Results for "Update"
Fern P. Rathe: Navigating the Lab and the Skies
- Date: December 17, 2013
- Description: An update on the life and career of chemist and pilot Fern P. Rathe, featured in the Women in Science Wednesday post on July 17, 2013.
Maintaining Your Digital Presence Is More Than Updating Your Status
- Date: January 29, 2015
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: There are a few ways to capture your information that you are posting on social media accounts.
Link Love: 8/26/2011
- Date: August 26, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: How photos from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Gardens help preserve the memory of gardens (such as the Middlegate Japanese Gardens pictured above) that are now gone. The Museum of the Future has a great roundup of videos and blogs about museums, technology, and media. An update on earthquake damage at the Smithsonian, and hear Smithsonian Secretary (and earthquake
- Blog Post
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
- Date: October 19, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbnJo88kuP8&feature=related[/embed] You may have noticed a few changes on the blog lately (and then again, maybe you haven't). Either way, we wanted to update you on some new additions to THE BIGGER PICTURE. The big change that we've made is to our blog categories—some of our old categories remain, but we’ve also added new ones.
- Blog Post
Saving the Smithsonian’s Web
- Date: August 25, 2011
- Description: This post is an update to Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig's post “Archiving the Smithsonian’s Presence on the Internet” from September 2, 2010. The Smithsonian Institution has had a presence on the Internet for more than sixteen years. It’s come a long way since then. Documenting the Smithsonian’s various websites falls under the purview of the Smithsonian Institution Archives...but how
- Blog Post
The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian
- Date: June 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian
Link Love: 9/2/2011
- Date: September 2, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Smithsonian Secretary Clough's most recent earthquake update. Whoa. For all you web nerds out there, check out this interactive timeline called, "The evolution of the web," which takes us through the birth and death of many a web browser, coding language, and web specific technology [via Swissmiss]. A Smithsonian Institution Libraries intern recounts her internship experience,
- Blog Post
Please Feed the Visitors!
- Date: August 3, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_7706" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="First eBook made by Dan Cohen, Director of the Center for History and New Media, August 2, 2010"]You [/caption] Update: You can read a follow-up post about the Anthologize project and process here. As Head of Web & New Media, I'm always looking for ways we can engage visitors with our papers, photographs,
Contagious Contributions: The Rewards of Asking for Help
- Date: February 26, 2015
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Update on the continuing and growing contributions of volunteers at the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Smithsonian Women in Science in the Nineteenth Century
- Date: October 24, 2019
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Learn more about some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.
Un-Locke the Mystery
- Date: March 13, 2012
- Creator: Susannah Wells
- Description: Even with help from the dedicated Flickr Commons community, there are still many more images to identify in the Ruel Pardee Tolman Flickr set.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 4/30/2010
- Date: April 30, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.