Although the positive impact of having a blog seem extremely obvious initially, starting and maintaining a blog is not necessarily a simple task, and there are certainly risks that come along with it.
Category: Staff Notes
How can libraries use Web 2.0 technology to better reach and inform their users, improve the services the library provides, and remain relevant in today’s society?
Director Nancy E. Gwinn and Associate Director and Mary Augusta Thomas traveled to Panama at the end of November, where they had very useful meetings with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Library and research staff.
The Preservation Department is pleased to welcome our new conservator Katie Wagner, who joined us October 25th.
The Libraries staff has (almost) completely moved into our new swing space. A few stray binders, a shelf or two of books, and other miscellaneous pieces aside, we are officially done.
A very special Libraries staffer, Amy Levin, retired in September. Amy had been with the Smithsonian Libraries since 1975.
If you see any filled-to-the-brim book carts and blue bins stuffed full of materials in the hallways of the National Museum of Natural History, you’re probably looking at the Smithsonian more »