Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Information Resource Management. SIRIS Office"
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Records and Information Management Month: The Registrar
- Date: April 23, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? What is records and information management? Glad you asked! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Dan Brown Books, by Federico Filacchione, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] Information is collected data, thoughts, ideas, or memories. Records are documents that contain information
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Records and Information Management: The Archivist
- Date: May 6, 2010
- 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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Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian
- Date: April 28, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals
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.
Mission: Records Management Panama
- Date: April 11, 2019
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Archives describes its approach to records management outreach at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Archives, Record Management, and Digital Material
- Date: July 12, 2018
- Description: As a student with a background in libraries, one of the most interesting things I learned as an intern at the Smithsonian Institution Archives this summer was how closely related records management is to archival practice. I was unaware that as an institutional archive, the Archives is specifically concerned with preserving records that relate to the Smithsonian’s identity,
Email Management Remains Important
- Date: January 2, 2020
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives and libraries explore various tools to preserve and share email collections.
Sneak Peek 12/10/2018
- Date: December 10, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Staff from Office of Computing Services and the Accounting Office with new computing equipment for use in the implementation of the Smithsonian Institution Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS), SIA RU000371, 78-6288-31.
Spotlight: Oscar Loew, Office of the Chemist
- Date: August 26, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: a closer look at Oscar Loew, the first person to hold the Office of Smithsonian Chemist.
Women in the Office of Protection Services
- Date: March 12, 2019
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: In 1974, women joined the Smithsonian security force and they have been rising through the ranks ever since.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Joan Madden
- Date: February 5, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Joan Madden, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–88, Supervisory Information and Education Specialist, 1980–86, and Education Coordinator, 1974–80, was integral to the development and management of the Discovery Room and Naturalist Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She also managed volunteers for Smithsonian’s Office of Elementary and Secondary
Office of Public Affairs Photographic Collection
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Highlighting the photographic holdings at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.