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  1. Someone holds a wax cylinder up to the camera. Other objects are on a cart.

    Coming Soon! Our New Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative

    • Date: April 13, 2021
    • Description: We’re excited to announce a new Smithsonian initiative to support the preservation of Smithsonian audiovisual collections!

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  3. An open book. Both pages have sketches of creatures on them, drawn between handwritten notes.

    Happy 2019! The Archives Takes a Look Back at a Busy 2018

    • Date: January 1, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2019, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2018.

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  5. International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

    Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

    • Date: August 2, 2018
    • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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  7. Link Love: 8/30/2019

    • Date: August 30, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • 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.

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    Link Love: 8/31/2018

    • Date: August 31, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • 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.

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    Telling the Story: Illuminating Native Heritage through Photography

    • Date: November 23, 2009
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  13. Female peep with plaid cape standing on seashore surrounded by fossils with black cliff and blue sky.

    Link Love: 3/30/2018

    • Date: March 30, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Women's History Month edition, continued!The story of fossil seller and paleontologist Mary Anning (for whom the "She Sells Seashells" rhyme was possibly written), in Peeps. [via The Last Word on Nothing]A look at the WWI Women's Land Army composed of "farmettes" who went outside the home to address the national food shortage. [via LOC Blog]For 25 cents an hour, less than

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  15. A computer window titled DArchInfo with clickable heading tabs labeled Search, Query Results, Clipboard, SQL, and logoutThe first column contains accession numbers for Smithonian Archives born-digital holdings (i.e. 00-002). The second column contains names of format types (i.e. AppleDouble Resource Fork, etc.). The third column is the number of each type of file format in that accession (i.e. there are 93 Acrobat PDF/A files).

    Assessing File Format Risk for Born-Digital Preservation Planning

    • Date: August 3, 2021
    • Description: In addition to physical damage and deterioration of storage media, the technological complexity and dependency of electronic records make them uniquely vulnerable to loss, corruption, and alteration (both accidental and malicious). To achieve long-term preservation of fragile born-digital materials, digital archivists need a plan.

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  17. Bird head drawing by Robert Ridgway, Record Unit 7167 - Robert Ridgway Papers, circa 1850s-1919, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. SIA2014-00594b.

    Mystery Diagnosis and the Case of the Unidentified Bird Shadows

    • Date: February 4, 2014
    • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
    • Description: We need your help idenitifying what happened to these Ridgway bird illustrations that appear to have strange smoke patterns covering the images

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    Link Love: 1/5/2018

    • Date: January 5, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: New Year's Edition!Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer used a spy camera to capture 19th-century Oslo street scenes! [via Colossal]Let us help you achieve some of your archiving New Year's resolutions; action planning for personal archiving, organizing digital photos, organizing email, and preparing for tax season!9 innovators in the fields of technology, health, education and more

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  21. Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, 12/4/2014

    And the award goes to...

    • Date: December 30, 2014
    • Creator: Anne Van Camp
    • Description: The Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service was created in 1964 and is the highest honor given to Smithsonian staff for exceptional service over a long period of time. On December 4, 2014, Secretary G. Wayne Clough presented this award to Pam Henson for a lifetime of exceptional service to the Smithsonian Institution. She began her career here in 1973 and has been in

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  23. Someone holds up the program for the symposium. The ceiling at the Kogod Courtyard is visible in the background.

    Recapping "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study"

    • Date: December 24, 2019
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: Last week, on December 17 and 18, folks from across the Smithsonian and the public gathered to listen, learn, and discuss at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," a two-day symposium, organized by the American Women’s History Initiative. Presenters celebrated women working at the Smithsonian and explored how they represent the broader experience for

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