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  1. Collage of three images showing disc fragments being placed in a plastic bag, tape being applied to the bag, and the bag being taped the cover of the enclosure.

    Stabilizing Lacquer Transcription Discs

    • Date: October 18, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Improved physical housing is one step you can take to help extend the life of your audiovisual media. Take a look at the new housing for lacquer transcription disc recordings from The World is Yours radio programs.

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    Emergency Preparedness: Because There May Come a Day…

    • Date: May 3, 2016
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: When disaster strikes your collections, it can be stressful, especially if you’ve neglected that emergency preparedness plan. MayDay is the perfect time each year to revisit preparedness, salvage, and recovery plans, and here are a few keys things to make sure you include to aid in your disaster response.

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    Fitting Unusual Collections into Standard Boxes

    • Date: April 23, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: In celebration of Preservation Week, we’ll take a look at a recently created custom housing for a fragile fabric-covered box found within Accession 18-009.

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    What a Groovy Idea! A Pan-Institutional Survey of Audiovisual Collections

    • Date: April 21, 2016
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: In celebration of Preservation Week 2016, here’s a brief overview of surveys and their role in preservation, as well as a look into an audiovisual survey currently taking place right here at the Smithsonian.

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    A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters

    • Date: October 24, 2017
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to

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    Perplexing Panoramas: Taking Charge of Housing Oversized Collections

    • Date: September 1, 2016
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: With the ongoing reorganization of the map cases at the Archives, collections containing panoramic photographs, drawings, and maps require unique housing that provides adequate support when storing and handling.

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    Looking Towards the Future: An Audiovisual Preservation Readiness Assessment

    • Date: July 23, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has been spending a lot of time looking at our audiovisual preservation practices. Check out the results from our recent assessment!

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    Career advice from our Preservation Coordinator

    • Date: May 1, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: This is post is part of our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professional. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Smithsonian Institution Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Don’t be afraid to let us know who you might like to hear from next!What is preservation? This is a

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    A New Solution for an Old Scrapbook

    • Date: November 14, 2017
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: The Archives recently received several scrapbooks created by Elizabeth C. Reed during her husband's tenure as Director of the National Zoological Park (NZP). These scrapbooks contain information about noteworthy events and consist mostly of newspaper clippings gathered from newspapers around the country. Anyone who's attempted to preserve scrapbooks can tell you it's a bit of

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    Pennywise Preservation: Oversized Prints and Drawings

    • Date: December 13, 2016
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Providing suitable housing for collections can sometimes be cost-prohibitive. When the Archives received a large collection of oversized drawings, a cost-savings approach had to be employed while still achieving an appropriate housing strategy for long-term preservation.

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    Quick Tips for Preserving Your Family’s Past

    • Date: November 26, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: As the holiday season approaches, here are a few quick tips on some preservation strategies for your family’s treasures.

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  23. Here at the Smithsonian: Art Conservation

    • Date: January 26, 2021
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Check out these two newly-available clips from Here At The Smithsonian!

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