Results for "Information Resource Management Newsletter"
Records Management Resources
- Date: October 11, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
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.
- Blog Post
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
Mission: Records Management Panama
- Date: April 11, 2019
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Archives describes its approach to records management outreach at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Archives, Record Management, and Digital Material
- Date: July 12, 2018
- Description: As a student with a background in libraries, one of the most interesting things I learned as an intern at the Smithsonian Institution Archives this summer was how closely related records management is to archival practice. I was unaware that as an institutional archive, the Archives is specifically concerned with preserving records that relate to the Smithsonian’s identity,
Email Management Remains Important
- Date: January 2, 2020
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives and libraries explore various tools to preserve and share email collections.
RIMM: Tips for Weeding Your Email
- Date: April 25, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: For Records and Information Management Month, here are some tips for managing the size of your email account.
Takin' Care of Records
- Date: April 17, 2018
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Did you know April is Records and Information Management Month? Did you also know that the Smithsonian Institution has over 154 million objects, 10 million digital records, and 156,830 cubic feet of archival materials in its collections? It is mostly thanks to amazing record keeping that we are able to locate, care, and give access to millions of fascinating objects.We look at
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Looking for Women Managers of the Smithsonian’s Museums
- Date: March 16, 2022
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: When did women begin to manage Smithsonian museums? Meet Grace Dunham Guest who was a key staff member in opening the Freer Gallery of Art in 1923.
Society of American Archivists Conference Recap
- Date: August 23, 2012
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: Several SIA Archivists participated in the 2012 Society of American Archivists confernence, discussing such topics as archiving websites, Encoded Archival Context (EAD) and the Fieldbook Project.
Connecting the Dots: Issues with Preserving Complex Websites
- Date: July 17, 2012
- Description: Capturing websites that contain a lot of JavaScript and Flash content pose serious problems for web archivists.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Judith A. Block
- Date: July 13, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.