Results for "National Zoological Park (U.S.). Office of Education and Information"
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Less is More With Compressed Scanning
- Date: March 3, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Window Necklace, by Hoong Wei Long, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] For those who continue to believe that bigger is better—that you’re better off, for example, the more megapixels your digital camera delivers—a recent article by Jordan Ellenberg in WIRED magazine suggests the opposite may be true.
Three Cheers for Embedded Metadata
- Date: February 28, 2012
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Metadata is a helpful tool. When you have embedded metadata, all the better when trying to figure out what something might be.
Design in Archives: 150 going on 175
- Date: August 29, 2019
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: 2022 will mark the Smithsonian's 175th Anniversary. In honor of that, we're taking a look at what some of the design work went into making the Smithsonian's 150th Anniversary celebration happen.
Design + Archives: Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: February 21, 2017
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Celebrating 50 years in 2017, the Anacostia Community Museum opened on September 15, 1967.
To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media
- Date: June 13, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.
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For Your Viewing Enjoyment
- Date: September 15, 2016
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Some highlights of digitized video held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.
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Link Love: 8/20/2010
- Date: August 20, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="South Beach, Miami, Florida, 2004, Courtesy of the TypArchive: www.typarchive.com."] [/caption] A visual archive of hand-painted and cool old signage [via @leetranlam]. Check out the Smithsonian Libraries’ extensive links to online exhibitions created by libraries and archives. Catch the spirit! The Gospel Music History
The Mystery of the Undated Postcards
- Date: July 23, 2013
- Description: Revamping our online postcard exhibit poses the challenge of dating unused postcards. Here’s how I have hunted down clues to solve the mystery!
Preservation of Executable Files
- Date: July 24, 2012
- Description: As archives begin to receive executable files, archives must think about if and how to preserve them so their content lasts.
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.
Some Archival Career Advice
- Date: April 26, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.
The Smithsonian: Using and Archiving Facebook
- Date: May 31, 2011
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.