Results for "Computer science"
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Scantastic: Scanning Archival Images to Make Them More Useful
- Date: May 24, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Where Are They Now?
- Date: May 20, 2014
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives catches up with former interns.
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: December 8, 2015
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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A New Look at Home Movies
- Date: May 31, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="I have no hours in the day to watch TV/games. Don't let life go by!!, by National Media Museum, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] From 2002-2005, a unique archive of video tapes was compiled by the Center on Everyday Lives of Families (CELF) at UCLA, with the goal of studying a relatively new social
How to Fit a Forest in Five Boxes
- Date: February 11, 2014
- Description: Field maps illuminate the origins of the Smithsonian’s long-term forest-monitoring project.
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Illegible, She Wrote
- Date: May 16, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="A Penmanship sign was located in Boerum Hill and was painted in 1997. It was a faux billboard created by Jerry Johnson of Orange Outdoor Advertising, Photo by Bosc d'Anjou, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic."][/caption] A week or so ago, I was looking through documents scanned by the Smithsonian Institution
Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part III
- Date: November 4, 2021
- Description: This is the final part in a three-part series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. In this final post, we’ll summarize our research and outline possible next steps.
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Please Mr. Postman
- Date: February 16, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Temperance Parade, Church of the Nazarene, Medora, Illinois, photographer unknown, real-photo postcard, 1908, Courtesy of Luc Sante, 2009."][/caption] One of the thrills of seeing—when you stop to pay attention to it—is how complex and quickly the process of looking and making sense of what we see happens. According to
How Much is in That Terabyte?
- Date: December 6, 2018
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: 2018 was a busy year for born-digital collections at the Archives
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Looking Wayback on the Smithsonian’s Sesquicentennial
- Date: August 10, 2020
- Description: The Smithsonian marked its 150th birthday with a huge celebration and special website in 1996.
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Too Many to Count
- Date: September 24, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, c. 1890, Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] One of the things people often want to know about photography at the Smithsonian is, “How many photographs do you have?” with the quick follow-up, “Have you counted all of them?” No one knows for certain, but statistical sampling suggests
Link Love: 7/6/2018
- Date: July 6, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- 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.