May 16, 1929 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards. 60 years of the Oscar : the official history of the Academy Awards PN1993.5.U6 O78 1989   Reference

May 15, 1942 – A bill establishing a women’s corps in the U.S. Army becomes law, creating the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACs) and granting women official military status. The women’s army corps, 1945-1978 D 114.19: W84   Federal Documents Connect to http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33185

By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia in March, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others.  This is my last write-up from PLA 2012.  All [...]

May 14, 1897  – “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia. Perspectives on John Philip Sousa LC 12.2:So8/2 Federal Documents

May 13, 1607 – Jamestown the first permanent English settlement in North America is founded. Pocahontas and her world; a chronicle of America’s first settlement in which is related the story of the Indians and the Englishmen, particularly Captain John Smith, Captain Samuel Argall, and Master John Rolfe F234.J3 B38  Stacks

May 12, 1935 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by “Bill W.,” a stockbroker, and “Dr. Bob S.,” a heart surgeon. A.A. : the story HV5278.K84 1988x   Stacks

May 11, 1934 – Dust storm sweeps from the Great Plains across the Eastern states. The Dust Bowl : an agricultural and social history S441 .H92   Stacks

May 10, 1960 – The USS Nautilus completes first circumnavigation of globe underwater. The atomic submarine and Admiral Rickover 623.825 B575   Dewey Stacks

South Carolina State Library 1430 Senate Street Columbia, SC 29201 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR Job Responsibilities: Directs the planning, analysis, design, development, implementation and operation of all State Library information technology products and services, including telecommunications, data processing systems, databases, integrated library systems, internal hardware and software and technology-based programs. This position is responsible for the [...]

May 9, 1926 – According to their claims, polar explorer Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole. Exploring with Byrd; episodes from an adventurous life, compiled and revised by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. G875.B9 A 3   Stacks