Results for "Libraries and museums"
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Live Webcast Today, 10:30 am, "Linked Open Data in Libraries, Museums, & Archives"
- Date: September 16, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Hold your fire! Fire prevention in archives, museums, and libraries
- Date: February 7, 2012
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Discussion of fires and fire prevention in museums, libraries, and archives, with resources.
Link Love: 6/1/2018
- Date: June 1, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: A graphic designer's delight — a new exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt explores color perception. [via Smithsonian Libraries]33 museums from 7 countries, including our own Smithsonian Archives of American Art, have produced the largest collection of Frida Kahlo art and ephemera with Google Arts & Culture. [via Remezcla]A key figure in LGBQT activism who organized the first pride
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Hindsight is 20/20: Revisiting Paper Treatments From Twenty Years Ago
- Date: April 28, 2011
- Description: This post is written in honor of Preservation Week, April 24–30, 2011. In celebration of this week, preservation specialists around the world will bring attention to the preservation work going on in their institutions, and inspire action to preserve collections in libraries, archives, museums, and communities. [caption id="attachment_12654" align="aligncenter" width="432"
Link Love: 2/3/2017
- Date: February 3, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The history behind the film, Hidden Figures, from Curator Paul Ceruzzi. [via National Air and Space Museum]Umbra Search African American History now has over 500,000 items from more than 1000 libraries, museums and archives. [via OCLC and University of Minnesota Libraries]A Twitter tribute to Holocaust victims who were turned away by the U.S. in 1939. [via Atlantic]Library of
Celebrate #ColorOurCollections
- Date: February 4, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Bring your eye for design and celebrate Color Our Collections!
Thinking Outside the Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Date: July 2, 2019
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: There are many smaller archival conferences to learn about new tools and projects.
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Link Love: 2/11/2011
- Date: February 11, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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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Don't Miss the Common Ground This Weekend!
- Date: October 2, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: If you happen to walk by a museum or a library one evening this weekend, and there's a light on inside, or perhaps a flicker in the window, don't pass it by. There's a good chance that you stumbled on The Common Ground: a community curated meetup. The Common Ground gatherings are being hosted by museums and libraries around the world to celebrate The Commons on Flickr and the
The Secret Treasure Vault that Might Have Been
- Date: September 20, 2012
- Description: During World War II, a plan to build a secret collections vault under a memorial to Oliver Wendell Holmes in Washington, DC.
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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.