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    1. Alt: Nora shows a crowd of people small objects on display on a table.

      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.

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      Creating a Digital Smithsonian

      • Date: September 28, 2010
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_8323" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Smithsonian employees attend the 2010 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Photograph by Michael Barnes."][/caption] For two days in mid-September, Smithsonian Institution employees gathered for a digitization fair to share ideas and hear about some neat projects. Even those who work here are impressed by

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      A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang

      • Date: May 26, 2022
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.

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      Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

      • Date: February 7, 2019
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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      Documenting the Opening of a Museum

      • Date: September 27, 2016
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look at how documenting the opening of a museum has changed in the age of social media.

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      Live Webcast Today, 10:30 am, "Linked Open Data in Libraries, Museums, & Archives"

      • Date: September 16, 2011
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      To have and to hold (snap) . . .

      • Date: December 30, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="392" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24,1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Cellulose acetate photonegative, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278269."][/caption] If events are heavily promoted as being once-in-a-lifetime

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      Transparency in the Archives: From Our Earliest Days

      • Date: August 16, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: From the point in 1838 when the United States Congress accepted James Smithson’s bequest, it was recognized as a cultural resource, a public trust held by the federal government. Smithson had stipulated that the funds be used for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Being a cultural resource set aside for public use, the government bore the

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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

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      An Audio Anniversary: Groundbreaking at the Hirshhorn

      • Date: January 12, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Celebrate American Archives Month with the Smithsonian

      • Date: September 20, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="232" caption="The flag pole on the top of the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building with the American flag and the new flag of the Smithsonian Institution, 1996, by Eric Long, Color photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 97-074, Box 1, Folder, Birthday Party on the Mall Bell and Flag, Negative Number:

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    23. Library and Archives Canada Infographic about their collections and services.

      Link Love: 9/5/2014

      • Date: September 5, 2014
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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