Smithsonian Libraries

It's not too late to read a banned book

The Libraries may not specialize in fiction, but does have some of these challenged titles. Celebrate reading during banned books week (and any week!) The American Library Association also has an extended list of books and other related events and activities.—Elizabeth Periale, with able assistance from Angela Haggins, Jody Mussoff  and Mario Rups

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - by Mark Twain - Smithsonian American Art Museum / National Portrait Gallery Library

Beloved - by Toni Morrison - Anacostia Community Museum Library and National Museum of African Art Library

The Color Purple - Alice Walker - Anacostia Community Museum Library

Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin - Anacostia Community Museum Library and Smithsonian American Art Museum

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou - Anacostia Community Museum Library and Anthropology Library

In the Night Kitchen - Maurice Sendak - Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library

Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison - Anacostia Community Museum Library and Smithsonian American Art Museum / National Portrait Gallery Library

The Jungle - Upton Sinclair - Research Annex

Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison - Anacostia Community Museum Library

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston - Anacostia Community Museum Library

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - Anacostia Community Museum Library

Martin von Cochem, pater, Antoni-Büchlein, oder, Andächtiges Geist- und Trostreiches Gebett-Büchlein : darin neben der Neun-Dinstägigen Andacht zu S. Antonio von Padua ... [The little Antoni book, or a prayer book for spiritual devotion and consolation], 1675, Binding: Silver, with embossing depicting Annunciation on upper cover; clasps and stencil decorated endpapers.

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Research Bibliography Data Re-used by Museum Departments

The Smithsonian Research Bibliography has collected citations for over 1600 Smithsonian-authored publications during the 2008 calendar year. Smithsonian Institution Library staff collect and edit this publication data which is of value to several audiences within the Institution including administration at different levels. For this reason it makes sense to re-use the information wherever possible to avoid a duplication of effort in collecting and editing the references. In recent months several museum departments in the Museum of Natural History have begun re-using this centrally-collected data to dynamically create publication lists for curator web pages. In addition, many of the citations listed on individual curator pages are hyper-linked to the corresponding full text of the publication if it is available in the Smithsonian Digital Repository.

To see an example this data re-use, look at the staff publication lists for NMNH curators, Storrs Olson or Mark Littler . The bottom portion of each page contains a list of recent publications which is updated in real-time as the master Research Bibliography is updated. It is hoped that in the near future other museums and research departments will also exploit the availability of this information to supplement their web content.