Description: Managing archival collections requires a comprehensive approach that incorporates identifying needs, establishing priorities, and allocating resources to meet goals. PoliciesSmithsonian Directives (SDs) serve as the authoritative source for policy information about the management, administrative, and programmatic operations of the Institution. The Archives closely follows the
Description: As a student with a background in libraries, one of the most interesting things I learned as an intern at the Smithsonian Institution Archives this summer was how closely related records management is to archival practice. I was unaware that as an institutional archive, the Archives is specifically concerned with preserving records that relate to the Smithsonian’s identity,