Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Collection Policy and Management Committee"
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The Archives’ Video Digitization Equipment Gets an Upgrade
- Date: April 2, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The Archives recently upgraded its video digitization equipment to an open source, cost effective solution.
Celebrating National Radio Day
- Date: August 18, 2022
- Description: We’ve shared a lot about The World Is Yours, the Smithsonian’s first educational radio show, but this National Radio Day, we are highlighting some of the other radio programs in our collections.
I.D. This! Solid Ink Inkjet Print
- Date: June 18, 2019
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Material and process identification is the key to a robust preservation strategy!
The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
- Date: March 18, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.
A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters
- Date: October 24, 2017
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to
- Blog Post
Come Fly With Me
- Date: October 21, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Archiving Born-Digital Media from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Date: October 27, 2020
- Description: We’ve been processing audiovisual media collections from the Science Media Group division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Architect Victor Lundy at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 1, 2013
- Description: As the architect Victor Lundy turns 90, we look back at the redwood shade structures he designed in the mid-1960s for the terrace of the new Museum of History and Technology (today the National Museum of American History).
Capturing Change
- Date: October 22, 2019
- Description: Forests change over time, and so do the approaches of organizations that seek to protect them.
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Date: August 31, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”
- Date: September 1, 2020
- Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.
We Are Not Alone: Progress in the Digital Preservation Community
- Date: October 2, 2018
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: An international community of researchers and practitioners are driving the professional practice of digital preservation towards greater maturity and opening doors to new levels of access.