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In memory of Theo Greene
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Theo Greene, librarian emerita of the Rowland Institute, passed away on
July 14. She set up the Rowland Institute library in the early
1980s. She was a chemist and wrote the text Protective Groups in
Organic Synthesis (2 editions, Wiley). I remember Theo coming to
the library many times after she retired to look up citations in
Chemical Abstracts, particularly while she was revising her book.
New York Public Library posts digital collections
The NYPL has posted thousands of digital images from their collections,
including photographs, drawings, manuscripts, among other
phenomena. Categories include Arts & Literature, Cities &
Buildings, Culture & Society, History & Geographyt, Industry
& Technology, Nature & Science, Printing & Graphics.
(Source: Chronicle of Higher Education)
You can find a book by its color
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at the New England School of Law library, that is, where they have
indexed their catalog entries according to spine color. For
example, you can click on an aqua image and get a full listing of
books. Also, their color swatches from their bindery are
included. “It was red … and it had Wisconsin in the title…”
(Source: Library Link of the Day)