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“Once There Were Billions” opening June 24th

Erin Rushing
June 4, 2014
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The Smithsonian Libraries invites you to:

Echoes of Their Wings: The Passenger Pigeon and its Legacy

The exhibition opening for “Once There Were Billions”, featuring a lecture and book signing by Joel Greenberg, author of A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction.

Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 – 6:00pm
Location: Baird Auditorium
National Museum of Natural History
10th and Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Please RSVP to SILRSVP@si.edu  or call 202-633-2241

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Answers to our “Ask Me Anything”!

Erin Rushing
May 23, 2014
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On April 30th, in honor of Preservation Week, the Smithsonian Libraries hosted an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) question and answer session with our book conservator, Katie Wagner.  The conversation primarily took place on our Tumblr page, from 12-2pm.  Katie answered about 30 questions, related mostly to book care and treatment, the Libraries and our collections and careers in conservation.

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MayDay – What’s in our disaster kit?

Erin Rushing
May 1, 2014
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Each year archives, libraries, museums, and arts and historic preservation organizations set aside May 1 to participate in MayDay, an initiative created by Heritage Preservation to protect cultural heritage from disasters. Organizations are encouraged to do one thing for emergency preparedness. This year, the Libraries would like to share with you the content of our Emergency Response Kits.

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The Fix – The Do’s and Don’ts in Caring for Paper Based Collections

Katie Wagner
April 28, 2014
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We field a lot of questions in the Book Conservation Lab about caring for personal collections.  In the spirit of Preservation Week here are some answers to some of our Frequently Asked Questions.  If you have additional questions we have a live “Ask Our Book Conservator Anything” April 30th from 12-2 PM!

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