Apologies for cross-posting Smithsonian Libraries, Archives and Museums have worked together and created the Collections Search Center (http://collections.si.edu), a one-stop-searching center for the public for SI collections. This fast growing Collections Search Center is hosted by OCIO and currently contains 2.3 million records with 280,000 online media such as images, sound files, videos, and online collections. Collections are contributed by: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden National Air and Space Museum National Museum of American Indians National Museum of Natural History National Portrait Gallery National Postal Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum Archives at the National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center at National Museum of American History Archives of American Art Archives of American Gardens Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Human Studies Film Archives National Air and Space Museum Archives Division National Anthropological Archives Smithsonian American Art Museum Photo Archives Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Libraries Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Chandra X-ray Observatory We encourage you to look at and explore the search center and see the power of pulling our resources together. The following includes just a few examples: American Artist portraits <http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?fq=online_media_type:%22Images%22&q=american+artist+portraits&view=list&start=0> American Indian beadworks<http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?fq=online_media_type:%22Images%22&q=american+indian+beadwork&view=list&start=0> African American pilots<http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=African+American+pilots> Butterflies<http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?date.slider=&date.slider=&q=Butterflies> This search center also supports the ability to read manuscripts page-by-page with zooming capability. Please try these examples: Notebook by Albert Samuel<http://collections.si.edu/search/slideshow_embedded?xml=http://sirismm.si.edu/naa/viewer/MS4658_14_Gallery/MS4658_14.xml> Sitting Bull pictographic autobiography, 1882<http://collections.si.edu/search/slideshow_embedded?xml=http://sirismm.si.edu/naa/viewer/MS1929b_Gallery/MS1929b.xml> We thank all the partners for making this effort possible. Ching-hsien Wang, Library and Archives Systems Support Branch, Office of Chief Information Officer For further information on this message contact: Ching-hsien Wang, OCIO, x35581 (VoIP), 202-633-5581 (non-VoIP), [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Nicole Semenchuk Cataloger, Research Databases Research and Scholars Center Smithsonian American Art Museum (202) 633-8351 || [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> RSC Newsletter: http://www.americanart.si.edu/research/newsletters/ __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]