The Smithsonian asks for volunteers to help transcribe their massive archives
Because, as they write, “Ink fades with time, and individual scrawls sometimes resemble hieroglyphics,” the Smithsonian is undertaking an effort to digitize their archives. With the help of volunteers working… Read more »
‘But the librarian said, “Take whatever you want!”‘: man gets probation after stealing $100,000 worth of rare books
Poor Joseph Heath. According to him, he was just taking the kind suggestion of a colleague—a librarian at Becker College, where he was employed as a janitor–to “take whatever you… Read more »
The Smithsonian wants you… to print a gunboat
If you’ve long harbored a desire to print out a Revolutionary War gunboat on your local 3-D printer, your day has come. Starting this Wednesday, the Smithsonian is making many… Read more »
A decapitation plot? The Lincoln briefing
Today is the 148th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. As all the world knows by now, he was assassinated by the actor John Wilkes Booth, who was then… Read more »
SLIDESHOW: Ten marijuana loving authors
The news of the seizure of three packages carrying roughly 11 pounds of marijuana being shipped to the good folks at St. Martin’s Press has spread far and wide. It… Read more »
O’Reilly book banned from National Park Service bookstore due to “factual errors”
Saying he was the victim of a “concerted effort” by “nitpickers” and “enemies” who “are full of rage at our success,” Bill O’Reilly has defended his new book Killing Lincoln:… Read more »
SLIDESHOW: A tower of 6,800 Abraham Lincoln books