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Conservators apply pulp fills to address many areas of loss in a full-scale drawing of a brontosaurus vertebra, O.C. Marsh Collection of Dinosaur Illustrations, Paleobiology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog no. 2536.

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Explore the services and resources the Smithsonian Institution Archives offers staff, researchers, and the public. Find out how to access the Archives’ collections, learn about the Archives’ records management and collections care programs, and get information on using and crediting the Archives’ collections.

Reference The Reference staff serves scholarly researchers and the general public. This section includes information about the Archives’ collections, policies, and reference services.  
Rights and Reproduction When photographs, and other records such as documents, audio, and video will be used for a commercial purpose, a licensing fee and a digitization fee are charged. This section contains information about fees and services.  
Records Management The Records Management staff provides guidance to staff in managing active records, in preparing permanent institutional records for acquisition, and in properly destroying temporary records.  
Preservation The Preservation team is responsible for the care of the Archives’ collections. This section contains best practices and guidelines for preservation, conservation, and digitization of collections.  
Digital Curation The use and usefulness of computers has exploded since the 1960s, shifting from highly specialized tools to something that is ubiquitous whether in the workplace, in the field, or at home. The Archives digital curation team provides the necessary care for this growing segment of the Smithsonian’s...