First Monday Library Chat: Cambridge University Library
Today’s First Monday Library Chat takes us back to England to talk with Dr. Suzanne Paul, Medieval Manuscripts Specialist at Cambridge University Library. The University Library is the central library...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
It seems appropriate that I should feature my own library’s collection on the First Monday Library Chat! Today I’m interviewing Annie Brogan, College Librarian here at the Historical Medical Library of...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: National Library of Medicine
Founded in 1836 and located in Bethesda, MD, the US National Library of Medicine is the world’s largest medical library, with nearly 22 million items in its collection. Within this is the NLM’s History...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Wangensteen Library
Welcome back to the First Monday Library Chat. Today we’ll be learning more about the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dedicated initially to the...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: University of Pennsylvania Library
Last month, I was excited to meet with Mitch Fraas, PhD, Curator of Digital Research Services, and Katie Rawson, PhD, Bollinger Fellow in Library Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania. We met in...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Welcome back to the First Monday Library Chat! In September, I moved across Philadelphia to join the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) as their first Curator of Digital Collections. CHF is a Library,...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: New York Academy of Medicine
Welcome back to the First Monday Library Chat! Today we’re featuring The New York Academy of Medicine Library, one of the largest medical library collections in the United States. The majority of...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Heidelberg University Library
Welcome back to the First Monday Library Chat! Today we travel to Germany with Elaine Leong and feature library of the oldest German university – The Heidelberg University Library. We’re delighted to...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Schlesinger Library at Harvard University
This month’s First Monday Library Chat features the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. We...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: The Huntington Library
The Recipes Project heads to San Marino, California this month, to learn about the recipe collections of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. We spoke with Alan Jutzi,...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford
Welcome to the August 2015 edition of the First Monday Library Chat. This month, Sarah Wheale, Head of Rare Books at the Bodleian Library, guides us through the rich recipe-related holdings at the...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Rijksmuseum
Today’s First Monday Library Chat will kick-off a series of blog posts featuring the Rijksmuseum, the museum of the Netherlands, located in Amsterdam. Within the main building is the Rijksmuseum...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: New York Public Library
Founded in 1895, the New York Public Library (NYPL) is the largest public library system in the US, serving more than 17 million patrons per year. NYPL holds nearly 10,000 archival and manuscript...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: Newberry Library
The Newberry Library is an independent research library in Chicago. Open freely to the public, the library is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, especially in the humanities....
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: The Library at the Royal College of Surgeons
Welcome to the final FMLC of 2015! This month, we travel to London and talk to Louise King (Archivist) and Geraldine O’Driscoll (Library & Archives Assistant) at the Royal College of Surgeons....
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: The Bowdoin College Library
Welcome to the January 2016 edition of the First Monday Library Chat. This month The Recipes Project journeys to Brunswick, Maine where the Bowdoin College Library recently acquired a collection of...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: The Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds
Welcome to the March 2016 edition of the First Monday Library Chat. This month we have the great pleasure of traveling to Leeds and talking to Karen Sayers, Assistant Archivist at the University of...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: University of Guelph Archival and Special Collections
Welcome back to the First Monday Library Chat! To start the new 2018 year we’re speaking with Kathryn Harvey, Head of the Archival and Special Collections at the University of Guelph Library, and...
View ArticleFirst Monday Library Chat: The David Walker Lupton African American Cookbook...
Welcome to the September 2018 edition of the First Monday Library Chat. This month we travel to Tuscaloosa and speak with Kate Matheny, Reference Services & Outreach Coordinator for Special...
View ArticleAround the Table: Introductions
Editor’s Note: In this post, we’re delighted to welcome one of our new editors, Sarah Peters Kernan. Sarah completed her Ph.D. in History at the Ohio State University, with a dissertation entitled,...
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