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    1. An example of a Ryan Gosling Hey Girl museum post.

      Link Love: 12/30/2012

      • Date: December 30, 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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    3. An attendee at “Don’t Rock the Cradle” examines magnetic strapping in the marketplace. Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2015.

      Preserve It While You Use It: Collections Care in Action

      • Date: April 28, 2015
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: It’s Preservation Week - see what conservation staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are doing to contribute to preservation-mindedness.

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      Link Love: 3/31/2017

      • Date: March 31, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: There are 145 collection items at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and their new Objects of Wonder exhibit looks at how scientists use these collections to further our understanding of the world! (via Buzzfeed)Get cozy while you research! Folger Shakespeare Library lends out handmade shawls to visitors. [via Atlas Obscura]Students from the College of

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    7. Color photograph of volunteer Joan Gilder siting in a preservation lab.

      Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Gilder

      • Date: April 24, 2018
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: Joan Gilder has been a volunteer with the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Preservation Team for two decades, and has worked to treat many of our collections in order to increase their lifespan and improve access. She has been an invaluable asset to the Archives since she first began, and we are thrilled to share a little more about her story.What did you do before you began

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    9. David Burnett’s Speed Graphic Photos of the London 2012 Olympics.

      Link Love: 2/15/2013

      • Date: February 15, 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.

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    11. Four green cots are set up on the floor of the National Air and Space Museum. A large spaceship is in the background. Sleeping bags and backpacks rest on the cots.

      An Operation of Its Own: Brigitte Blachere and Programming within the Smithsonian Associates

      • Date: September 8, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: A collection of interviews from 2013 records the history of the Smithsonian Associates. One of recordings included Brigitte B. Blachere, the program manager of the organization. She detailed the youth and family programs she has developed for 23 years.

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      Link Love: 2/16/2018

      • Date: February 16, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The University of Iowa Libraries released an avant-garde archive online: Digital Dada Library and the Fluxus Digital Collection. [via University of Iowa]The Hirshhorn's new indoor café has 700-year old tree roots for tables, excellent coffee, and a planned outdoor gelato stand opening this summer! [via Washingtonian]Romeo, who may be the last remaining Sehuencas water frog,

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    15. Title Page of the Catalogue of the Library of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science.

      The Fate of the National Institute

      • Date: July 27, 2017
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.

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    17. Plymouth Rock Piece, 1620, Photo: Harold Dorwin.

      Link Love: 11/25/2011

      • Date: November 25, 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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      Gaining an Appreciation for the Archives

      • Date: December 7, 2017
      • Description: For the past month, I have been immersed in the complexity that is the world of digital archiving as an intern for the Smithsonian Institution Archives. As a digital preservation intern, I have discovered aspects about archiving that I would have never considered previously, such as the processes required to document accessions, recording information for accessibility and

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary A. Huffer

      • Date: January 22, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Mary A. Huffer led Smithsonian Libraries as Acting Director, 1964–67, and Assistant Director, 1968–72. During her tenure, she welcomed automation for cataloging and purchasing in the newly-formed central library system. #Groundbreaker

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    23. woman in classical dress slumped over an office chair staring at laptop

      Link Love: 8/3/2018

      • Date: August 3, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Classical paintings updated for the 21st century. [via Golem 13]The Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Alaska State Library has finished digitizing the papers of gunslinger Wyatt Earp. [via Info Docket]What role does art play with all the pressing matters in our world? The Smithsonian's Secretary gathers a panel of artists, writers, and critics to weigh-in. [via Second Opinion] What

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