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Link Love: 12/28/2018
- Date: December 28, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: December 8, 2020
- Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
Contagious Contributions: The Rewards of Asking for Help
- Date: February 26, 2015
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Update on the continuing and growing contributions of volunteers at the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Email Management Remains Important
- Date: January 2, 2020
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives and libraries explore various tools to preserve and share email collections.
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For It's One, Two, Three Strikes You're Out...
- Date: July 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="237" caption="This is America...Keep it Free!, Dorothea Lange, 1942, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center."][/caption] More cameras in more places. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the installation of red light cameras and the controversy surrounding their use that’s continuing to spread
Love a Tree (Every)Day
- Date: May 16, 2019
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: On Love a Tree Day, the Archives discusses the Smithsonian's dedication to trees throughout the world.
- Blog Post
Coping With Stuff, Down Here and Up There
- Date: September 16, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: We’ve all got storage issues to confront. And when we do, some people take great pleasure in getting things organized and others get headaches. A small percentage descend into madness, while an equally small group see and then seize the business opportunities that are generated by the need to keep life, things, and information under control. Over the past few weeks, the
Frank Thone and a "Square Deal" on Earth Day
- Date: April 22, 2013
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A photo montage of a science journalist and a fly illustrates the man's sense of humor and attitudes toward nature.
How Many Objects does the Smithsonian Have?
- Date: January 25, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12123,size=250,left]It is a simple answer really: We counted. From 1978 to 1983, the Smithsonian undertook a comprehensive inventory of its collections. It was the first time the Smithsonian had ever tried to count each object in its collections and it was a massive task. Over five years, staff from every museum and research center spent thousands of
Another Milestone Met: Reminiscing about the Field Book Project and Looking Forward
- Date: February 21, 2019
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: The intense efforts that started the Field Book Project and have kept it in high gear are slowing down to a sustainable pace. After almost ten years, grant funding for the Field Book Project has drawn to a close, but there is still plenty more to look forward to that will benefit researchers for years to come.
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation
- Date: April 29, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.