Results for "Coalition for Networked Information"
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Records and Information Management Month: The Registrar
- Date: April 23, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? What is records and information management? Glad you asked! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Dan Brown Books, by Federico Filacchione, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] Information is collected data, thoughts, ideas, or memories. Records are documents that contain information
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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.
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Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian
- Date: April 28, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals
Archives Puzzles: Exchanging Information Before the Internet
- Date: February 1, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Science Service, Up Close: Informal Moments
- Date: May 8, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Formal portrait photographs of scientists tend to preserve the stiffness of the moment, rather than capture the sitter’s personality. Perhaps that is the reason that candid photographs of celebrities like Albert Einstein stick in public memory.A 1931 photograph of three Nobel laureate physicists illustrates why we tend to remember the informal photos of scientists more than
Sneak Peek 8/27/2018
- Date: August 27, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: "Information Age: People, Information and Technology" exhibition at National Museum of American History, October 1990, by Rick Vargas, SIA Acc. 11-009, 90-14532-03A.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Grace Potter
- Date: June 19, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Mary Grace Potter, founding director of the Visitor Information and Associates’ Reception Center, 1971–2000, established and led the unit responsible for providing information to Smithsonian members and the public by mail, telephone, and in person. In 1978, Potter won the first annual Robert A. Brooks Award for Excellence in Administration. #Groundbreaker
Website Search Tips
- Date: February 29, 2012
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: Here are some tips to finding collection information on our website.
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website
- Date: April 3, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_392769,size=450,center]The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website.See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Sneak Peek 3/4/2019
- Date: March 4, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Information volunteers answer telephone calls in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, SIA RU000371, 78-18876-20A.
How I Spent My Summer: Interning as a Virtual Web Archivist
- Date: August 4, 2022
- Description: Virtually join along with me on my web and social media archiving adventure using web archiving services, such as Archive-It.
Sneak Peek 11/27/2017
- Date: November 27, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Visual Information Specialist Rolland O. Hower in freeze dry lab at National Museum of Natural History, 72-7733.