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    Documenting a Life of One’s Own

    • Date: March 24, 2022
    • Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.

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  3. A screenshot of the Smithsonian’s mobile website as it appears on the Internet.

    Connecting the Dots: Issues with Preserving Complex Websites

    • Date: July 17, 2012
    • Description: Capturing websites that contain a lot of JavaScript and Flash content pose serious problems for web archivists.

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    Hot Topics in Archival Research, Winter 2018

    • Date: January 16, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10581,size=200,left]Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been

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  7. Blog Post

    Suppose We Decide to Dispose

    • Date: October 28, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Interior of Office of Printing and Photographic Service's cold storage vault, 1983, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder September 1983, Negative Number 2004-10338."][/caption] To be sure, the Smithsonian has a lot of photographs. Millions of them in hundreds of

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  9. Preservation Week is April 27 to May 3, 2014. May Day is a time to reflect and do something to better prepare for emergencies at your archives, library, museum, historical society, or preservation organizations.

    What is the PRICE of Emergencies on Cultural Heritage?

    • Date: May 1, 2014
    • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
    • Description: In honor of MayDay – Do One Thing for Emergency Preparedness, 2014, here is an item of interest about a new group at the Smithsonian called Preparation and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE) and resources on Incident Command in emergencies for cultural heritage organizations.

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  11. Link Love: 11/4/2011

    • Date: November 4, 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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  13. Web Archiving Update

    • Date: August 6, 2013
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A progress report on the Archives' web archiving effort since subscribing to Archive-It.

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  15. A screenshot of records management resources that many may find useful at ho

    Records Management Resources

    • Date: October 11, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Digital Curation

    • Date: April 27, 2017
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives' digital curation process, encompassing the selection, acquisition, preservation, maintenance, and delivery of digital data.

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    Link Love: 12/2/2011

    • Date: December 2, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • 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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  21. Black and white photograph of Massey.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary E. Massey

    • Date: March 10, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: From 1967 to 1991, Mary E. Massey broke barriers for women at the Smithsonian by demonstrating her skills in spaces typically reserved only for men. Though Massey arrived at the Smithsonian as an elevator operator, by her retirement, she was the building manager for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. In a column reserved for the Smithsonian

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    See Here: 1/10/2014

    • Date: January 10, 2014
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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