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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
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The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is a system of 21 branch libraries and an institutional archives that support the current work of the institution and researchers around the world.
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AVMPI Presents: Lunch with Sally Ride
This AVMPI Presents program celebrates Dr. Sally K. Ride’s birthday and honors the 40th anniversary of her momentous space mission.
During this virtual lunchtime talk, we heard from National Air and Space Museum Archivist Patti Williams and streamed newly digitized audiovisual materials from the museum’s collections, digitized with support from the American Women’s History Initiative Pool fund.
During this virtual lunchtime talk, we heard from National Air and Space Museum Archivist Patti Williams and streamed newly digitized audiovisual materials from the museum’s collections, digitized with support from the American Women’s History Initiative Pool fund.
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Music HerStory: Women, Zines, and Punk
Просмотров 672Год назад
Zines are celebrations of self-expression. These unique documents often combine first-person narratives and frank opinion pieces with interviews, reviews, and musings on art, music, and culture. Popular today, zine use was propelled by the riot grrrl movement in the early 1990s. They connected like-minded readers and musicians through writing about women’s issues, perspectives, and experiences....
AVMPI Presents A Zoom With a View
Просмотров 296Год назад
The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives recently launched the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI) to describe, preserve, and provide access to audiovisual collections across the Smithsonian. In this online program, we introduced AVMPI, met the media experts behind it, and previewed some of the video material they’re working on. This Zoom webinar took place on January 17th, 2023.
Nature of the Book: A Virtual Tour
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
Take a virtual tour of our newest exhibition Nature of the Book! The exhibition explores books of the hand-press era through the myriad natural materials - animal, vegetable, and mineral - that went into their making. From essential ingredients like flax, leather, copper, and lead, to the unexpected, like wasps and seaweed, the exhibition shows what the use of these materials can tell us about ...
Mary Vaux Walcott: A Life in Bloom
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Mary Vaux Walcott led a remarkable life, demonstrating her love for the natural world with a blend of art and science. Nowhere is this more apparent than her book, "North American Wild Flowers", which was published by the Smithsonian in 1925. This program explores Walcott’s life, her work, and her deep Smithsonian ties through a virtual panel discussion. Featuring: Dr. Pamela Henson, Institutio...
Introducing the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative
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We're excited to introduce the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI). AVMPI is a centralized resource that supports the overall need for individual Smithsonian units to catalog, preserve, and provide access to our audiovisual collections. Learn more: siarchives.si.edu/what-we-do/avmpi
Smithson to Smithsonian: Expanding Our Story
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Over the course of 175 years, the Smithsonian has grown to encompass 21 museums and nearly a dozen research centers-becoming a global organization working across history, culture, and science. But along the way, not all stories were fully represented. In our second program celebrating the launch of our online exhibition Smithson to Smithsonian, we highlight Smithsonian staff who are working to ...
Music HerStory: From Nursery Rhymes to Punk Rock
Просмотров 100Год назад
Staff from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives and Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture Heritage introduce "MusicHerStory: Women and Music of Social Change", a new exhibition that explores the rich contributions of American women across a wide range of musical roles and genres. They will also preview a free, downloadable zine that can be used in the classroom to spark conversation and cre...
Smithson to Smithsonian: The Legacy of James Smithson
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Over the course of 175 years, the Smithsonian has grown to encompass 21 museums and nearly a dozen research centers-becoming a global organization working across history, culture, and science. How a stranger’s legacy became the world's largest museum and research complex is a story full of surprising twists and turns of fate. What do we know about the Smithsonian's mysterious founder, a man who...
Women at Work
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On Tuesday, February 15th, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives presented the second program in our Women’s History series, sponsored by Deloitte. We shared historical women at work and heard from a panel of leaders about their experiences and understanding of the modern situation of women at work and how we can continue to make progress. Historian Hannah Byrne and Director Tamar Evangelestia...
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy
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Senior Book Conservator Katie Wagner describes an Adopt-a-Book item with interesting provenance, "The art of cookery made plain and easy" by Hannah Glasse. This copy was owned by James Smithson. Find out how you can commemorate an occasion, celebrate a milestone, honor a great achievement, or leave a legacy for a loved one while providing support for the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives' cons...
2021 Dibner Library Lecture: What Was James Smithson Doing in the Kitchen & Classroom?
Просмотров 3362 года назад
James Smithson was an 18th century English chemist, geologist, and mineralogist - and also the founder of the Smithsonian Institution. Most of what we know about Smithson’s science comes from his twenty-six published articles, which Steven Turner studied in his recent book, "The Science of James Smithson" (Smithsonian Books, 2020). Turner argues persuasively that Smithson was much more accompli...
At Home with the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives: Magnificent Obsessions
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Curators of "Magnificent Obsessions:Why We Collect", Mary Augusta Thomas and Stephen Van Dyk, share stories of some of the fascinating collectors and incredible objects featured in the exhibition, as well as behind-the-scenes insights into the process of developing it.
Ask a Conservator: Emergency Management
Просмотров 4173 года назад
In this "Ask a Conservator" program, Nora Lockshin, senior conservator, and Katie Wagner, senior book conservator, share how they plan for and respond to potential emergency situations that could pose risks to the safety of our precious collections at the Smithsonian and those of our fellow cultural institutions around the country. They also discuss how they are called on to assist with protect...
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Vollständiges Natursystem
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Senior Book Conservator Katie Wagner describes the difficult treatment of our very first Adopt-a-Book item, "Vollständiges Natursystem" by Carl Linnaeus. Find out how you can commemorate an occasion, celebrate a milestone, honor a great achievement, or leave a legacy for a loved one while providing support for the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives' conservation, acquisition, and digitization p...
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - The Cyclopaedia
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Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - The Cyclopaedia
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Wendingen
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Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Wendingen
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - How it Works
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Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - How it Works
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Le Cheval
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Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Le Cheval
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Auctoritates extracte ex Libris phi[losophorum
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Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Auctoritates extracte ex Libris phi[losophorum
Artists' Books at Smithsonian Libraries and Archives with Anne Evenhaugen
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Artists' Books at Smithsonian Libraries and Archives with Anne Evenhaugen
Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Baby Bird-Finder
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Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together - Baby Bird-Finder
At Home with the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives: Meet the Archives
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At Home with the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives: Meet the Archives
Happy Holidays from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives!
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Happy Holidays from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives!
Secret Smithsonian Nooks & Crannies: Uncovering The Lost Order with Steve Berry
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Secret Smithsonian Nooks & Crannies: Uncovering The Lost Order with Steve Berry
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As a new Washington DC Tour Guide with a passion for history and a francophile, I stumbled across this video to learn more about Smithson. Not only was I so impressed by Smithson's life and this video, I wondered whether whether I would focus on Smithson in an upcoming Masters of History I am planning. However, I am not sure how much more I can add to the body of knowledge beyond what the expert historians in this video have already accomplished. In the mean time, I have purchased Heather Ewing's book, The Lost World of James Smithson. If there are other books I should look at, please let me know in the comments. Thanks!
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Thank you so much for this brilliant video!
Thanks for making this available to those of us who missed the presentation "in real time"! Really interesting.
It is amazing to get informations and to know more about this part of our history and history of the World.
Will it possible to have all these amazing books and documents related to story of slavery?
Does the Smithsonian offer preservation guides to the public, so that we may properly take care of our personal treasures as well? (which may one day be added to the Smithsonian's treasures, who knows).
So how do you preserve new books from deterioration, to keep them looking & smelling fresh and new?!
So how do you preserve new books from deterioration, to keep them looking & smelling fresh and new?!
Gracias por tener en cuenta a esta gran ilustradora 😘😘😘
Beautiful work and medium. Fascinating!
Thank you.
Wow!!! cool! how I wanted to work in a place like this! I'm passionate about pop up and I make cards to teach special children with deafness and autism among others, because they are fascinated by the magic of this art and learn better that way.
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I’m just reading a book by Melissa Ashley called The Birdman’s Wife.
I should donate some of my " artist's books"
Hi, the volume of the video is very low. Almost impossible to hear.
Great work, thank you!
How wonderful to see Carmen issuing this invitation to the Adopt-a-Book! Carmen, you look wonderful, so all must be well at your household, as it is with John and myself. Thanks for giving your time/talent to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
Hi-This is Ariel Segal from the Library of Congress. I am glad that you and Dr. Cole are well. I wanted to send Dr. Cole some material about the Library which might be of historical interest to him. What is the best way to reach him? Be well.
Wonderful and creative work happening!
Thank you...
Wonderful!!
It's beautiful !
Thank you Muchas gracias.
How fun and real at the same time
Is it possible to get video clips from this Library...? Will they share any particular item of our intrest ?
Cool! I can’t wait to read this. Thank you guys!
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What about the mexican American wow love you guys thank you por the effect and effort you have on the mexicano i grew Up on a fort. Only the good universo knows and the dreamer im ok with it today i know in my heart im home. Today spirit lives as was then is Now and ever shall be. World without end. Paz Inverencial. To the end of suffering for All creatures. May all beings be happy.
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Fascinating behind-the-scenes on a great nexus of libraries -- hope some of the other branches would be interested in doing something similar. Just one thing, though: it would be helpful if you would add to the description the various URLs referenced in the video. Not all your viewers are going to think of jotting these down while watching, plus those of us with hearing difficulties know from experience that autogenerated captions can't always be trusted. Thanks.
If you're here because you're looking for movable book/pop up content it starts around 34 minutes in. Doesn't come at it from a paper engineering perspective though, more art and design. Perfectly fine, but i keep getting recommended it when looking for pop up book content when its not quite what im looking for. The japanese section was very interesting though, and i had no idea that e books would be expensive in comparison to print.
53 minutes in Anne Evanhaugn answers a question about pop up books, that's probably it. She references the Cooper Hewitt museums collection, which i believe has its own youtube channel. They also have a brief discussion on Kara Walker's pop up book 'Freedom'. Sorry for my pedantry
Wait what happens to the dragon
Staedtler's MARS is really by far the best eraser compound.
pls post Indian folk art of your collections especially th vedios done by Mr. Edriyan Bake , i want to C 100 years back Indian performing Art YAKSHAGANA .Mr Bake also a DUCH ETNOMUSICOLOGIST. ( 1899 - 1963 )
So interesting!! Thanks so much for recording this. And such charismatic speakers... would watch you talk about anything!!
here is a recap for all you 108 other people watching so far :-P 2:37 Intro Gabriella 3:04 (skip) livestream info 5:24 Intro Katie & Daniel 6:27 emergency preparedness + response function 7:50 adopt a book program 9:07 treating a book: item 1 12:58 paper repair demonstration 17:23 treating a book: item 2 21:48 sewing demonstration 28:02 viewer Q&A / Q: emergency situation 29:11 Q: training background 31:30 Q: book binding supplies 33:06 Q: paper repair 33:43 Q: time requirements 34:30 Q: workload 35:30 Q: oldest book worked on 37:56 Q: restoration criteria 38:50 Q: record-keeping / documentation 41:36 Q: book storage 43:00 Q: hiring a conservator 44:42 Q: cleaning dust 45:45 Q: conservation detail 47:25 Q: status of your adopted book 48:50 Q: outsourced vs dedicated staff 49:33 Q: covid-19 / non-transferable after ~24 hrs if someone infected sneezed directly on the book, lol 50:55 Q: favorite project / foreign language cultural knowledge 54:20 Q: collaborating conservators 55:34 Q: reversible adhesive / emergency kits 57:27 Q: recreating supplies 58:51 Q: digitization 1:00:31 closing / reach out to the team
People are so careless to pop up books, and take them for granted. If only they knew how much time and effort it really takes to make one!
I have an older paperback how-to book from Evan's Brothers of London, published in the '40s. It has part of an Evans label glued or pasted over a portion of a list of books they published back then. It appears to be adhesive-backed paper. I expect it was applied in the '50s. How would you reccomend that it be removed? The book is not particularly valuable; in fact I probably paid less than a dollar for it. Nonetheless, I'd like to make a good job of it. Thank you, Joe Ross
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