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Link Love: 5/23/2014

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 23 May 2014 11:00:00 +0000
Topic:
Archive  Search this
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The Bigger Picture | Smithsonian Institution Archives
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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edanmdm:posts_fcfa9c20767724256c359c0e04715e75

Link Love: 3/20/2015

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Interviews
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:00:00 +0000
Topic:
Archive  Search this
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The Bigger Picture | Smithsonian Institution Archives
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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edanmdm:posts_d64805791ec1c669a3ee729b01ec4ebf

Checklist of the nemertean fauna of the United States [electronic resource] : excerpted from NEMERTES (the nemertean digital knowledge-base system) / Frank B. Crandall & Jon L. Norenburg

Author:
Crandall, Frank B  Search this
Norenburg, Jon L  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Systematic Biology  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
Topic:
Nemertea--Classification  Search this
Worms--Classification  Search this
Call number:
QL391.N6 C73 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_717148

Gale directory of databases

Title:
Directory of databases
Author:
Gale Research Inc  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 28 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Date:
1993
C1993-
Topic:
Databases--Directories  Search this
Information storage and retrieval systems--Directories  Search this
Information services--Directories  Search this
Call number:
QA76.9.D32 G15
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_438134

Noua reperta

Title:
Nova reperta
Illustrator:
Straet, Jan van der 1523-1605  Search this
Engraver:
Galle, Philippe 1537-1612  Search this
Collaert, Jan 1566-1628  Search this
Printer of plates:
Mallery, Karel van 1571-approximately 1635  Search this
Physical description:
1 portfolio (20 leaves of plates) : all ill. ; 20 x 26 cm. to 32 x 37 cm. (fol.)
Type:
Pictorial works
Early works to 1800
Place:
America
Date:
1590
Approximately 1590?]
16th century
Topic:
Engraving  Search this
Engraving, Belgian  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
NE674.S8 D53 1638
NE674.S8 D53 1590
NE674.S8D53 1638
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_408008

Democratizing information : online databases and rise of end-user searching / Bryan Pfaffenberger

Author:
Pfaffenberger, Bryan 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 193 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Reference services (Libraries)--Automation  Search this
Bibliographical services--User education  Search this
Information services--User education  Search this
Online bibliographic searching  Search this
Information technology  Search this
Database searching  Search this
End-user computing  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_463272

The eighteenth century [microform]. Fine arts

Title:
Fine arts
Author:
British Library  Search this
Research Publications, inc  Search this
Subject:
ESTC (Project) Microform catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
microfilm reels ; 35 mm. + guide (46 p. ; 28 cm.)
Type:
Microforms
Bibliography
Microform catalogs
Date:
1995
1995-
18th centuriy
18th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Architecture, Modern  Search this
Music  Search this
Theater  Search this
English imprints  Search this
Call number:
mfm 001348
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_487417

Website Records

Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2010
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the Museum Collections Records subdomain of the National Museum of Natural History website as it existed on November 26, 2010. The primary purpose of this subdomain is to allow the public to search collections maintained by the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Botany, the Department of Entomology, the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, the Department of Mineral Sciences, the Department of Paleobiology, and the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, including the Division of Fishes, the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, the Division of Birds, and the Division of Mammals. Searches query the museum's central collections management system. Materials include the introductory and explanatory pages as well as the search screens, but does not include the underlying data.
Topic:
Web sites  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Natural history museums  Search this
Anthropology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Entomology  Search this
Invertebrates  Search this
Minerals  Search this
Paleobiology  Search this
Vertebrates  Search this
Fishes  Search this
Amphibians  Search this
Reptiles  Search this
Mammals  Search this
Birds  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Online databases  Search this
Genre/Form:
Electronic records
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-048, National Museum of Natural History, Website Records
Identifier:
Accession 11-048
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Website Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa11-048

Website Records

Topic:
William L. Brown Memorial Digital Library (Website)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2015
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the "William L. Brown Memorial Digital Library" website as it existed on November 9, 2015. The website includes information about ant scientist William L. Brown, Jr. as well as an online database of ant taxonomic literature. Due to technical issues, the search feature does not function properly in the crawled website and content may be incomplete. Password-protected content is not included in this accession. Materials are in electronic format.
Topic:
Ants  Search this
Animals -- Classification  Search this
Web sites  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Natural history museums  Search this
Genre/Form:
Electronic records
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-184, National Museum of Natural History, Website Records
Identifier:
Accession 16-184
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Website Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa16-184

Website Records

Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2015
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of a web-based database of hymenoptera holotypes at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) as it existed on April 23, 2015. The database is maintained by United States Department of Agriculture scientists stationed at the NMNH with contributions from scientists at several other organizations. It is hosted on the NMNH website. This accession consists of descriptive pages about the database as well as a list of holotypes. Data in this accession may be incomplete and the search features do not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
Topic:
Web sites  Search this
Natural history museums  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Hymenoptera  Search this
Online databases  Search this
Entomology  Search this
Research  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Genre/Form:
Electronic records
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-227, National Museum of Natural History, Website Records
Identifier:
Accession 15-227
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Website Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa15-227

Smithsonian Archivists Oral History Interviews

Extent:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Compact discs
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Electronic records
Place:
United States -- History
Date:
2011
Introduction:
The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program staff conduct interviews with current and retired Smithsonian staff and others who have made significant contributions to the Institution. There are also reminiscences and interviews recorded by researchers or students on topics related to the history of the Smithsonian or the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

American University history student Allison Earnest conducted oral history interviews of Smithsonian Institution archivists to document the history of Smithsonian's archival programs, for an oral history seminar taught by Smithsonian Archives historian Pamela M. Henson.
Descriptive Entry:
John A. Fleckner and Liza E. Kirwin were interviewed about their pioneering careers at the Smithsonian and the development of archival programs at the Institution.

Liza E. Kirwin (1957- ) received the B.A. in art history from the Johns Hopkins University in 1979, the M.L.S., Library and Archival Science, The Catholic University of America, with a concentration in archival management in 1984, and Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Maryland at College Park, in 1999 with a dissertation on "It's All True: Imagining New York's East Village Art Scene of the 1980s." She began her career in 1979 as an archivist at the Maryland Hall of Records in Annapolis, Maryland. From 1979 to 1999, she was an Archives Technician at the Archives of American Art, serving as Southeast Regional Collector from 1983 to 1999, and Curator of Manuscripts from 1999-2011. She also served as Acting Director of AAA in 2011. Her publications include To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art based on an exhibit of the same title and With Love: Artists' Letters and Illustrated Notes.

John A. Fleckner (1941- ) served as director of the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History from its founding in 1982 until his retirement in 2007. He was a history graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, receiving the M.A. in 1965, and received the B.A. from Colgate University in 1963. At the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1982, Fleckner directed a thirteen-member archival network affiliated with the Society and, with the help of others, made the Area Research Center system a national model. He has also been a faculty member in the Department of Museum Studies at The George Washington University.

The History of Smithsonian Archivists Oral History Interviews consist of 4.3 hours of digital audio interviews and 99 pages of transcript.
Historical Note:
There are numerous archives across the Smithsonian that provide documentation for museum collections and the history of the Smithsonian. The Archives of American Art was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954 as an independent research institution committed to encouraging and aiding scholarship in the visual arts in America from the 18th century to the present. After a successful pilot project, the Archives was incorporated in 1955 with a national board of trustees. In 1970, the Archives of American Art officially became a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution and its headquarters were moved to Washington, DC. In 1976, the archives opened a Midwest Regional Office at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Today the archives maintains research centers located in New York City and Washington, DC, as well as affiliated reference centers located at the Fine Arts Department of the Boston Public Library; the American Art Study Center of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco; the Amon Carter Museum Library in Fort Worth, Texas; and The Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

The Archives Center at the National Museum of American History was founded in 1982 to identify, acquire, and preserve archival records in many media and formats to document America's history and its diverse cultures. Center staff arrange, describe, preserve, and make collections accessible to support scholarship, exhibitions, publications, and education. The Center offers these services in a professionally managed reference facility and through online databases, finding aids, and other forms of publication. It also provides expert advice on accepted archival practices and standards and strives to clarify the role that organized archives play in American life. To encourage cooperation with other organizations and attract financial support, the Center actively pursues alliances inside and outside the Smithsonian.
Topic:
Museum archives  Search this
Collectors and collecting  Search this
Archivists  Search this
Art -- History  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Compact discs
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Electronic records
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9630, Smithsonian Archivists Oral History Interviews
Identifier:
Record Unit 9630
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Smithsonian Archivists Oral History Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru9630

Website Records

Topic:
Collections Search Center (Website)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2017
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the "Collections Search Center" website as it existed on March 24, 2017. The "Collections Search Center" is the public search portal for over 10 million catalog records for Smithsonian Institution museum objects and library and archives materials, many of which include online images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other online resources. This accession consists of the information pages on the website and does not include collections information. Materials are in electronic format.
Topic:
Web sites  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Museum archives  Search this
Museum libraries  Search this
Online databases  Search this
Genre/Form:
Electronic records
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-254, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records
Identifier:
Accession 18-254
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Website Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa18-254

Early encounters in North America [electronic resource] : peoples, cultures, and the environment

Title:
Early encounters in North America : peoples, cultures, and the environment
EENA
Author:
University of Chicago  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic reference sources
Online databases
Place:
North America
Date:
2001
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Restrictions & Rights:
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_804182

ABIA South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index

Title:
Annual bibliography of Indian archaeology South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index
South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index
ABIA index
Author:
International Institute for Asian Studies  Search this
University of Kelaniya Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology  Search this
SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (Bangkok, Thailand)  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 23 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Periodicals
Place:
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Date:
1999
1999-
Topic:
Art, South Asian  Search this
Art, Indic  Search this
Art, Southeast Asian  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_841532

Thesauri used in online databases : an analytical guide / Lois Mai Chan and Richard Pollard

Author:
Chan, Lois Mai  Search this
Pollard, Richard  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 268 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1988
Topic:
Thesauri--Bibliography  Search this
Databases--Directories  Search this
Database searching  Search this
Online bibliographic searching  Search this
Call number:
Z695.A1C47 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_374536

Agency history, 1985-

Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Technology Services Center  Search this
Subject:
Dickinson, Dennis S  Search this
Howard, Brad  Search this
Luhrs, Rick  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Registrar  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Computer Services Center  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of Management and Museum Services  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Associate Director for Administrative and Automation Services  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1985
1985-
Topic:
Information resources management  Search this
Information storage and retrieval systems  Search this
Information technology--Management  Search this
Online databases  Search this
Museum information networks  Search this
Computers  Search this
Computer systems  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00382
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_236134

Gale newsvault [electronic resource]

Title:
Gale news vault
Newsvault
News vault
Author:
Gale (Firm)  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Indexes
Electronic indexes
Online databases
Date:
2010
17th century
18th century
19th century
Topic:
Newspapers  Search this
Call number:
AI3 .G35 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1026029

The making of modern law. Foreign, comparative and international law, 1600-1926 [electronic resource]

Title:
Foreign, comparative and international law, 1600-1926
Author:
Gale (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic information resources
Online databases
Electronic books
Place:
Europe
Date:
2012
Topic:
International law  Search this
Comparative law  Search this
Law  Search this
Restrictions & Rights:
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1026250

Declassified documents reference system [electronic resource]

Title:
DDRS
Author:
Gale (Firm)  Search this
Thomson Gale (Firm)  Search this
Primary Source Media (Firm)  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Sources
Electronic information resources
Online databases
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
Topic:
Government publications  Search this
Government information  Search this
Security classification (Government documents)  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Foreign relations  Search this
Declassified documents  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1026185

The making of modern law. Foreign primary sources, 1600-1970

Title:
Foreign primary sources, 1600-1970
Author:
Gale (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Sources
Electronic reference sources
Electronic information resources
Online databases
Electronic books
Place:
Europe
Date:
2013
Topic:
Law  Search this
Law--History  Search this
Restrictions & Rights:
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1026247

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