Results for "Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (Website)"
Link Love: 12/23/2011
- Date: December 23, 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.
Link Love: 3/16/2012
- Date: March 16, 2012
- 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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Electronic Records Program History
- Date: April 26, 2017
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives' multi-pronged preservation strategy that establishes a foundation of bit-level preservation for its digital collections.
Challenges of Appraising Records in the Digital Age
- Date: October 12, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: With the proliferation of records maintained electronically, appraisal has become more challenging and time-consuming.
Happy National Chemistry Week!
- Date: October 25, 2012
- Creator: Kirsten Tyree
- Description: Here are some of the scientific discoveries made while conserving Joseph Henry’s Record of Experiments Book I on electromagnetism.
The Smithsonian Point of View: Pumpkin Pie, Pez, and Pastrami
- Date: November 28, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Get to know some Smithsonian staff, from their favorite holiday dishes to their dream celebrity dinner guests, through a former series in The Torch.
Hot Topics in Archives Research
- Date: February 18, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Hot Topics: From Extinct Monsters to Carousels
- Date: January 8, 2013
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: A quarterly overview of research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A
- Date: November 4, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and
Talking and Doing About Emergency Preparation
- Date: May 1, 2012
- Creator: Sarah Stauderman
- Description: Every May 1 is a chance to do one thing about Emergency Preparation; here’s how the Smithsonian Institution Archives is doing it.
One Lens for Multiple Archives: A Pan-Institutional Survey of Born Digital Holdings
- Date: May 28, 2015
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Summary of pan-Smithsonian survey of born digital collections holdings at archives and museums at the Smithsonian.
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Field Book Project
- Date: January 27, 2017
- Description: Scientific and scholarly pursuit are hindered when primary sources are un-cataloged or accessible only by visiting cultural heritage institutions. The Field Book Project seeks to promote awareness of and access to thousands of scientific field notes in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and holdings at the National Museum of Natural History and the