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    1. Table of what happened to the different prints. Alt text in images explains discoloring.

      When Digital Print Met Water

      • Date: March 26, 2020
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: What happens when your digital prints get wet and why is this important? Answers below!

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      Link Love: 3/25/2011

      • Date: March 25, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption=""EXIT" sign in the Smithsonian Institution Building (i.e. "The Castle Building"), by Adam Gerard, Creative Commons: Attribution BY-NC-SA 2.0."][/caption] We agree, Adam! The Smithsonian “Castle” takes the cake for vintage details. Via @voteprime on Twitter: “I am fascinated by this EXIT sign I saw at the Smithsonian

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    5. An attendee at “Don’t Rock the Cradle” examines magnetic strapping in the marketplace. Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2015.

      Preserve It While You Use It: Collections Care in Action

      • Date: April 28, 2015
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: It’s Preservation Week - see what conservation staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are doing to contribute to preservation-mindedness.

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    7. Preservation Week is April 27 to May 3, 2014. May Day is a time to reflect and do something to better prepare for emergencies at your archives, library, museum, historical society, or preservation organizations.

      What is the PRICE of Emergencies on Cultural Heritage?

      • Date: May 1, 2014
      • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
      • Description: In honor of MayDay – Do One Thing for Emergency Preparedness, 2014, here is an item of interest about a new group at the Smithsonian called Preparation and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE) and resources on Incident Command in emergencies for cultural heritage organizations.

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    9. A computer window titled DArchInfo with clickable heading tabs labeled Search, Query Results, Clipboard, SQL, and logoutThe first column contains accession numbers for Smithonian Archives born-digital holdings (i.e. 00-002). The second column contains names of format types (i.e. AppleDouble Resource Fork, etc.). The third column is the number of each type of file format in that accession (i.e. there are 93 Acrobat PDF/A files).

      Assessing File Format Risk for Born-Digital Preservation Planning

      • Date: August 3, 2021
      • Description: In addition to physical damage and deterioration of storage media, the technological complexity and dependency of electronic records make them uniquely vulnerable to loss, corruption, and alteration (both accidental and malicious). To achieve long-term preservation of fragile born-digital materials, digital archivists need a plan.

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    11. Five CDs and a color card against a black background.

      Glaring Discs: Photographic Condition Documentation of Reflective Surfaces

      • Date: March 19, 2020
      • Description: The challenges of imaging the shiny surfaces of optical discs including CDs and DVDs.

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    13. A screenshot of a data table used for recording the condition of discs. The left side contains label information for the discs and the upper right side lists different types of damages.

      Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part I

      • Date: September 2, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: This is part one of three in a series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. This month, we’ll introduce the project.

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      WWI: The Smithsonian on the Home Front

      • Date: June 17, 2016
      • Description: Just as the war affected the home life of millions of Americans, it had a drastic impact on the three buildings of the Smithsonian. The biggest change occurred in the ‘new’ National Museum, also known as the Natural History Building, then the Smithsonian’s cutting-edge exhibit space. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance, a new division of the US Department of Treasury created to

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    17. A typed legal court document dated March 1935. The pages have been paper-clipped together and show multiple fold creases.

      Six Tips for Preserving Family Archives

      • Date: November 26, 2020
      • Creator: Jessica Scott
      • Description: Some advice from Archives staff on preserving your family’s history. 

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      SIA Acc. 18-231, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records, 2017

      • Date: 2017
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. T89037, Center for Short-lived Phenomena (Cambridge, Mass.), Miscellaneous Records, and Publications, 1968-1975

      • Date: 1968 1968-1975
      • Creator: Center for Short-lived Phenomena (Cambridge, Mass.)
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    23. Dog Days at the Zoo, Part II

      • Date: September 18, 2012
      • Description: Though often overlooked, dogs played a featured role in the early history of the National Zoological Park.

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