On September 30, two of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' staff attended the American Library Association's LITA (Library and Information Technology) National Forum. The three-day conference was titled "Rivers of Data, more »
Category: Digitization
Belatedly, we post our final check-in in with our intrepid remote intern, Cynthia Orozco, who writes: “For the past four weeks, I have had the pleasure of working with the more »
If you’ve seen any of the 1,000+ physical copies of the books scanned through the History, Art, and Culture (HAC) Digitization Project, maybe you noticed a sticker just below the barcode that reads ”ONLINE.”
For the last eight weeks, I have been sitting at the Smithsonian looking at pretty pictures. Specifically, I’ve been sorting through three thousand digital objects selected for addition to the Galaxy of Images, figuring out what they are and what to write about them.
This website highlights the scientific and popular literature contributions of prominent amateur naturalists from the 18th-20th centuries.
Smithsonian Libraries to Digitize and Convert Spanish Language Publications for e-Readers A May 2011 Pew Internet and American Life study showed that 15% of American Latino adults own an e-Reader, more »
The Digital Services Department is happy to announce our first completely ‘virtual’ intern — Cynthia Mari Orozco, who will be working with us as our Latino Publications Intern this August. Her internship, as well as the project she will be working on, is funded by the Smithsonian Latino Center through their Latino Initiatives Pool Fund.