Digital Editions from the Dibner Library

• Jacques Dauphinois Besson. Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum (1578). Digital Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1999
  
• Tycho Brahe. Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1602). Digital Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1999
  
• Christiaan Huygens. Systema Saturnium (1659). Digital Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1999
  

Digital Collections from the Dibner Library

• Scientific Identity: The Dibner Library's collection of portraits of men and women of science and techonolgy
• Incunabula: The Dibner Library's collection of rare books printed before 1501.
• Ramelli's Machines: Original drawings of 16th century machines for Agostino Ramelli's Le diverse et artificiose machine (Paris, 1588).

Dibner Library News (in PDF format)

• Vol. 5, No. 2- Spring-Summer 2005
• Vol. 5, No. 1- Spring-Summer 2004
• Vol. 4, No. 2- Fall 2003
• Vol. 3, No. 2/Vol.4, No.1- Fall 2002-Spring 2003 Joint Issue
• Vol. 3, No. 1 - Summer 2002
• Vol. 2, No. 2 - Fall 2001
• Vol. 2, No. 1 - Spring 2001
• Vol. 1, No. 2 - Fall 2000
• Vol. 1, No. 1 - Spring 2000

Dibner Library Lectures On The History Of Science And Technology Available Online

• 2003: Metrology
  Ken Alder (Northwestern University) on "The Measure of the World."
  November 5, 2003.
• 2001: The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at 25 Years: Celebrating the Collector's Vision and Its Legacy
  Owen Gingerich (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University) on "Icons of Understanding: Celebrating Bern Dibner's Heralds of Science."
  October 3, 2001.
• 2000: Scientific Discoveries
  Kenneth L. Caneva (Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) on "The Form and Function of Scientific Discoveries."
  November 16, 2000.
  
• 2000: Astronomy
  Steven J. Dick (U. S. Naval Observatory) on "Extraterrestrial Life and Our World View at the Turn of the Millennium."
  May 2, 2000.
• Complete List of Dibner Library Lectures