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Electronic records

Date:

2014-2015

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of 41 YouTube accounts from across the Smithsonian Institution. The accounts were crawled between October 24, 2014, and September 30, 2015. YouTube is a video-sharing service that many museums, research centers, and programmatic offices use for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. Due to technical issues, this accession does not include every video that was available on each of the accounts at the time that they were captured and some features may not function as expected. Some accounts were crawled in multiple parts. Materials are in electronic format.

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Web sites  Search this

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Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-163, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 17-163

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa17-163

Creator::

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

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Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Date:

2015-2016

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of 8 YouTube accounts from across the Smithsonian Institution. The accounts were crawled between December 9, 2015, and June 8, 2016. YouTube is a video-sharing service that many museums, research centers, and programmatic offices use for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. Due to technical issues, this accession does not include every video that was available on each of the accounts at the time that they were captured and some features may not function as expected. Some accounts were crawled in multiple parts. Materials are in electronic format.

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Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-199, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 17-199

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa17-199

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Web sites

Date:

2009-2018

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This accession consists of a YouTube account which contains videos of the "Smithsonian Online Education Conference: Abraham Lincoln." The videos had been previously posted to the conference website, but were moved to the YouTube account in 2014 after the website was taken down. The online conference was held February 4-5, 2009. The YouTube account was crawled on October 19, 2018. Due to technical issues, none of the videos are included in this accession. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Web sites

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-112, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 20-112

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa20-112

Creator::

Smithsonian Facilities  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Web sites

Date:

2011-2019

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This accession consists of two time-lapse videos of construction projects undertaken by Smithsonian Facilities. Both videos were created with the assistance of EarthCam Network and were captured for this accession on July 29, 2019.

The renovation of the Arts and Industries Building was recorded between 2011 and 2014. The video was hosted on EarthCam Network's website.

The construction of the National Museum of African American History and Culture was recorded between 2012 and 2016. The video was hosted on YouTube.

Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

Museums -- Public relations  Search this

Museum buildings  Search this

Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction  Search this

Smithsonian buildings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Web sites

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-114, Smithsonian Facilities, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 20-114

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa20-114

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Web sites

Date:

2019

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of 29 YouTube accounts maintained by units throughout the Smithsonian Institution. The accounts were crawled between March 5 and August 16, 2019, but may contain significantly older content. YouTube is a video-sharing service that many museums, research centers, and programmatic offices use for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. Some of the accounts were crawled twice, once focusing on the account in general and once focusing on the videos. Due to technical issues, some content may be missing and some features may not function as expected. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

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YouTube (Electronic resource)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Web sites

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-181, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 20-181

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa20-181

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Date:

2014

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of twelve YouTube accounts from across the Smithsonian Institution as they existed in January and February 2014. YouTube is a video-sharing service that many museums, research centers, and programmatic offices use for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. Due to technical issues, this accession does not include every video that was available on each of the accounts at the time that they were captured. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

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Museums -- Public relations  Search this

Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this

Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-192, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 15-192

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa15-192

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Web sites

Date:

2018

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of three YouTube accounts maintained by various Smithsonian Institution units, including the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian Libraries, and the Museum Conservation Institute. The accounts were crawled between March 23 and July 17, 2018. YouTube is a video-sharing service that many museums, research centers, and programmatic offices use for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. Each account was crawled twice, once focusing on the account in general and once focusing on the videos. Due to technical issues, some content may be missing and some features may not function as expected. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Web sites

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-037, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 20-037

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa20-037

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Date:

2015

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of the "Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue from the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby Jr." website as it existed on July 16, 2015. The website accompanies a physical exhibition titled "Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue" and is a major part of the museum's 50th anniversary, celebrating its unique history and contributions toward furthering meaningful dialogue between Africa and the African diaspora. Also included is a video on the museum's YouTube channel of Bill and Camille O. Cosby discussing art. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Art, African  Search this

Art museums  Search this

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Museums -- Public relations  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-076, National Museum of African Art, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 16-076

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa16-076

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Web sites

Date:

2018

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of the YouTube account of the Encyclopedia of Life as it existed on July 17, 2018. The Encyclopedia of Life is a global partnership between the scientific community and the general public to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms. YouTube is a video-sharing service that is often used for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. The account was crawled twice, once focusing on the account in general and once focusing on the videos. Due to technical issues, some content may be missing and some features may not function as expected. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Public relations  Search this

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Biology -- Study and teaching  Search this

Research  Search this

Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Web sites

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-038, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 20-038

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa20-038

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Date:

2017

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of 6 YouTube accounts from across the Smithsonian Institution. The accounts were crawled between January 5 and September 27, 2017. YouTube is a video-sharing service that many museums, research centers, and programmatic offices use for disseminating informational, educational, and promotional videos. Due to technical issues, this accession does not include every video that was available on each of the accounts at the time that they were captured and some features may not function as expected. Some accounts were crawled in multiple parts. Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

Social media  Search this

Museums -- Public relations  Search this

Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this

Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-255, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 18-255

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa18-255

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Electronic records

Date:

2012-2017

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of several websites and social media accounts documenting the promotion and marketing of the National Museum and African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) which opened to the public on September 24, 2016.

NMAAHC's primary website was crawled on August 26 (twice) and 28, September 16, 22, 23 (twice), 24 (three times), 25, and 27, 2016. The website includes information about visiting, exhibitions, events, and collections. Some crawls only include top-level pages of the website and extensive detailed collections information is not included in any of the crawls. Due to technical issues, some features of the website may not function properly in this accession.

NMAAHC's Tumblr blog, titled "American History through an African American Lens," was crawled on September 9 and October 4, 2016. Launched in February 2012, it highlights events, objects, and research.

The fundraising website established for the NMAAHC's "Giving Day," also September 24, 2016, was crawled on September 12 and 16, 2016.

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) website was crawled on September 21, 2016. CFCH organized the "Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration" festival in honor of the opening of NMAAHC. The festival ran September 23-25, 2016.

The top pages of the Smithsonian Institution website which announce the opening of the museum were crawled on September 24, 2016.

NMAAHC's Twitter account, a platform used for microblogging, was crawled on September 8, 21, 23, and 24 (twice), and October 7, 2016. The AskNMAAHC Twitter account, used to answer questions from the public about visiting NMAAHC, was crawled on February 7, 2017, but had been inactive since October 13, 2016. Tweets using two hashtags promoted by NMAAHC and used both for official tweets and by other institutions and the public were also captured. Tweets using "#illuminateNMAAHC" were captured between November 3, 2015, and September 30, 2016, and exported to a spreadsheet. Tweets using "#APeoplesJourney" were crawled on October 3, 2016.

NMAAHC's Storify account, used to document social media campaigns by combining content from several sources, was crawled on October 4, 2016.

NMAAHC's YouTube channel, used for sharing videos, was crawled in two pieces on October 5, 2016.

NMAAHC's Facebook account, used to communicate and share with the public, was crawled on both October 7 and 27, 2016.

Materials are in electronic format.

Topic:

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African Americans  Search this

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Social media  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-110, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Website Records

Identifier:

Accession 17-110

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa17-110