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May 2026

Echoes from the Past: Life and Times of a Scientific Library, Part 2

The Scientific Library employees at NCI’s Frederick Cancer Research Center repeated history in 1972, perhaps without realizing it. Much like the librarians who opened the Camp Detrick Technical Library in 1943, they were among the first staff to begin working at the epicenter of what would soon become an important scientific facility. And like in the early days of Camp Detrick, the Scientific Library rapidly became a hub for information and technology during the FCRC’s first years.