¡Felicitaciones! Science.gov

Wouldn’t it be great to have a feature on your website that could translate your online content into another language with the blink of an eye? Well, that wish has finally been granted. Earlier this month Science.gov released a Spanish version of its website – Ciencia.Science.gov. This initiative is truly amazing and inspiring. Government science information is now available to the 35 million Spanish speaking residents of the United States, which makes the U.S. ranked second in size in terms of the world’s Hispanic populations.

Snapshot of the home page of Ciencia.Science.gov (Oct. 18, 2012)

Ciencia.Science.gov translates Science.gov’s 200 million pages of U.S. government science information into Spanish. The Library of Congress is a member of Science.gov’s interagency initiative of 17 U.S. Government science organizations which form the voluntary Science.gov Alliance.

Science.gov indexes the Library’s Science Reference Service or Servicios de referencia de la ciencia content, which includes the distinguished LC Science Tracer Bullet or Balas Trazadoras series, the popular Everyday Mysteries or Misterios cotidianos website, and our Inside Adams or Interior Adams blog.

Along with the Library’s science information, you can also find its legislative information and images (under multimedia) in Science.gov.

It’s a very proud moment for the Science.gov Alliance and I would like to thank them for their hard work that has resulted in making the U.S.government’s science content accessible to more of its citizens.

The Sesquicentennial: 8th Census of 1860

This year we are commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.  The Library recently debuted the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, and after spending time looking at those photographs, I thought it would be interesting to write a blog post featuring business-related resources that illuminate the lives of the people living in the …

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The First Monday of September

 Guest blogger today is business reference librarian Ellen Terrell Many Americans may think Labor Day as the end of summer or a day of rest, parades, picnics, or store sales. Labor Day is so much more. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 at the behest of the Central Labor …

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Made with Love

4 Star French Chocolate Ice Cream? Chiffon and Velvet Pie? Pots de Chocolat (mousse)? Stuffed Figs au Chocolat? Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake? Sunday is Valentine’s Day. If you are looking for something special to do for the ones you love I suggest including chocolate and home cooking straight from the heart (hearth). Our Chocolate: A …

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College football season is almost over but before we bid it adieu…….

I’m not a huge sports fan, I watch an occasional game and it seems there are a couple of days each year when all you find on television are football games. New Years day is one of those days (Thanksgiving is another). Knowing that we have a resource guide on the sports industry and that …

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