Smithsonian Libraries & Archives is hiring! Check out this exciting opportunity: Associate Director (Discovery, Acquisitions and Technical Services). https://t.co/JzxAht1aH6 Application period closes 5/17.
As a founding member of the @FiskJubilee, Ella Sheppard helped save the sounds of African American celebration.
The group was instrumental in preserving spirituals and bringing them to a broader audience. More in #MusicHerStory: https://t.co/yHNRqo9F7D
#Juneteenth
Her performances drew comparisons to Louis Armstrong.
She named her band "Tiny Davis and Her Hell Drivers."
She was part of the first racially integrated all-woman jazz band to tour nationally.
Meet Ernestine "Tiny" Davis: https://t.co/VsMd8cYBhM
#InternationalJazzDay
In a stunning show of support for libraries, late yesterday afternoon the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support a resolution backing the Internet Archive and the digital rights of all libraries. ▶️https://t.co/9KnEeke3aB #DigitalRightsForLibraries
ONE WEEK! WeDigBio's WHY DIG BIO! Register for a Friday, April 14 event with guest speakers, discussing major motivations across scale for digitizing biodiversity. https://t.co/NoeDqWHkHh
On the blog — Investigating mysterious digital files stored on a laptop and obsolete disk format from the 90s. Read about all the work that goes into accessing thirty-year-old digital files!
#digitalpreservation#digitalarchiving
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Cultural & history repositories of all sizes! Could you use an NEH #PresAccessFunded grant, from $10,000 to $350,000, to preserve or boost access to your humanities collections? Check out our programs & application tips today! https://t.co/yp8KaNBQTe #Museums#Archives#Libraries
For the first we rolled out this 54 foot long petition from 1865. It was signed by 3,740 African Americans from South Carolina asking Congress “equal rights before the law" months after the Civil War.
We need the public's help transcribing this historic treasure.
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An exciting job opportunity! The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives has an opening for an application software specialist ($59,319 to $78,592)! https://t.co/A3aGOb3NyL Apply by 02/08/2023! To learn more about @SILibraries and its initiatives visit https://t.co/hUa4bHyybZ.
We'll be #EditingForEffie tomorrow, 1/9 @americanart. Join us virtually or in-person from 11:30-3:30pm. We'll be editing #Wikipedia articles about topics she cared most about, like women in science. Register here to join us https://t.co/qEDfY4Fhwh
It was uplifting to see the @americanart courtyard filled with Effie's friends and family today. I enjoyed getting to know her better by hearing your stories. Let's help the family by contributing to Melina's scholarship fund https://t.co/i3nPEevOoV https://t.co/IAA44wW1mf