Results for "Access (Newsletter)"
Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown
- Date: March 23, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.
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But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
- Date: May 23, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Beauty is forever, by Just Warr, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic."][/caption] At THE BIGGER PICTURE, we often write about the challenges of maintaining the data in digital archives. But a recent article bundled in the informative daily arts newsletter compiled by Jeff Weiss—you can subscribe by sending a request
"Torch" PDFs now Available in Search
- Date: May 26, 2015
- Creator: Andrew Whitesell
- Description: We’re glad to announce another update to the Smithsonian Institution Archives site search.
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Yes, We’re Still Talking About Email
- Date: August 4, 2015
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives and libraries are seeking various ways to preserve and to make email collections available to researchers.
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Where to Begin? Determining Founding Dates in ForestGEO’s Global Network of Research Plots
- Date: April 21, 2020
- Description: Behind the seemingly objective certitude of a date lies an argument about what counts.
Mealworm Chocolate Chip Cookies, Anyone?
- Date: September 1, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Earlier this year, I blogged about a recipe for “Elephant Skin and Ivory” (a black and white tinted candy) that I found in the 1984 National Museum of Natural History Docent Cookbook. Well, while researching the history of the same museum’s Insect Zoo for my recent blog post, I came across another recipe that I'd like to share—mealworm chocolate chip cookies.This recipe
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The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian
- Date: June 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian
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Web and Social Media Preservation: Capturing Today’s Websites for Future Archival Research
- Date: August 12, 2014
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has captured two years of Smithsonian websites using the web tool Archive-It. See how we predict future research.
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A Recipe: Elephant Hide and Ivory
- Date: April 21, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: July 2, 2020
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Assessing File Format Risk for Born-Digital Preservation Planning
- Date: August 3, 2021
- Description: In addition to physical damage and deterioration of storage media, the technological complexity and dependency of electronic records make them uniquely vulnerable to loss, corruption, and alteration (both accidental and malicious). To achieve long-term preservation of fragile born-digital materials, digital archivists need a plan.
Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions
- Date: October 1, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.