Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 16-383
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Website Records, 2014-2016
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of a website and a blog maintained by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC).
The "Global Tree Banding Project" website, crawled June 15, 2016, documents the Smithsonian Institution's Global Tree Banding Project which originated within SERC but is now part of a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution, TakingITGlobal, and Microsoft Partners in Learning. The project allows students around the globe to monitor the rate at which their local trees grow and learn how that rate corresponds to Smithsonian Institution research as well as compare their work to other students world-wide. The website includes information about the project and provides instructions and resources. This accession does not include password-protected content.
The SERC Tumblr blog, crawled June 23, 2016, is the home for research anywhere the land meets sea. The blog launched in June 2014.
Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Smithsonian Institution. Global Tree Banding Project
- TakingITGlobal
- Microsoft Partners in Learning
- Global Tree Banding Project (Website)
- Tumblr (Electronic resource)
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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-383, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Website Records