Results for "Archivists"
Science Service, Up Close: Where Was Watson?
- Date: September 15, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Help the Smithsonian Institution Archives identify the locations of Watson Davis’s vacation photographs from August and September 1925.
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Tag! You're Saved!
- Date: October 25, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Fingers typing, by Simon Steiner, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."] [/caption] You know that sinking, then maddening feeling: you need to find something you’ve carefully put away, but can’t remember where you’ve stored it or how you characterized or labeled it. That common problem, when it’s blown up to institutional
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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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Departmental Records, 1999-2020
- Date: 1999 1999-2020
- Creator: Archives of American Art
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Select Resources for Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, and Response for Archives, Museums, and Libraries
- Date: November 9, 2012
- Description: A select list of resources for disaster prevention, preparedness, and response for archives, museums, and libraries
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 99-120, History of Science Society, Joint Committee on Archives of Science and Technology Records, 1978-1984
- Date: 1978 1978-1984
- Creator: History of Science Society
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Audiovisual Preservation Readiness Assessment
- Date: July 18, 2019
- Description: BackgroundFrom December 2017 to May 2019, eleven Smithsonian units participated in an Audiovisual Preservation Readiness Assessment (AVPRA), building off of the 2016 Pan-Institutional Audiovisual Collections Survey.
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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.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 87-144, Lytle, Richard H, Richard H. Lytle Papers, 1957-1981
- Date: 1957 1957-1981
- Creator: Lytle, Richard H.
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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