Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="196" caption="Pioneers to the Past, Exhibition catalogue, Image courtesy of The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago."][/caption] Archives now! The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago has just opened an exhibition, Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East 1919-20, in a very interesting
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9988,size=500,center]While many people view the Smithsonian as a complex of museums in Washington, DC, it began as and still is an international organization devoted to research and education. A look at the Smithsonian Global website reveals where Smithsonian staff can be found today.Since the Smithsonian’s founding in 1846, the Institution has
Description: Having grown up in a major U.S. city with a family that considered spending a week in a grass hut camping, I committed to giving my daughter more exposure to the great outdoors with all the wonderful state and national parks near Washington D.C. However, lack of sleep and rehydrated food was not what I had in mind.Throughout history, Smithsonian researchers have conducted
Description: Do you still work with 3.5-inch diskettes? How about 5.25-inch floppy disks and Zip disks? I do. As an electronic records archivist at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I spend most of my time working with digital information to help ensure it will be accessible in 5, 25, or even 100 years from now. Born-digital materials arrive at the archives in a variety of ways (CDs,
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: Recently I was asked "What are some of the challenges you face in your work as an archivist?" One of the first things that came to mind is the challenge of effectively communicating the Archives’ needs and procedures with the people I serve at the Smithsonian. At the Archives we collect, preserve, and make accessible the records that document the history of the Smithsonian. To
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A visitor to the National Portrait Gallery takes a picture of a friend next to the newly-installed, temporary portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert, by Andrew Deci, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] To judge from a walk I just took across the Smithsonian Mall, visitors to our Nation’s capitol are doing nothing
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