Description: The Japanese are taking fall to a new level! [via Bored Panda]The 25 most instagrammed museums includes the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. [via Hyperallergic] Ireland's National Web Archive in Ireland let the public choose 10 websites to preserve. [via Info Docket]There's a podcast for everyone, including research librarians...check out the episode on Global Web Preservation.
Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="192" caption="A shot of Leafsnap, a free tree field guide app from the Smithsonian, University of Maryland, and Columbia University."][/caption] Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution have tapped their experts to help create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search:
Description: Neil Allen worked on audiovisual elements in the Hall of Photography which opened at the National Museum of History and Technology in 1973.
Description: There's a new sea slug on the block, the leaf sheep, aka Shaun the Sheep. If you can't get enough sea slugs, we have several illustrations of these fantastical creatures! [via My Modern Met]Our Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery will display 6 outdoor, large-scale artworks from Burning Man, including a five-ton cast cement bust, “Maya’s Mind” paying homage to
Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.
Description: Today’s science museums build on the efforts of biologist George Roemmert (1892-1952), whose “Microvivarium” projected images of amoebas and other microscopic creatures.
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