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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/06/national-zoo-suddenly-closes-invertebrate-exhibit/" target="_blank"><img src="http://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/body-image-450/public/blog-attached-images/8682814577_65857f725e_b.jpg?itok=Wj5dG0U_" alt="Visitors to the National Zoo&#039;s Invertebrate Exhibit. National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution." title="Visitors to the National Zoo&#039;s Invertebrate Exhibit. National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution." width="450" height="300" /></a></p> <ul><li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Last chance - The National Zoological Park announced that they would be </span><a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/06/national-zoo-suddenly-closes-invertebrate-exhibit/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">closing its Invertebrate Exhibit</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"> on Sunday, June 22. [via </span><a href="http://www.wired.com/category/charismaticminifauna/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">Charismatic Minifauna blog</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">, Wired]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Skills required - Taking a look at the </span><a href="http://hangingtogether.org/?p=3896" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">job requirements for digital archivists</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">. [via </span><a href="http://hangingtogether.org/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">hangingtogether.org</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">, OCLC Research]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Can&#039;t get there yourself? No problem, </span><a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/06/explore-google-street-art/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">Google Street Art</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"> allows you to explore street art from around the world. [via </span><a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">Colossal</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Still chugging away - An </span><a href="http://blogs.archives.gov/mediamatters/2014/06/18/film-preservation-101-this-80-year-old-film-printer-still-contributes-to-preservation/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">80 year old film printer still contributes to preservation</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">. [via </span><a href="http://blogs.archives.gov/mediamatters" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">Media Matters</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"> blog, NARA]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Archival explorations at the New York Public Library - </span><a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/06/12/lydia-maria-child-research" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">Lydia Maria Child</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">, author, abolitionist, and advocate for human rights. [via </span><a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">NYPL blog</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Discussions on </span><a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/06/preserving-digital-and-software-based-artworks-recap-of-a-ndsa-discussion/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">preserving digital and software-based artworks</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"> from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance. [via </span><a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">The Signal: Digital Preservation</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">, LOC]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">A first - </span><a href="http://www.e-torch.org/2014/06/smithsonian-makes-history-with-first-scanned-3-d-presidential-portrait/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">President Obama&#039;s scanned 3D portrait</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">. [via </span><a href="http://www.e-torch.org/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">The Torch</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">, SI]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Never too early to start - </span><a href="http://blog.archive-it.org/2014/06/12/k12-web-archiving-program/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">5th graders archiving websites</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">. [via </span><a href="http://blog.archive-it.org/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">The Archive-It blog</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">]</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Recently we received a collection of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory records from the </span><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Harvard Depository in Southborough, Massachusetts, home to some 10 million books. Here&#039;s a </span><a href="http://www.infodocket.com/2014/06/18/off-site-storage-preview-an-upcoming-interactive-documentary-about-the-harvard-depository-video/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">look at the facility</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">. [via </span><a href="http://www.infodocket.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.538em;">InfoDocket</a><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">]</span></li> </ul><p></p><center> <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7QuzrF5BYcI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p></p></center> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Blog Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/tag/link-love"><span>Link Love</span></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/blog/tag/archive"><span>Archive</span></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/tag/webtech"><span>Web/Tech</span></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/blog/tag/conservation"><span>Conservation</span></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/tag/digitization"><span>Digitization</span></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Blog Categories:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/category/what-gets-saved"><span>What Gets Saved</span></a></div></div></div>
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