Results for "Libraries and museums"
- Blog Post
Meet Sarah Stierch: The Archives’ Wikipedian in Residence
- Date: March 28, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives hosts Sarah Stierch as Wikipedian-in-Residence for Spring 2012.
Talking and Doing About Emergency Preparation
- Date: May 1, 2012
- Creator: Sarah Stauderman
- Description: Every May 1 is a chance to do one thing about Emergency Preparation; here’s how the Smithsonian Institution Archives is doing it.
Link Love: 12/4/2015
- Date: December 4, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Nixon Presidential Library and Museum releases 66,000 more documents from his White House days. [via InfoDocket]The Smithsonian's first blog, Eye Level, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum just celebrated its 10th year! [via Eye Level]Not many people know why the Smithsonian was founded, and the extraordinary set of circumstances that had to take place for it to happen.
- Webpage
Discontinued Website
- Date: October 7, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Embracing the Crowd
- Date: April 15, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: When I started working with museums in 2005, the concept of crowdsourcing was in its infancy. That year, James Surowiecki ‘s book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” was published and there were tiny experiments in crowdsourcing occurring in the cultural heritage sector. There were hesitations and objections about the whole concept within the GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum)
Emergency Preparedness: Because There May Come a Day…
- Date: May 3, 2016
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: When disaster strikes your collections, it can be stressful, especially if you’ve neglected that emergency preparedness plan. MayDay is the perfect time each year to revisit preparedness, salvage, and recovery plans, and here are a few keys things to make sure you include to aid in your disaster response.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Catherine "Kitty" Scott
- Date: July 3, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Catherine “Kitty” Scott, Chief Librarian and Director, National Air and Space Museum Library, 1972–94, began organizing, planning, and maintaining the new library well before the museum had opened. For her efforts, Scott earned the Superior Service Award In 1976. #Groundbreaker
Link Love: 11/8/2019
- Date: November 8, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
Link Love: 4/10/2020
- Date: April 10, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: For Draw a Bird Day, Smithsonian Libraries highlights the work of some of the Smithsonian’s youngest scientific illustrators. [via Smithsonian Libraries] [edan-image:id=siris_arc_369082,size=450,center]THE CITY features the archives and museums working to collect documentation of New Yorkers’ experiences during the pandemic. [via THE CITY]The latest in movie recs: historical
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Digital Preservation Working Group
- Date: April 26, 2017
- Description: In 2014, Secretary Clough chartered a Digital Preservation Working Group to assess current preservation practices and develop lifecycle management recommendations for the future.
Hall of Photography
- Date: February 16, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Neil Allen worked on audiovisual elements in the Hall of Photography which opened at the National Museum of History and Technology in 1973.
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1991-
- Date: 1991 1991-
- Creator: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Anacostia Community Museum Library Research Center