Results for "Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (Website)"
Link Love: 11/21/2014
- Date: November 21, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Roam if You Want to....Roam Around the World
- Date: May 13, 2021
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: It has officially been 426 days since the Smithsonian Institution (including the Archives) first closed its doors. Many may be wondering….how does an archivist, especially one who deals directly with photographs or photographic negatives, continue to work from home for over a year? Well, my friends, I will give you a brief glimpse into some of the work I have been able to
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Reflections on a Reference Request: Father’s Day Edition
- Date: June 17, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: Learn how our archive of institutional memory can also be a place for family stories.
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Pictures of Pictures
- Date: March 9, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Heard Museum Gift Shop, by Daniel Greene, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="216" caption="Slide Carousel: Loading Slides into the Carousel 5, by rosefirerising, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] How does photography change the ways we look and learn about
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Records and Information Management Month: The Registrar
- Date: April 23, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? What is records and information management? Glad you asked! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Dan Brown Books, by Federico Filacchione, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] Information is collected data, thoughts, ideas, or memories. Records are documents that contain information
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OUCH: Scary Pictures of Broad Daylight
- Date: April 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Waikiki, No.
Keeping up with our #Volunpeers – SIA’s Transcription Center Accomplishments
- Date: September 14, 2017
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: When it comes to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, there’s always more to discover, more material with which to engage. It can be easy to lose track of just how much our crowd of #volunpeers accomplished and why it is so important to us. We’re not done yet, but after four years, it’s a good time to take a step back and see what has been accomplished through the effort of
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A Tongue-Twisting New Photo App
- Date: December 23, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="331" caption="14th Street and Broadway, NYC (man with goggles), 1947, by Louis Faurer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of anonymous donors, 2007.40.61 "][/caption] Earlier this month, Google introduced the Beta and Android-based version of the new and, for some, startling photo-based search feature they’ve calling Google Goggles.
Digitization and Exploration: An Intern Works with the Exposition Records
- Date: December 10, 2020
- Description: Learn about the digitization process and some fun Smithsonian history from a fall internship project!
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Link Love: 5/20/2011
- Date: May 20, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288" caption="Owney Embarks on his Makeover, photo courtesy of National Postal Museum, Pushing the Envelope blog."][/caption] Owney the Railway Mail Service dog is about to undergo conservation to improve his appearance and will be tweeting about the whole process on his very entertaining Twitter feed. You all know about our passion
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Call for Entries! Seeing Other Worlds
- Date: May 8, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: How can photography help us see things that would otherwise go unnoticed in our everyday lives? How does photography change our perception of the world? If you have ideas about this, consider contributing your image and story to the new click! photography changes everything call for entry: "Seeing Other Worlds." While you’re at it, check out some of our click!
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An Intern’s Perspective on Preserving Scrapbooks and Conserving Blueprints
- Date: August 30, 2018
- Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.