National Library Week: Libraries = Strong Communities of Staff
On this second full day of National Library Week, here at the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) we now move our focus to the dedicated and resourceful people who make up our “community” as...
View ArticleNational Library Week: Libraries = Tips from Our Community
Now that you’ve been introduced to the staff here at the American Philatelic Research Library, we thought as part of National Library Week we would next ask some of the staff to share what tips they...
View ArticleNational Library Week: Libraries = Communities for Sharing
One of the most important goals for any library including the American Philatelic Research Library is that of sharing our resources with our community of library users, in this case philatelic...
View ArticleNational Library Week: Libraries = Digital Communities – “APRL Digital”
In the age of Twitter, Instagram and other social media alternatives the ongoing resource and service goal of the American Philatelic Research Library is to expand the reach of the library to those...
View ArticleBring Home the Digital Collections of the APRL!
Have time to do some research or just read an issue or two of the Collector’s Club Philatelist or the Postal History Journal? Now’s your chance! While we’re all at home social distancing there’s no...
View ArticleAdopt-A-Book to Support APRL’s Digital Collections
The American Philatelic Research Library has one of the world’s largest and most accessible collections of philatelic literature. With nearly four miles of materials that comprise over 90,000 items...
View ArticleRegister Now of the 2020 Virtual Postal History Symposium
It’s Time to Register for the 2020 Postal History Symposium! Back in July in order to overcome the health and safety concerns of the ongoing pandemic, it was decided that the 2020 Postal History...
View ArticleExplore the APRL’s New Online Catalog February 1!
1/24/2021 Since October 1992 when the APRL transitioned from a card catalog and in-house database system to an online union catalog, the cataloging of the APRL collection has grown exponentially along...
View ArticleBegin Searching the New Online Catalog Monday February 1!
By way of preparing our members and library patrons for the Monday February 1 launch date of the David Straight Memorial Philatelic Union Catalog on its new GeniePlus platform, the catalog that...
View ArticleMaking Requests from the New Online Catalog Starting Monday February 1!
In our continuing series of news items and videos designed to introduce and inform our members and library patrons about the features of the new David Straight Memorial Philatelic Union Catalog, today...
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