian Tony Willis talks sharing the Oak Spring Garden Library Collection The big project we’re working on now is getting the collection into OCLC (Online Computer Library Center,) where it can be even more accessible for students and scholars, so we've just hired (Database and Catalogue Specialist) Melissa Harris . . . I think what we're going to try to come up with is some sort of structure, or plan, as to how we should digitize everything - whether to do it by subject, whether we put more onto our website, whether we work more online exhibitions. Down the road, because we're a member of the Council on Botanical Horticulture Libraries, I'd like to see this collection participate in whatever they do... that exposes us and it shows the world what we have, and in terms that can promote more scholarship and more study. You’ve been working with these books for a long time - how does it make you feel to see them digitized? Tony: For the most part, it's really exciting, and it's a great opportunity. Want to learn more about the Oak Spring Garden Library?

Manual – Time Capsule Step 2 The query for Asafoetida also gives results in the Naturalia tab, the part of the faceted search in the Time Capsule platform that allows browsing and search of information related to all plant species information in our system (see figure 2, below). We discover in the Naturalia tab section that Asafoetida is also a spelling variant for the plant from which the drug component with the same name derives: Ferula assa-foetida. The result for this query shows several spelling variants for the plant, which are similar but not identical to the spelling variants for the drug component Asafoetida. Unsurprisingly, there are not any drug components for this plant mentioned under the Produces Drug Components header: we already saw that the explicit relation/link between this plant and its respective drug component is absent.

Discovering Wonders Bern Dibner As a child, Bern Dibner (1897–1988) emigrated from Ukraine to the U.S., where he became a successful electrical engineer and inventor. Curious about Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible scientific and technological achievements, Dibner delved into the study of the history of science and technology, amassing a library of influential works, which he chronicled in his 1955 book, Heralds of Science. Bern Dibner Courtesy of the Dibner family Encouraged by Silvio Bedini, deputy director of the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History), Dibner donated his collection to the Smithsonian in 1976.

The Smithsonian has released more than 2.8 million images you can use for free The Smithsonian Institution is releasing 2.8 million high-res images from its massive collection into the public domain, putting them online for anyone to use and download for free. The open-access online platform will include 2D and 3D images from its 19 museums, nine research centers, archives, libraries, and the National Zoo, Smithsonian Magazine reports. “Being a relevant source for people who are learning around the world is key to our mission,” Effie Kapsalis, the Smithsonian’s senior digital program officer, says. “We can’t imagine what people are going to do with the collections.

BHL Resources to Support Distance Learning Illustration of a Cactus Dahlia from Revue horticole (1908). Contributed in BHL from the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. This image is one of over 160,000 that are freely available for download and reuse through the BHL Flickr. BHL’s digital library provides free and open online access to over 250,000 volumes from the 15th-21st centuries on a wide range of biodiversity subjects. These collections offer great resources to support distance learning.

NYPL Collections To reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York City, all NYPL locations are temporarily closed until further notice. Learn more and find out about remote access for Library services. Click to visit the main New York Public Library Homepage The New York Public Library Sources for Garden and Landscape Studies — Dumbarton Oaks Archive of American Gardens This archive, housed in the Smithsonian Institution's Horticulture Services Division, offers landscape designers, historians, researchers, and garden enthusiasts access to a collection of approximately 60,000 photographic images and records documenting historic and contemporary American gardens. Arnold Arboretum Archives, Harvard University The Arboretum's Archives are a rich resource that reflect the institution's influence on botany and horticulture. Wave Hill