Results for "Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (Website)"
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Call for Entries! History in the Making
- Date: January 2, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: We are excited to start the New Year with our first Call for Entries for the click! photography changes everything, an online exhibit that explores how photography influences every aspect of our daily lives. This month’s focus: History in the Making – the perfect opportunity to share your thoughts on the recent U.S. presidential elections and upcoming inauguration. Has
Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian
- Date: April 6, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.
Link Love: 11/18/2016
- Date: November 18, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Bonanza! A gorgeous medieval illuminated manuscript from the University of Aberdeen is now online. [via Hyperallergic]Hello, funny face. A Japanese museum of rocks, with faces! [via Colossal]My childhood favorite wooden 'Little People' just entered the Toy Hall of Fame. [via NPR]Want to save your election day newspaper? Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute weighs in.
Link Love: 10/12/12
- Date: October 12, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Link Love: 1/18/2013
- Date: January 18, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
What We Are Working On: Digital Preservation
- Date: May 29, 2018
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently acquired and accessioned digital records from Smithsonian Exhibits. Smithsonian Exhibits, Exhibition Records, circa 2000-2016, SIA 18-150 is an exciting collection that documents the design of exhibitions for Smithsonian museums and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). SITES offers exhibitions to other
Link Love: 4/12/2013
- Date: April 12, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2020
- Date: October 15, 2020
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
Link Love: 4/1/2016
- Date: April 1, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Art Deco beetles and butterflies from Smithsonian Libraries. [via Hyperallergic]Depression-era faces lost to history by an editor's hold punch. [via PetaPixel]A new online archive: the Digital Transgender Archive. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Photographers' Identities Catalog, a collection of biographical data for over 115,000 photographers, studios, etc. [via NYPL LABS]A new
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A Peek into an Electronic Records Archivist’s Toolbox
- Date: November 29, 2011
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Open source tools, CERP, JHOVE, DROID, Heritrix, for electronic records archivists to use in preserving digital files like WAV, PST, websites, and email.
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With a Little Unpaid Help From My Friends
- Date: August 15, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Late in July, LENS, a New York Times blog that focuses on images and issues photographic, posted an interesting story by James Estrin. Magnum Photos, the legendary co-operative photo agency founded after World War II by photographers including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier Bresson, announced that to boost the visibility (and paid use) of the hundreds of thousands of images it
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Link Love: 3/18/2011
- Date: March 18, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.