Results for "Archives -- Processing"
"Scrolling" Through Museum Processes
- Date: September 12, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Two almost forgotten scrolls document the automation of museum processes at the Cooper-Hewitt.
Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records
- Date: October 25, 2018
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.
- Blog Post
How Much is Enough?
- Date: August 17, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Web Archiving Update
- Date: August 6, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A progress report on the Archives' web archiving effort since subscribing to Archive-It.
Challenges of Appraising Records in the Digital Age
- Date: October 12, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: With the proliferation of records maintained electronically, appraisal has become more challenging and time-consuming.
Some Archival Career Advice
- Date: April 26, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.
How the Archives Gets its Records (or, Golden Lion Tamarins Galore)
- Date: October 27, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Smithsonian Now Using Archive-It to Crawl Websites
- Date: February 26, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives announces its use of Archive-It to crawl websites.
- Blog Post
A Tale of Coffee and Collecting
- Date: November 30, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Archives are often used by genealogists to create their family histories. Often it's a tedious process that can involve many repositories throughout the country or even the world, but the final product can be fascinating. Take, for instance, Melbourne ("Mel") Romaine Carriker's Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and His Family
Records Management Resources
- Date: October 11, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian
- Date: June 9, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific
New Collections by the Numbers
- Date: October 27, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: New Archives collections are trending towards more electronic records, but more paper as well.