Results for "Search Collections"
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Reference
- Date: March 7, 2011
- Description: Access research tips and policies, learn about public reading room information, and submit an online inquiry.
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Link Love: 5/6/2011
- Date: May 6, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="192" caption="A shot of Leafsnap, a free tree field guide app from the Smithsonian, University of Maryland, and Columbia University."][/caption] Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution have tapped their experts to help create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search:
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Link Love: 9/21/2012
- Date: September 21, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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Reference FAQ
- Date: March 7, 2011
- Description: Frequently asked reference questions
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Beating Hearts
- Date: August 11, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Artists are often among the researchers who comb through archives in search of inspiration and content. A few years back in 2008, an encyclopedic exhibition, Archive Fever, presented at the International Center of Photography in New York, presented works by leading contemporary artists who have made active use of archival images, documents, and methodology to explore the ways
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"Woman's Work"
- Date: March 13, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In June, 2008, the Smithsonian was the 4th institution to join the Flickr Commons . One of the things I enjoy most as a visitor to the Commons is searching on a random word or phrase and seeing how that idea is represented. Six members of the Commons posted photos and tagged with ‘womensday’ in honor of the 2009 International Women's Day. I searched on ‘work’ and other related
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Obtaining Reproductions
- Date: December 12, 2017
- Description: Commercial reproductions from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives can be obtained by following the instructions below. The fee schedule associated with each collection is for reproductions only. How to obtain reproductions of the Smithsonian Institution Archives' digital media.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives - Conducting Research at the Smithsonian Archives
2016’s Top Ten Smithsonian History Images
- Date: December 29, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives makes thousands of historic images of the exhibits, events, and happenings at the Smithsonian available online and, as the year comes to a close, we thought this would be a good time to take a look at some of the year’s most popular Smithsonian History images. You can search the History of the Smithsonian catalog at siris.si.edu to find
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Field Book Project
- Date: January 27, 2017
- Description: Scientific and scholarly pursuit are hindered when primary sources are un-cataloged or accessible only by visiting cultural heritage institutions. The Field Book Project seeks to promote awareness of and access to thousands of scientific field notes in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and holdings at the National Museum of Natural History and the
Link Love: 4/20/2018
- Date: April 20, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: When Mickey Mouse was used in war propaganda. [via National Museum of American History]NASA is on the search for new planets. [via BBC]The Initiative for Open Citations is attempting to make an open repository of citations. [via Boing Boing]Benjamin Franklin's papers are now online at Library of Congress. [via LOC blog]Service training for DC police officers — a visit to the
Another Year of Collecting Online History
- Date: March 31, 2022
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Changing museum hours and new websites meant another busy year for Smithsonian website archiving.