2017 Women's History Month edition!
- Explore the changing role of female artists with Europeana. [via Europeana Twitter]
- The Smithsonian's Latino Center is accepting applications for their 2017 Young Ambassadors Program for graduating high school seniors! [via Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships and Internships]
- You can help transribe Phyllis Diller's joke file from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History! [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- A presentation from University of Albany (SUNY) on a large-scale, minimum approach to accessing web archives. [via Archive It]
- The NYC Department of Records and Information Services is asking for stories about inspiring women with their Women's Activism NYC project. [via Marcel LaFollette]
- The latest issue of The American Archivist features our Field Book Project and Transcription Center, “Social Media and Crowdsourced Transcription of Historical Materials at the Smithsonian Institution: Methods for Strengthening Community Engagement and Its Tie to Transcription Output.”
- A new open annotation platform for eBooks, Hypothes.is. [via Info Docket]
- Ahhh...the sweet smell of old books decoded. [via Hyperallergic]
- Vote for the finalists in the Smithsonian's 14th annual photography contest. [via This is Colossal]
- A look at the history of the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art with Director, Julian Raby. [via NBC News]
- An update to the mysterious death of 19th century Smithsonian naturalist (and Archive's favorite) Robert Kennicott, with new insight from our physical anthropologists. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- Hear the earliest known piece of polyphonic music from 900 AD. [via Open Culture]
- From Wiki Loves Women, a look at how to boost the representation of African women on Wikipedia. #MindTheGap
Wiki Loves Women!! from Wiki In Africa on Vimeo.
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