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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:45:06 -0500
From: george bowman <IRMGE010@SIVM.SI.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list ETHNOHIS <ETHNOHIS@NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Subject: Smithsonian Telnet access
*** Resending note of 02/01/95 16:04
Finally we have enabled TELNET access to our database! Our address
is SIRIS.SI.EDU - both VT100 and TN3270 are available, but TN3270
is better. Our numeric address is scheduled to change, so I'm not
giving it here.
The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) is
a computerized collection of research catalogs maintained by
the Smithsonian Institution's Libraries, Archives, and Research
Units.
Presently there are four catalogs available on SIRIS:
LIB: The Smithsonian Library Catalog
The collections are particularly strong in Natural History, Tropical
Biology, African American Ethnology and Culture, Astrophysics,
Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, American History, the History
of Science and Technology, Aviation and Space Flight, Postal
History, Fine Arts and Design, African Art, Horticulture, Conservation
Science, Chesapeake Bay Area Ecology, and Museum Administration. In
addition, the Library holds a large collection of manufacturers'
trade literature and catalogs and historically important rare
books and manuscripts.
ARI: The Art Inventories Catalog
Data for the Art Inventories Catalog is designed to assist
researchers in locating American paintings and sculpture. Data
has been compiled from reports supplied by private collectors,
museums, corporate collectors, and public art programs. The
database is divided into two subcatalogs for paintings and
sculpture which can be searched together or separately.
The Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 is a
national census of paintings created by American artists working
prior to 1914. There are approximately 300,000 paintings
represented.
The Inventory of American Sculpture is a national census of
works created by artists born or active in the United States up
through the 20th century. There are approximately 50,000
sculptures represented.
ARC: The Archives and Manuscripts Catalog
This database consists of approximately 90,000 records contributed
by five archival units of the Smithsonian. The subcatalogs
listed below can be searched together or separately.
The Archives of American Art (AAA) catalog descibes papers of
artists, art dealers, art historians, collectors, and others;
records of art galleries, museums, and art organizations; videos;
and interviews from AAA's oral history project.
The Achives Center of the National Museum of American History
(ACAH) catalog descibes hundreds of collections of manuscripts
and visual, magnetic and electronic documents related to the
mission of the National Museum of American History, especially
the history of advertising, history of technology, and social
and cultural history, as well as selected individual items.
The Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA) catalog describes film
and video collections of historical, archeological, and
ethnographic significance, including edited ethnographic films,
unique research footage produced as part of anthropological
research, and travelogues by amateur and professional filmakers.
The National Anthropological Archives (NAA) catalog describes
collections of historical manuscripts relating to North American
natives; administrative records of the Dept. of Anthropology;
prefessional papers of anthropologists; records of anthropological
organizations; art work; and photographs.
The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) catalog descibes
records documenting the history of the Smithsonian Institution
since its fouding in 1846; research in the fields of science,
art and history; papers of staff; records of scientific, historical,
and museum organizations; and audio-visual material from research,
exhibits, and its oral history and video-history programs.
BIB: The Research/Bibliographies Catalog
This database descibes specialized research bibliographies.
Currently references are limited to the Office of Museum Programs'
Museum Studies Database which includes theses and dissertations
in the area of Museum Studies, articals indexed from the ALI-ABA
proceedings and course of Study in Museum Administration, and
from the Journal of Museum Education.
Naturally we are still adding functionality as well as data. In the
near future we will have our Z39.50 gateway running, and hopefully
at some point after that we will turn our attention to presenting
multimedia via the MARC 856 tag and possibly Web access to the
catalog. More archival units will probably be added, and additional
focused Reasearch/Bibliographies will be added, including the
Cephalopod database which is almost ready now.
That's SIRIS.SI.EDU.
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