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    Science Service, Up Close: White House Science Advisors, from Roosevelt to Nixon

    • Date: May 11, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: May 11 is the anniversary of establishment of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). That 1976 legislation further ratified the influence of scientists on national policy, positioning them to provide ready advice to the President.

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    Pursuing Knowledge in Unfamiliar Country

    • Date: November 15, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: In mid-19th century America, some believed that world-class discoveries came exclusively from Europe. But early Smithsonian leaders had a sense of urgency to disseminate an authoritative body of knowledge, pursue further discoveries, and provide a deeper understanding to the public at a time when American society was changing.

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    Volunteers and the Smithsonian: A History

    • Date: April 5, 2011
    • 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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    We Are Not Alone: Progress in the Digital Preservation Community

    • Date: October 2, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: An international community of researchers and practitioners are driving the professional practice of digital preservation towards greater maturity and opening doors to new levels of access.

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  9. A screenshot of the Smithsonian’s mobile website as it appears on the Internet.

    Connecting the Dots: Issues with Preserving Complex Websites

    • Date: July 17, 2012
    • Description: Capturing websites that contain a lot of JavaScript and Flash content pose serious problems for web archivists.

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    The Arctic Adventures of Neal Griffith Smith

    • Date: December 21, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Today is the first day of winter. Not ready for the cold weather? It could always be worse. Ornithologist (and future tropical biologist) Neal Griffith Smith once wrote in his journal:"Still pensil [sic]. Well, I've got time and temperature to write. Just sharpened the pensil with a snow knife. We are parked smack in the middle of Southampton [Island] in a bloody windstorm. It

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  13. Throwback Thursday, Smithsonian-Style

    • Date: December 20, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Slide back through time by exploring historic Smithsonian spaces in these before-and-after shots

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    The Substitute Mother

    • Date: January 20, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright

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    Creating a Digital Smithsonian

    • Date: September 28, 2010
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_8323" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Smithsonian employees attend the 2010 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Photograph by Michael Barnes."][/caption] For two days in mid-September, Smithsonian Institution employees gathered for a digitization fair to share ideas and hear about some neat projects. Even those who work here are impressed by

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  19. An image from the Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories website showing Barro Colorado Island an the location of the 50-ha plot and a visualization of data collected by the Forest Dynamics Project.

    How to Fit a Forest in Five Boxes

    • Date: February 11, 2014
    • Description: Field maps illuminate the origins of the Smithsonian’s long-term forest-monitoring project.

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  21. Blue-tinted cyanotype of a statue in the middle of a lake. A large, beautiful building is in the background.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: October 13, 2020
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    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.

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