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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 19-106

National Museum of Natural History

Website Records, 2009-2018

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History
Title:Website Records
Dates:2009-2018
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Collection:Accession 19-106
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of the National Museum of Natural History's "Ocean Portal" website and an associated Tumblr blog. The "Ocean Portal" website, crawled on February 9, 2018, is a unique, interactive online experience that inspires awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the world's oceans. Content includes topical information, lesson plans, stories, and images. It also serves as a portal to ocean-related content from other organizations. In addition, a blog, launched in October 2009, is embedded in the website. Due to technical issues, many of the multimedia features in this accession do not function as expected. The "Ocean Portal" Tumblr blog, crawled on February 22, 2018, features news and images related to the ocean and its sciences. It was launched in June 2013. Materials are in electronic format.

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This accession consists of the National Museum of Natural History's "Ocean Portal" website and an associated Tumblr blog.

The "Ocean Portal" website, crawled on February 9, 2018, is a unique, interactive online experience that inspires awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the world's oceans. Content includes topical information, lesson plans, stories, and images. It also serves as a portal to ocean-related content from other organizations. In addition, a blog, launched in October 2009, is embedded in the website. Due to technical issues, many of the multimedia features in this accession do not function as expected.

The "Ocean Portal" Tumblr blog, crawled on February 22, 2018, features news and images related to the ocean and its sciences. It was launched in September 2012.

Materials are in electronic format.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 19-106, National Museum of Natural History, Website Records

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Electronic Records

"Ocean Portal" website, crawled February 9, 2018

"Ocean Portal" website, crawled February 9, 2018
Electronic Records

Blog on "Ocean Portal" website, 2009-2018, crawled February 9, 2018

Blog on "Ocean Portal" website, 2009-2018, crawled February 9, 2018
Electronic Records

"Ocean Portal" Tumblr blog, 2012-2018, crawled February 22, 2018

"Ocean Portal" Tumblr blog, 2012-2018, crawled February 22, 2018
Electronic Records

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