Description: [ view in English ]La primera expedición científica internacional patrocinada por Estados Unidos circunnavegó el mundo entre 1838 y 1842, acumulando en el trayecto alrededor de 40 toneladas de piezas de interés para la historia natural. Cuando los expedicionarios regresaron, el Congreso de Estados Unidos decidió conservar estas piezas "recogidas por cuenta del gobierno... como
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. .
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Wallet, by Amanda Govaert, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] A recent article by Caitlin McDevitt in the Washington Post, describing Facebook’s expanding role as a hub for digital photography, while providing some surprising facts, raises one particularly interesting issue. As more people post and share
Description: [caption id="attachment_1641" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="why? dia doscientos catorce, by Flickr member, Andrea"][/caption] Last weekend, I was working, editing a short essay about the rise of “citizen journalism” by Fred Ritchin, author of the recently published After Photography, which we’ll be uploading soon on click! photography changes everything.
Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.
Description: While only two years old, World Migratory Bird Day is just one of the latest evolutions in conservation awareness. Related celebrations go back more than twenty-six years and draw on over a century of research.
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