It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Canaima National Park, Venezuela Tuesday: Ulan Bator, Mongolia Wednesday: Belize City, Belize,…
It’s been a quiet week reference-wise. So quiet, in fact, that we were beginning to wonder if the phone line is down. Often this is a busy time of year. But reference work tends to ebb and flow, and apparently we’re just having a few quiet days. So when a…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Bridgetown, Barbados, identified by Kae Hartman Tuesday: Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada,…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Iguazu Falls, Argentina, identified by Kevin McClear Tuesday: Arviat, Nunavut Wednesday: Tokyo,…
Today is MayDay. While some think of it as the first day of May and a way to celebrate Spring activities, in the archives world it is a day designated to do something significant to protect archival collections in the case of a disaster. It is a day for archivists…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: San Jose, Costa Rica Tuesday: Shannon, Ireland Wednesday: Mont St. Michel, France,…
To celebrate Public Health Week (April 7-13) we in the Archives decided to do a medical exhibit in the great room of the Library entitled “What Medicine Used to be” using rare books. One of the books was quite captivating: “The prevention and cure of disease; a practical treatise on…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: St. Pierre (jail cell that protected one of the only survivors of…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Gran Plaza, Monterrey, Mexico Tuesday: Hong Kong, identified by Kevin McClear Wednesday:…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Bled, Slovenia. Marisa LaFleur Janack provided our answer, and in near record…
