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    1. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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    3. A computer window titled DArchInfo with clickable heading tabs labeled Search, Query Results, Clipboard, SQL, and logoutThe first column contains accession numbers for Smithonian Archives born-digital holdings (i.e. 00-002). The second column contains names of format types (i.e. AppleDouble Resource Fork, etc.). The third column is the number of each type of file format in that accession (i.e. there are 93 Acrobat PDF/A files).

      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.

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    5. You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog

      • Date: August 22, 2019
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of writing a second blog for National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up around the Smithsonian Institution.[view:sia_slideshow==87224]Related Resources"Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo," The Bigger Picture"Me

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    7. Two floppy disks labeled with the ZooArk info. One is from the rhino files and the other is from the tiger files.

      Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating

      • Date: January 14, 2020
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.

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    9. Three circular graphite drawings, one typewritten note, and one annotated handwritten note. First drawing is of a torch with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Second drawing is of James Smithson with text: James Smithson Bicentennial 1765-1965 circling it. Third drawing is of the sunburst with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Typewritten note: suggested designs to be incorporated into all printed matter connected with the bi-centennial. Designer says medal design too complicated

      Goodbye, 2020: Working Through a Different Kind of Year

      • Date: December 31, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Despite so many setbacks this year, Archives staff has continued to serve our researchers.

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      The Born-Digital Diaries: “Interrogate the Floppy!”

      • Date: April 28, 2020
      • Description: As an intern with the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I developed strategies that would make our born-digital collections more accessible to the researcher and enhance discoverability.

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      The World Is Yours: Fashion Parade of Presidents’ Wives

      • Date: March 4, 2021
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours titled “Fashion Parade of Presidents’ Wives.”

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      The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 4

      • Date: November 7, 2011
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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