Results for "Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (Website)"
Smithsonian Now Using Archive-It to Crawl Websites
- Date: February 26, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives announces its use of Archive-It to crawl websites.
- Blog Post
Documenting the Smithsonian’s Pandemic Response
- Date: March 16, 2021
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: While teleworking for the last year, the Archives has been busy capturing web content that documents the Smithsonian’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Web Archiving Update
- Date: August 6, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A progress report on the Archives' web archiving effort since subscribing to Archive-It.
Records Management Resources
- Date: October 11, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
The Electronic Smithsonian
- Date: May 7, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.
Some Creepy Crawly Recipes in Time for Halloween
- Date: October 30, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Just in time for Halloween, more insect recipes found in the Archives.
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.
To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media
- Date: June 13, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.
Web Archiving Update, October 2014
- Date: October 7, 2014
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A progress report on the Archives' most recent two years of web archiving.
- Blog Post
The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian
- Date: June 9, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific
Some Archival Career Advice
- Date: April 26, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.
- Blog Post
How Much is Enough?
- Date: August 17, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.