Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Amazon Ecosystem Research Program"
New Archives Resources for Teachers
- Date: November 3, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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It Takes a Village: Anniversary of the Anacostia Museum Opening
- Date: September 15, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8698,size=300,left]Today marks the forty-fourth anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum (ACM), then called the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The ACM opened in 1967 at the old Carver Theater in the Anacostia section of Washington, DC. The “experimental community museum” was first suggested by the Smithsonian’s eighth Secretary S.
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Nucharin Songsasen
- Date: April 1, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Research Biologist, Dr. Nucharin Songsasen, leads the Conservation of Rare Canids program to study and conserve wild canids in zoos and in their natural habitats in South America and Southeast Asia. #Groundbreaker
Born Digital - Video Recording in the 21st Century
- Date: October 5, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Save the Date for the 2011 Smithsonian Archives Fair
- Date: September 26, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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.
The Increase and Diffusion of Data
- Date: October 19, 2021
- Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
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Creating a Digital Smithsonian
- Date: September 28, 2010
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: [caption id="attachment_8323" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Smithsonian employees attend the 2010 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Photograph by Michael Barnes."][/caption] For two days in mid-September, Smithsonian Institution employees gathered for a digitization fair to share ideas and hear about some neat projects. Even those who work here are impressed by
Here at the Smithsonian: Art Conservation
- Date: January 26, 2021
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Check out these two newly-available clips from Here At The Smithsonian!
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Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers
- Date: April 19, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is
A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian
- Date: October 20, 2020
- Creator: Jessica Scott
- Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.
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It’s a (sea) Bird!
- Date: August 16, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Enjoy a collection of images documenting pelagic birds from the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.