Results for "The Next Move, Assessment in Math and Science (Video recording)"
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Digital Video Preservation: Further Challenges for Preserving Digital Video and Beyond
- Date: August 16, 2011
- Description: As one can expect, the complexity of digital video provides a few more factors to track and assess when compared with analog moving image counterparts in the archive.
Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating
- Date: January 14, 2020
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.
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Digital Video Preservation: Identifying Containers and Codecs
- Date: July 26, 2011
- Description: In addition to a rich collection of analog moving image material currently being digitized, the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) accessions large quantities of born-digital video from various hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and websites across the Institution. And just as digitization is a method of preserving moving image content before it degrades on an analog carrier, digital
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Link Love: 4/22/2011
- Date: April 22, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="215" caption="Belle Grove, rear, White Castle vic., Iberville Parish, Louisiana, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1938, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print."][/caption] Oooo—a pretty resource I’ve not come across before. The Carnegie Survey of the Architecture
Archiving Born-Digital Media from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Date: October 27, 2020
- Description: We’ve been processing audiovisual media collections from the Science Media Group division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Not Your Average Moving Day
- Date: April 2, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: A slideshow of objects being moved at the Smithsonian Institution.
Career advice from our Preservation Coordinator
- Date: May 1, 2018
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: This is post is part of our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professional. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Smithsonian Institution Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Don’t be afraid to let us know who you might like to hear from next!What is preservation? This is a
Women Managing the Smithsonian
- Date: March 17, 2020
- Description: Meet some of the women who have managed aspects of the Smithsonian since the 1850s.
The Puget Sound Biological Station
- Date: August 25, 2022
- Description: We’re exploring the storied history of Friday Harbor Labs, a MarineGEO site, in Washington State.
Coffee, tea or mold?
- Date: September 29, 2022
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: We’re lucky that our interns love coffee, because for this summer’s final project, I selected Russell Greenberg’s Field notes, Xalapa and Chiapas, Mexico, 2001 for a full conservation treatment. If you’ve not had your morning cup yet, you may be wondering why we celebrate his work on National Coffee Day. Dr. Greenberg was an ornithologist, founder and director of the
Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs
- Date: August 18, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.
An Audio Anniversary: Groundbreaking at the Hirshhorn
- Date: January 12, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.