Showing posts with label smithsonian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smithsonian. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Smithsonian Institution and the environment

Maybe only library-heads would be interested in this, but what the heck.  The Smithsonian Institution has a library that just contains scientific material about Chesapeake Bay.  Who knew?  By the way, "Grey Literature" is material not published through the standard systems, i.e. commercial publishers or scholarly journals.  Think of all the "white papers" and reports issued by non-profits, for example.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Happy Birthday, Wilderness Act!

The Wilderness Act is fifty years old this year.  Celebrate it with great photos at the Smithsonian.