- Please helps us move on to the next round of the Smithsonian Summer Showdown, by voting for the icon, the will of our founder, James Smithson!
- Where does metadata fit in, the quantity vs. quality quandry of digitized material. [via American Libraries Magazine]
- At the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the "stud book" plays a key role in the conservation effort of rare animal species. [via Washington Post]
- The DC Public Library recently established the DC Punk Archive to document the history and culture of DC music. [via Marguerite Roby, SIA]
- A look back at what is was like for photographers at the very beginnings of the digital photography revolution. [via Lens, The New York Times]
- President Warren G. Harding's love letters to his mistress, Carrie Fulton Phillips, are now open to the public at the Library of Congress. [via The Library of Congress blog]
- Information about the private lives of early Americans are being discovered in the church records stored in basements and attics, file cabinets, safes and even coat closets. [via The New York Times]
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