Written by: Genevieve Hammang Edited by: Michelle Sosa and Adina Vega A member of VGHF working on game preservation. If you’re a video game nerd, you’ve likely been disappointed by a lack of reliable information about the industry at some point or another. It’s only in the last decade or Read more…
Written By: Michelle Sosa Edited By: Genevieve Hammang and Adina Vega An image of the museum’s exterior. The city of Beijing contains countless historical landmarks and cultural sites; it is most renowned for being the home to the Great Wall and the culturally rich Hutong district. However, have you ever Read more…
Written By: Adina Vega Edited: Genevieve Hammang and Michelle Sosa HORG, founded in 1994, has collected over 270 species of the occlupanid. Taxonomy is both a practice and a science focused on classification or categorization. Generally, it involves two key components: creating a foundational scheme of classes (taxonomy) and assigning Read more…
Written by: Genevieve HammangEdited by: Adina Vega and Michelle Sosa Interior of the Poetry Foundation Library in Chicago, IL. The Poetry Foundation’s history begins with Poetry magazine, a periodical that was created in 1912 by Harriet Monroe to print the best poetry of the day, regardless of style or genre. Read more…
Written by: Michelle SosaEdited by Adina Vega and Genevieve Hammang An image of women marching in Washington DC in support of the NWHM In honor of Women’s History Month, we would like to highlight the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM), accessible on your computer! The virtual museum was founded in Read more…
Written By: Adina VegaEdited By: Michelle Sosa and Genevieve Hammang The outside of the Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, CO. Most children participating in organized sports will admit that they have Olympic heroes who inspire them to run faster, swim faster, and lift heavier. Their dedication, tenacity, and Read more…
Written By: Adina Vega Edited By: Genevieve Hammang The outside of MONA is just as colorful and bright as the inside. Do you ever wonder what New York City or Las Vegas would look like without neon lights? What would urban landscapes be without the mesmerizing, illuminating, and colorful glow Read more…
Written by: Genevieve Hammang Edited by: Adina Vega Exterior of the Women’s Library. In honor of Women’s History Month in the U.S., it’s worth taking a closer look at some of the work that made this kind of celebration possible and the efforts that have gone into preserving that history. Read more…
Written By: Adina Vega Edited By: Michelle Sosa and Genevieve Hammang An outside view of the Valentine Richmond History Center in Richmond, Virginia. February is typically known for Valentine’s Day, a day when we celebrate love. However, February also celebrates Black History Month, where we dedicate remembrance and appreciation for Read more…
Written By: Michelle Sosa Edited By: Adina Vega and Genevieve Hammang If you are a fan of art and Asian culture, there is a museum that combines the two! Built over a century ago, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) is home to one of North America’s largest Read more…
Written By: Genevieve Hammang Edited By: Michelle Sosa and Adina Vega High winds and fire in the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Credit: Ethan Swope, AP Photo. In January of 2025, the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County dominated much of the US news cycle. Starting Read more…
Written by: Genevieve Hammang Edited by: Michelle Sosa Cages cost Money! One of Dr. Seuss’ many anti-fascist political cartoons, from UCSD’s “Dr. Seuss Went to War” Digital Collection. Housed on the second floor of the Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the Dr. Seuss Collection is Read more…
Written By: Michelle Sosa Edited By: Adina Vega and Genevieve Hammang I recently wrapped up my internship with Western Michigan University (WMU), which began this past Spring semester. As stated by the title, the internship provided me with the opportunity to work with raw data from a university collection. I Read more…
Written By: Adina VegaEdited By: Michelle Sosa and Genevieve Hammang The Museum of Democracy is located at The Roosevelt School in Long Island University. The 26th Amendment, Section 1 of the Constitution, states, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to Read more…
Written by: Genevieve HammangEdited by: Adina Vega and Michelle Sosa Marvel Comics’ The Tomb of Dracula #1 was published in April 1972 with cover art by Neal Adams Lardas: Where do you think the vampire trend is going?Melton: When this present vampire wave took off in the early nineties, we Read more…
Written By: Laura Dowell Edited By: Adina Vega A view of the University of Rhode Island‘s campus. This was my first time at a library conference, and it did not disappoint! The Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2024 annual conference was held on the University of Rhode Island campus and provided Read more…
Written By: Michelle Sosa Edited By: Adina Vega and Genevieve Hammang Image of the main library branch in downtown Long Beach, California Located in sunny Southern California, the Long Beach Public Library (LBPL) system provides twelve library branches to the residents of the city of Long Beach and surrounding areas. Read more…
Written By: Genevieve Hammang Edited By: Adina Vega and Michelle Sosa The ArQuives office in Toronto, Ontario Queer history has often been considered dangerous by people in power. Consequently, archiving that history has also been a dangerous project. A famous example of suppression of queer knowledge and history in the Read more…
Written By: Adina Vega Edited By: Michelle Sosa and Genevieve Hammang The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) Library of Congress brings literature to people with disabilities. For those who cannot read traditional print because of a visual, physical, or reading disability, getting access to literature Read more…
Written By: Tori Robertson Edited By: Adina Vega and Genevieve Hammang A picture of me standing in the Library of Congress doorway In the fall of 2023, my first semester at San Jose State University’s iSchool program, I got an email from the school’s director about applications being accepted for Read more…
Written By: Michelle Sosa and Genevieve Hammang Edited By: Adina Vega Image of the San Diego Convention Center This year, ALA hosted its annual conference in San Diego, CA, where librarians from all over the nation gather to share their ideas, promote new services, discover new publications, and more. The Read more…