Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: Recently I was asked "What are some of the challenges you face in your work as an archivist?" One of the first things that came to mind is the challenge of effectively communicating the Archives’ needs and procedures with the people I serve at the Smithsonian. At the Archives we collect, preserve, and make accessible the records that document the history of the Smithsonian. To
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="World War II. Liberation of Holland. Dutch people waving at allied planes, The Netherlands, location unknown, 1945, Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA001015927. "][/caption] During WWII, many spots in Holland were liberated in April of 1945. Check out some of the National Archief’s new set of Flickr Commons photos
Description: Toward the end of a long day last week, tired of looking at and thinking about still pictures, I decided to take a break to check out what kinds of videos about photography had been posted on YouTube. The key word "photo" yielded 885,000 videos and feeling a little daunted, I started scanning the first couple of hundred to see what turned up. All the how-to videos about