Departments
Administrative
The Administrative Services Office (ASO) provides administrative support to all programs of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Smithsonian Libraries is proud to be one of the founding members of the BHL - a consortium of 12 natural history and botanical libraries.
Development
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Director's Office
The Director's office includes the Director, Deputy and Assistant Directors, as well as the Development and Public Affairs offices.
Interlibrary Loan & Shipping Receiving Services
Provides resources necessary for research, such as books, dissertations and microfilm not held by Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
Preservation Services
Committed to the preservation, safe exhibition, and long-term access to the Smithsonian Libraries' collections.
Research Services
With 20 library locations in most of the Smithsonian's museums and research centers, the Research Services Division manages the physical collections of the Libraries and serves the information needs of the Smithsonian's researchers, scholars, and the general public.
Resource Acquisitions
The Resource Acquisitions department handles the purchase of books and journals, coordination of materials acquired through gift or exchange, loans of books and articles from other libraries (inter-library loan) and management of serials (journals) and serial subscriptions.
Resource Description
The Resource Description department includes Original Cataloging, Catalog Management, and Metadata.
Scholarly Communications and IT support
Scholarly Communications staff manage Smithsonian Research Online which includes both the Smithsonian Digital Document Repository (using DSpace) and the Smithsonian Research Bibliography.
Special Collections
The Special Collections Department arranges, describes, houses, and provides access to the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections held in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology and the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Web Services and Digital Library
The Web Services and Digital Library department is responsible for creation and maintenance of the Libraries' website which includes the Digital Library.
