smithsonian libraries: unveiling a gem

Unveiling a GemSmithsonian Libraries:

Martin R. KalfatovicAssociate Director

Twitter: @UDCMRK15 September 2016

30 MILLION VISITORS EACH YEAR

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ENDANGERED SPECIES

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SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES

Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery LibraryCooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design LibraryFreer and Sackler Galleries LibraryHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden LibraryWarren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art

Anacostia Community Museum LibraryNational Air and Space Museum LibraryNational Museum of African American History & Culture LibraryNational Museum of American History LibraryNational Postal Museum LibraryThe Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, National Museum of the American IndianSIL Research Annex

Botany and Horticulture LibraryJohn Wesley Powell Library of AnthropologyMuseum Support Center LibraryNational Museum of Natural History LibraryNational Zoological Park LibrarySmithsonian Environmental Research Center LibraryEarl Tupper Library, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Dibner Library of the History of Science and TechnologyJoseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History

History and Culture

Art and Design

Sciences

Special Collections

BRANCHES OF THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES

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THE HEART OF THE SMITHSONIAN

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“…increase and diffusion…”

“…for the increase and diffusion of knowledge…”

The Seal of the Smithsonian Institution

SMITHSONIAN MISSION

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“…shall fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a Library composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.”

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JOSEPH HENRYSecretary, 1846-1878

CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE SERIES

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CHARLES COFFIN JEWETTLibrarian & Assistant Secretary, 1848-1855

EXCHANGE PUBLICATIONS ARRIVE AT SMITHSONIAN CASTLE

SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY ROOM

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FIRE!

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The Fire at the Castle - 1865

The Fire at the Capitol - 1851

SMITHSONIAN CASTLE after the fire

SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY ROOM

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SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRDSecretary, 1878-1887

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S. DILLON RIPLEYSecretary, 1964-1984

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THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARY

Extraordinary Holdings

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NATURAL HISTORY

AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS

ANTHROPOLOGY

AMERICAN PORTRAITURE

EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN DESIGN

AMERICAN, AFRICAN ART & CULTURE

ASIAN ART

TROPICAL BIOLOGY

AMERICAN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

DIBNER LIBRARY of the HISTORY OF SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

IN THE DIBNER LIBRARY STACKS

GALILEO LETTERHEVELIUS, CELESTIAL MACHINES

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

WORLDS FAIRS COLLECTION

CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION, LONDON, 1851

IN THE STACKS, CULLMAN LIBRARY

JOSEPH F. CULLMAN 3RD LIBRARY

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EARLY MUSEUMS

TRADE LITERATURE COLLECTION

A Move to Digital

1 million web visitors9 million web content downloads

Tell America’s Story

Spark Discovery

Inspire Lifelong Learning

Reach People Everywhere

Questions?

Advancing Knowledge at Home and Around the WorldDr. Nancy E. Gwinn, Director July 20, 2015

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Unveiling a GemSmithsonian Libraries:

Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn, Director

Richard Naples

And the rest of Smithsonian Libraries’

staff for assistance in this presentation

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