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  1. Color image of computer hard drive.

    A Day for Electronic Records

    • Date: October 10, 2017
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Today is the day to shine the spotlight on electronic records, as Oct 10 marks the sixth Electronic Records Day.Sponsored by the Council of State Archivists (CoSA), this day is “to raise awareness among state government agencies, the general public, related professional organizations, and other stakeholders about the crucial role electronic records play in their world.” CoSA

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  3. Pink Scrapbook with Blank Cover, by pd_THOR, Creative Commons.

    Cut and Paste, Old Style

    • Date: September 13, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Some years back, and for what seemed like quite a while, people were talking about scrapbooking. As more aspects of everyday life were going digital, it felt like more and more people were paying homage to the paper-based mementoes of their experiences that appeared to be heading for oblivion. Quickly, and to support all the saving, trimming, and gluing that people were

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    An ‘Intern’duction to Storage of Oversized Archival Collections

    • Date: January 12, 2016
    • Description: I was recently given the opportunity to work as a Collections Care Intern at the Smithsonian Institution Archives for the months of November and December 2015, under the supervision and partnership of the Archives’ Collections Care Team. During my short time here, I worked on two parallel projects focused on surveying, preserving, and treating oversized archival collections:

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  7. Photographer Michael Barnes and his copy stand setup.

    Rapid Capture Digitization to bring the Smithsonian's Board of Regents Minutes Online

    • Date: September 8, 2015
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Digitizing the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents minutes to make them available online.

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  9. Facing our Fears

    • Date: October 30, 2018
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: An unusually serious Halloween post in which we dress up to stage a mock recovery from a museum fire.

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  11. Kathy Boi, volunteer at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Volunteer Appreciation: Kathy Boi

    • Date: April 14, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Kathy Boi, an oral history project volunteer.

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  13. Museum specialist LaNelle Peterson with chameleon specimens at Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) Navy Yard laboratory.

    Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC)

    • Date: February 10, 2022
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Learn more about the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center and the impact this unit had in the study of marine science worldwide.

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  15. Hold on Loosely

    • Date: May 28, 2019
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: Whether we love to hate them, or hate to love them, paper clips are a huge part of working in archives. In an attempt to showcase this little contraption, we did a call out to the twitterverse for other archivists to share their collection of paper clips. Needless to say, it was not a disappointment. Now go forth archivists! And remember Clippy will always be there to

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  17. Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History

    • Date: November 8, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to hang at the National Museum of American History.

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    Link Love: 2/18/2011

    • Date: February 18, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  21. 2012 Jazz Appreciation Month Poster.

    JAM: A Month of Musical Celebration

    • Date: April 3, 2012
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: April is Jazz Appreciation Month. In addition to events across the globe, you can find jazz nuggets in various archives.

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  23. A Conservator Abroad: Paper Conservation in Japan

    • Date: November 16, 2017
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and

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