Results for "Electronics"
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.
Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions Monday, October 27
- Date: October 24, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In celebration of Archives Month, join us Monday, October 27th, 10am to 4pm ET, where four of our archivists specializing in audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (or electronic records) will be on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about your own archival collections. Questions from our readers in the past have ranged from storing letter and
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June 9 is Ask Archivists Day
- Date: June 6, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: June the 9th is AskArchivists Day: a day organized by the International Council on Archives to encourage you to ask professional archivists all over the world all of those burning questions about about their profession and about the collections in archives you've always wanted answered.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="The Smithsonian Institution
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SIA Acc. 14-121, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.), NASM Historical Files, 1977, 1979, 1982-1992
- Date: 1982 1982-1992 1977, 1979, 1982-1992
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Challenges of Appraising Records in the Digital Age
- Date: October 12, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: With the proliferation of records maintained electronically, appraisal has become more challenging and time-consuming.
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Born Digital Access Project (BDAP)
- Date: June 27, 2024
- Description: About the ProjectFor more than two decades, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA) Electronic Records Program has preserved and stewarded millions of born-digital holdings in the Archives permanent collections. The term “born-digital” refers specifically to records and primary source material that is created digitally. For the past 10 years, around 50 percent of the Archives
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SIA Acc. 17-226, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Information Technology and Society, Curatorial Records, 1954-2004
- Date: 1954 1954-2004
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Tomorrow is the “Ask the Smithsonian” Q&A on Facebook
- Date: October 11, 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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SIA RU009548, Waltham Clock Company Videohistory Collection, 1989
- Date: 1989
- Creator: Waltham Clock Company
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA RU009534, Classical Observation Techniques Videohistory Collection, 1988, 1991
- Date: 1988 1988-1991 1988, 1991
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Link Love: 11/3/2017
- Date: November 3, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The comical infographic of the week that's hitting a nerve with electronic records archivists! [via xkcd]Our National Museum of the American Indian is asking the public to submit design ideas for a memorial honoring American Indian military service. [via Navy Times] The oldest museum of African American culture, the DuSable Museum, was founded by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs in
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Email Preservation - DArcMail
- Date: August 15, 2018
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has collaborated on the earliest efforts in the field of email preservation since the mid-2000s. A look at our current approach, the challenges and solutions, and Archives' developed preservation tools. .