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Subject

  • Preslock, Karen
  • Kelly, Kimberly B
  • Wheat, Valerie J
  • Taylor, E. Gilbert
  • Lynch, Thomas
  • Smith, Carre
  • Shah, Sharad J
  • Felts, Bonnie S
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries Museum Support Center Branch
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries Museum Support Center Library
  • Smithsonian Libraries Museum Support Center Library
  • Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Museum Support Center Library
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Laboratories of Analytical Biology
  • Museum Conservation Institute

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Smithsonian Annual Report, 1980, 1981
  • Smithsonian Annals, 1988, 1989, 1991-1995, 2000
  • Smithsonian Directories, 2002
  • Libraries of the Smithsonian: Knowledge Lives Here, 2006
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries Newsletter, No. 41, July 1983
  • Museum Support Center Library, https://library.si.edu/libraries/museum-support-center, accessed April 14, 2023
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries Phone List, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20031021084615/http://www.sil.si.edu:80/Information-Files/staff-directory.htm, accessed April 14, 2023
  • Museum Support Center Library Staff, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002219/http://www.sil.si.edu:80/libraries/msc/msc_staff.cfm, accessed April 14, 2023
  • Smithsonian Staff Phone Directory, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20111129105019/http://www.sil.si.edu/Resources/phones/phone-list.cfm, accessed April 14, 2023
  • Email, "Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Executive Leadership Team Updates," September 23, 2022.
  • The Museum Support Center Library Research Center supports the work of the Museum Conservation Institute, the Laboratories of Analytical Biology and numerous departments from the National Museum of Natural History. The library's holdings specialize in conservation and preservation of museum objects, molecular biology, medical entomology, and other topics related to Museum Support Center (MSC) staff research.
  • The MSC was dedicated in 1983 and its library was created at the same time. The MSC is a museum collections management facility designed for the purposes of collections storage, research, and conservation.
  • Originally established as the Museum Support Center Branch it was later known at the Museum Support Center Library. The library was part of Smithsonian Institution Libraries at the time of its creation and then later part of Smithsonian Libraries. In 2020, after the merger of Smithsonian Institution Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives, it became part of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. In 2022, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives renamed their libraries as library research centers.
  • Its first librarian was Karen Preslock, who served between 1980-1988. Kimberly B. Kelly was librarian 1989-1991. E. Gilbert Taylor served as librarian in 1992, with a vacancy in 1993. Valerie J. Wheat served as librarian in 1994. In 1995, E. Gilbert Taylor began a second term as librarian and served until 2011. Afterward, Thomas Lynch served as Technical Information Specialist from 2011-2013. Carrie Smith served as a Library Technician in 2014 and was promoted to librarian that year, then served until 2017. Sharad J. Shah served between 2017-2021. Bonnie S. Felts became librarian in 2022.
  • For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1983
  • 1983-

Topic

  • Special libraries
  • Museum libraries
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Museum conservation methods
  • Libraries
  • Museums
  • Libraries and museums
  • Museums--Collection management

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00462

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