This accession consists of 48 Facebook accounts maintained by individual units throughout the Smithsonian Institution. Facebook is a third-party social networking site
used for interaction with the general public. The accounts were captured between October 13, 2015, and January 29, 2016. Two accounts were captured again using a crawler on
June 20 and 22, 2016. A few accounts were downloaded using Facebook's "archive" feature. Due to technical issues, the captures of many accounts are incomplete and may not
function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
National Museum of African American History and Culture Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Web sites
Date:
2016
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of web content related to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) on September 24, 2016, and related
events and promotions. Content was captured between August 24 and December 7, 2016. Materials include web pages from the National Museum of African American History and Culture,
Smithsonian Institution, and Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage websites; Twitter and Facebook accounts; tweets and posts using hashtags promoted by NMAAHC in Twitter
and Instagram; and Snapchat videos. Press releases and a report on the grand opening digital engagement campaign are also included. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of records documenting Facebook accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution. Facebook is a third-party social networking site
used for interaction with the general public. In addition to general Smithsonian-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents
the individual accounts of museums, research centers, and programmatic units throughout Smithsonian. Due to technical issues, the crawls of many accounts are incomplete and
may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the Facebook page for the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center (SEEC) as it existed on October 18, 2014. SEEC provides early learning centers
located within the Smithsonian Institution museums. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the general public. Due to technical issues,
the crawl of the account is incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of eighteen Facebook accounts maintained by a variety of units across the Smithsonian Institution. Facebook is a third-party social networking
site used for interaction with the general public. These accounts were captured between June 13 and September 17, 2018. Due to technical issues, the captures of many accounts
are incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of records documenting Facebook accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Facebook is a third-party social networking
site used for interaction with the general public. In addition to general SI-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents
the individual accounts of museums, research centers, and programmatic units throughout SI. Materials include screenshots of a portion of the "Wall," general information screens,
photographs, event listings, and notes. The majority of the accounts were captured in March 2012, though a handful were captured as early as November 2011 and as late as August
2012. In general, approximately 2 months of content was captured; however, accounts that included a significant amount of original content were captured going back to the
beginning of the account or the last date the account was captured. In the spring of 2012, Facebook began converting institutional accounts from the "Wall" format to the "Timeline"
format and examples of both formats can be seen in this accession. Materials are in electronic format.
The unit responsible is listed, followed by the Facebook name, the date of earliest captured wall post, and the date of capture.
This accession consists of the Facebook account of the Encyclopedia of Life. The Encyclopedia of Life is a global partnership between the scientific community and the
general public to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the
general public. The Facebook account was captured on October 10, 2018, and then crawled on February 14, 2019. Due to technical issues, the content in this accession may be
incomplete and some features may not function as expected. Some content is significantly older than the date it was captured. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the Encyclopedia of Life Facebook account as it existed on October 13, 2015. Encyclopedia of Life is a global partnership between the scientific
community and the general public to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction
with the general public. Due to technical issues, the capture of the account may be incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of eight Facebook accounts maintained by individual units throughout the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Postal Museum, the
National Museum of Natural History, the Office of Communications and External Affairs, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, as they existed in October 2014. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the general public. Due to technical issues, the crawls
of many accounts are incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of 111 Facebook accounts maintained by units across the Smithsonian Institution. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction
with the general public. These accounts were captured by a variety of means between October 10, 2018, and September 6, 2019, but content may be significantly older. Some accounts
were captured twice. Due to technical issues, the captures of many accounts are incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the Facebook account of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium (BHL) as it existed on May 29, 2019. BHL is a consortium of major natural
history, botanical, and research libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the literature of biodiversity held in their collections as a part of a global "biodiversity
commons." Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the general public. Due to technical issues, the content in this accession may be incomplete
and some features may not function as expected. Some content is significantly older than the date it was captured. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of 18 Facebook accounts maintained by individual units throughout the Smithsonian Institution. Facebook is a third-party social networking site
used for interaction with the general public. The accounts were captured between November 29, 2016, and March 12, 2018. A few accounts were downloaded using Facebook's "archive"
feature. Due to technical issues, the captures of many accounts are incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the Facebook account of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project as it existed on January 28, 2019. The Project's mission is
to rescue and establish assurance colonies of amphibian species that are in extreme danger of extinction throughout Panama. The National Zoological Park and the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute are both project partners and play a role in the administration of the Project. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction
with the general public. Due to technical issues, the capture of this account may be incomplete and some features may not function as expected. Some content is significantly
older than the date it was captured. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of four Facebook accounts maintained by Smithsonian Institution units, including the National Zoological Park, the National Air and Space Museum,
the Smithsonian Latino Center, and the Asian Pacific American Center. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the general public. These
accounts were captured by a variety of means between February 13 and November 9, 2018. Due to technical issues, the captures of many accounts are incomplete and may not function
properly. Materials are in electronic format.
American History Through an African American Lens (Blog)
Facebook (Electronic resource)
YouTube (Electronic resource)
Storify (Electronic resource)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2012-2017
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of several websites and social media accounts documenting the promotion and marketing of the National Museum and African American History and
Culture (NMAAHC) which opened to the public on September 24, 2016.
NMAAHC's primary website was crawled on August 26 (twice) and 28, September 16, 22, 23 (twice), 24 (three times), 25, and 27, 2016. The website includes information about
visiting, exhibitions, events, and collections. Some crawls only include top-level pages of the website and extensive detailed collections information is not included in any
of the crawls. Due to technical issues, some features of the website may not function properly in this accession.
NMAAHC's Tumblr blog, titled "American History through an African American Lens," was crawled on September 9 and October 4, 2016. Launched in February 2012, it highlights
events, objects, and research.
The fundraising website established for the NMAAHC's "Giving Day," also September 24, 2016, was crawled on September 12 and 16, 2016.
The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) website was crawled on September 21, 2016. CFCH organized the "Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration" festival in
honor of the opening of NMAAHC. The festival ran September 23-25, 2016.
The top pages of the Smithsonian Institution website which announce the opening of the museum were crawled on September 24, 2016.
NMAAHC's Twitter account, a platform used for microblogging, was crawled on September 8, 21, 23, and 24 (twice), and October 7, 2016. The AskNMAAHC Twitter account, used
to answer questions from the public about visiting NMAAHC, was crawled on February 7, 2017, but had been inactive since October 13, 2016. Tweets using two hashtags promoted
by NMAAHC and used both for official tweets and by other institutions and the public were also captured. Tweets using "#illuminateNMAAHC" were captured between November 3,
2015, and September 30, 2016, and exported to a spreadsheet. Tweets using "#APeoplesJourney" were crawled on October 3, 2016.
NMAAHC's Storify account, used to document social media campaigns by combining content from several sources, was crawled on October 4, 2016.
NMAAHC's YouTube channel, used for sharing videos, was crawled in two pieces on October 5, 2016.
NMAAHC's Facebook account, used to communicate and share with the public, was crawled on both October 7 and 27, 2016.