Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science"
Hold your fire! Fire prevention in archives, museums, and libraries
- Date: February 7, 2012
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Discussion of fires and fire prevention in museums, libraries, and archives, with resources.
Happy Tin-th Anniversary!
- Date: October 8, 2019
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: A retrospective photo trip down the Archives’ conservation lab memory lane, featuring folks from past and present.
Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 1
- Date: December 13, 2011
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: This is the first of two posts on the Archives' conservators’ work with the Smithsonian’s Haiti Cultural Recovery project, which works to rescue and safeguard objects damaged by the 2010 earthquake.
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Happy paper anniversary?
- Date: October 7, 2010
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: [caption id="attachment_8465" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Beth Antoine, Postgraduate Fellow in Conservation, conducts research on the letter or copy press books of Secretary Spencer F. Baird, Courtesy of Nora Lockshin."][/caption] One year ago on October 8th, after several years of planning, waiting, and building, the Smithsonian Center for Archives Conservation
Protection of Collections during Retrofit or Renovation
- Date: May 2, 2019
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Yesterday, we celebrated MayDay2019 by reviewing the contents of Nora’s PRICE team go-bag, which you can explore in this Facebook Live, courtesy of the Foundation for the Advancement of Conservation!This MayDay post comes to you at a time when cultural heritage disasters on a mass scale are fresh in people’s minds. Paying attention to high visibility events offers opportunity
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And don’t forget your badge this time!
- Date: January 2, 2018
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Despite my long experience responding to many an incident affecting cultural heritage infrastructure and collections, since 2016, I have gained valuable experience living through the Atlantic hurricane season from the perspectives of both a professional immersed in the disaster lifecycle (preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation), and the individuals, businesses, and
Ask the Smithsonian, Again!
- Date: October 4, 2011
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
The Mold…RETURNS! (Mad Scientist edition)
- Date: November 1, 2016
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Our annual creepy Halloween post returns, like the undead, and so many moldy oldie film franchises. A silly wink at a serious subject.
But all I've got is a photograph . . . or an autograph?
- Date: April 29, 2014
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Watch how we make invisible Beatles’ autographs visible with Reflectance Transform Imaging, a technique for forensic document examination.
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The Mold . . .
- Date: October 31, 2013
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: In which our heroine takes on the Creeping Horror of…The Mold. Spooky!
MayDay as Earth Day
- Date: April 30, 2020
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: As I write this crossover Preservation Week/MayDay post so close to Earth Day 2020 (the fiftieth anniversary), stunning news continues to break across the globe due to the coronavirus. Shining through the fog of worry, there have been surprising gains in a period of forced inactivity due to reduced emissions, such as record-breaking solar energy capture in Germany, and cleaner
Preserve Us From Particulates: Celebrating N95 Day
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: N95 Day is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to promote the safe and proper use of N95 face respirators.