Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science. Collections Information System"
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Link Love: 3/8/2013
- Date: March 8, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: December 8, 2020
- Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
How Many Objects does the Smithsonian Have?
- Date: January 25, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12123,size=250,left]It is a simple answer really: We counted. From 1978 to 1983, the Smithsonian undertook a comprehensive inventory of its collections. It was the first time the Smithsonian had ever tried to count each object in its collections and it was a massive task. Over five years, staff from every museum and research center spent thousands of
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Welcome Back: It’s Almost Like Riding a Bike
- Date: July 28, 2022
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: We are getting back into the swing of things at the office while working with removable media.
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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
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Yes, We’re Still Talking About Email
- Date: August 4, 2015
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives and libraries are seeking various ways to preserve and to make email collections available to researchers.
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It Takes a Village
- Date: October 13, 2010
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Sometimes a single picture or new piece of information can open a window to a whole new perspective. In my case, it was a couple of sentences—spoken at a recent presentation at the Best Practices Exchange 2010 conference in Phoenix, Arizona—that turned out to be revelatory. The conference was a gathering of archivists, librarians, record managers, and digital curators whose
The Mystery of the Undated Postcards
- Date: July 23, 2013
- Description: Revamping our online postcard exhibit poses the challenge of dating unused postcards. Here’s how I have hunted down clues to solve the mystery!
Highlights from the 2018 Society of American Archivists Conference
- Date: September 11, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Here is a look at some of the most interesting presentations Archives staff attended at this year's Society of American Archivists conference.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anna Brooke
- Date: June 23, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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Holding on to Virtual Worlds
- Date: June 23, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="Games, by Axel Tregoning, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] While some people seem to enjoy fantasizing about doomsday scenarios and the end of the “real” world, a recent piece on Ars Tehchnica’s website makes it clear that virtual worlds don’t last forever, either.
Finding Our Way Ahead
- Date: June 16, 2022
- Description: Since our last post, we have moved back to working on site in our new, hybrid normal. See how our proposals for new workflows are turning out!