Press Releases
Smithsonian Launches Inaugural Work in the “Smithsonian Libraries Digital Editions: Sources and Critical Interpretations” Series
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 12:00amThe Smithsonian Institution will launch an online scholarly work, beginning Thursday, Nov. 16, “By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: Revisiting the 1926 Dutch and American Expedition to New Guinea,” by Paul Michael Taylor, director of the Asian Cultural History Program and curator in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History. It is the inaugural work of the “Smithsonian Libraries Digital Editions: Sources and Critical Interpretations,” a new series of Web-based critical editions with scholarly interpretations
2006SI-437-2006.pdf Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils “Darwin’s Legacy”
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 12:00amThe Smithsonian Institution Libraries opens its new exhibition “Darwin’s Legacy” in the National Museum of Natural History Sept. 10. The exhibition features the first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” (1859), a revolutionary book that changed the course of modern science. November 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the book’s publication. This exhibition will be on display through Sept. 12, 2010.
2009Darwin.pdf Smithsonian Libraries Receive "Botanica Magnifica"
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 12:00amPhotographer Jonathan Singer and botanists John Kress and Marc Hachadourian recently presented SIL Director, Nancy Gwinn, with set number one of Botanica Magnifica, a five-volume, double- elephant folio-sized work of two hundred fifty photographic images of plants. Comparable in scale and scope to Audubon’s Birds of America, the book presents scientifically identified species grouped in themes of horticulture, plant form, orchids (Hachadourian’s specialty), gingers (Kress’s specialty), and rare species.
2008Botanica_Magnifica_Release.pdf Smithsonian Libraries Appoints Deputy Director
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 12:00amThe Smithsonian Institution Libraries is pleased to announce that Mary Augusta Thomas is the new Deputy Director for the Libraries. Thomas has served as Associate Director for Reader Services and Strategic Planning at the Libraries’ since 2002. Her new responsibilities include directing the operation of the Libraries’ 20 branches in each of the museum and research institutes, working with Smithsonian staff on libraryplanning issues to support the mission of the Smithsonian and directing the administrative services department for the Libraries.
2009MATPR.pdf Smithsonian Libraries Accepting Resident Scholar Applications for 2010
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 12:00amThe Smithsonian Institution Libraries will award grants to Dibner Library Resident Scholars and Baird Society Resident Scholars in the 2010 academic year. These competitive shortterm grants are offered for one to six months to historians, librarians and bibliographers, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral students, with an approved research project. The scholars will complete their residencies at one or more of the Smithsonian Libraries’ 20 branches for various lengths of time throughout the year.
2009ResidentScholars2010PR.pdf 