Results for "Association for Information and Image Management International"
Takin' Care of Records
- Date: April 17, 2018
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Did you know April is Records and Information Management Month? Did you also know that the Smithsonian Institution has over 154 million objects, 10 million digital records, and 156,830 cubic feet of archival materials in its collections? It is mostly thanks to amazing record keeping that we are able to locate, care, and give access to millions of fascinating objects.We look at
Some Archival Career Advice
- Date: April 26, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.
Archives, Record Management, and Digital Material
- Date: July 12, 2018
- 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,
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Records and Information Management: The Archivist
- Date: May 6, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Digitization
- Date: May 19, 2020
- Description: Our digitization experts answer questions about the complicated and time-consuming process of digitizing our collections.
Connecting the Dots: Issues with Preserving Complex Websites
- Date: July 17, 2012
- Description: Capturing websites that contain a lot of JavaScript and Flash content pose serious problems for web archivists.
How Gloria Steinem Inspired Change at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 2, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: In December 1978, Gloria Steinem met with the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council (SIWC) to advise the group on carrying out the work of change at the Smithsonian and to broaden members’ understanding of the women’s movement. As described by attendees, the conversation was “dynamite…great…wonderful.” One member expressed her surprise at finding Steinem so agreeable;
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Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program
- Date: July 7, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to
Who's Answering Your Questions
- Date: October 16, 2012
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Meet the people who will be answering your questions about your personal archives from 10-5, today, October 17th, 2012.
Link Love: 10/16/2015
- Date: October 16, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Dr. Donald Fleming Squires (1927-2017)
- Date: February 13, 2018
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14492,size=500,center]Dr. Squires was a pioneer in the application of computer technology in science museums and the founding father of data processing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He died on his 90th birthday, December 19, 2017 in Tasmania, Australia, after a short illness. Squires received an B.A. from Cornell
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Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”
- Date: September 1, 2020
- Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.