- Last chance . . . The Renwick Gallery will be closing to the public after this Sunday, December 8 for renovations and will not open again until 2016. [via Eye Level, SAAM]
- With the holidays imminent, take some advice from the Library of Congress on how to best preserve your digital memories. [via The Signal: Digital Preservation, LOC]
- Speaking of the holidays, the Smithsonian Gardens staff are busy working away at getting the Smithsonian's gardens and buildings decorated to celebrate the season. [via Smithsonian Gardens blog]
- It's official, the new panda cub at the National Zoological Park is named Bao Bao, meaning "precious or treasure" in English. [via Around the Mall, Smithsonian Magazine]
- Recently opened at the National Museum of Natural History is a new space called Q?rius, a first-of-its-kind interactive environment for teens that allows them to connect science with the everyday teen experience. [via The Torch, Smithsonian]
- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, in cooperation with Marist College and IBM, just launched FRANKLIN, a free virtual reading room and digital library with 350,000 pages of documents and 2,000 photographs related to FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. [via Jennifer Wright, SIA]
- A new report out by the Library of Congress and the Council on Library and Information Resources takes a look at the American silent feature films from 1919-1929. [via InfoDocket]
- America's love affair with movies can trace its roots perhaps to The Great Train Robbery, which made its debut in December 1903. [via Media Matters blog, NARA]
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