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The writings of many fine authors support the research and ambitious undertakings of an Institution rising to the challenges ahead

During the Smithsonian's inaugural Educator's Day program, teachers learned about classroom-ready tools, transferable teaching approaches, and opportunities for ongoing professional learning.

A Digitization Journey, a Knowledge Journey: Personal and Professional Insights From My Work on Polynesian Researches Na au iki a me na au nui o ka ʻike: The little and the large currents of knowledge. In preparation for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I chose to reflect on the intersections of my past and present work in Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) collections, with historical connections to my home in Hawaiʻi. Part of my primary duties as a Conservation Technician with the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is to stabilize objects before and after digitization for ...

| photo by Ursula Ruhl   Noah Smutz has had a lifelong passion for books, but he seldom buys a bestseller. All the books he holds closely are at least 25 years — and sometimes centuries — old.  Smutz is a book conservator running his own business, NS Conservation LLC. Simply put, he repairs old or damaged books to their former glory. Smutz comes from a long line of book lovers. His dad, Bill Smutz, who currently serves as interim pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, is a voracious reader and introduced his son to the Bible. Actually, he familiarized Noah with many ...

Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97 By Harrison Smith The Washington Post,Updated April 9, 2021, 4:39 p.m. Email to a Friend Joye HummelElizabeth O'Brien/Smithsonian Institution/Handout In March 1944, shortly before Joye Hummel graduated from the Katharine Gibbs secretarial school in Manhattan, she was invited to meet with one of her instructors, a charismatic psychologist who had been impressed by her essays on a take-home test. Over tea at the Harvard Club, professor William Moulton Marston offered her a job - not in the classroom or psych lab, but in the...