Please join us at “Mollusks & More,” an exhibit showcasing the skill and art of the 18th and 19th century engravers and illustrators in creating images of cephalopods, mollusks, and other sea creatures. The materials are on display in the History and Special Collections for Sciences Division on the 4th floor of the Biomedical Library through September 30, 2008.
There is still time to visit the exhibit “Revealing Hidden Collections,” open through August 29 at the Charles E. Young Research Library.
With countless manuscript pages, photographs, surgical instruments, leech jars and ephemeral items, the UCLA Library’s Special Collections contain a wealth of material waiting to be discovered. These materials may be “hidden” for a variety of reasons: people may not realize that the Library owns them, their contents may be uncataloged, or they may be part of a collection that has not yet been fully inventoried.
This exhibit, in the foyer of the Young Research Library, features items from the holdings of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, Performing Arts Special Collections, and the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.
8-8-08 was an auspicious date for a joyous celebration! Approximately 100 friends, family and colleagues from library and rare book communities throughout Los Angeles gathered to honor Katharine E.S. Donahue, retiring Head of the History and Special Collections for the Sciences in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library after twenty-one years of enthusiastic service to the UCLA Libraries. (more…)
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