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personnel at no cost to the Institution, including workshops and internships presented on a cost-sharing basis with Native American tribal groups and associations. A review has begun of the inventory of audiovisual materials, and a number of items may be remade, particularly those for which the master tapes no longer lend themselves to quality reproduction. Additional audiovisuals on preventive care of collections will remain a priority for the Office, and the distribution is anticipated to be self-sustaining.

With a grant of approximately $1,000,000 received in 1982 from the Kellogg Foundation, the Office of Museum Programs, in cooperation with the Resident Associate Program, is conducting a three-year program designed to improve the educational impact of museums. An advisory council, national in scope and composed of representatives of academic institutions and museums, has been established to guide the program, and, through a series of workshops, seminars, videotapes, internships and residencies, specific measures are being explored, reviewed and tested.

The Smithsonian Archives uses automatic data processing extensively to sort various indexes to the Archives and to publish the [[underlined]] Guide to the Smithsonian Archives [[/underlined]]. During the period FY 1983 to FY 1984, the archival program will be extended to all Smithsonian bureaus, to ensure preservation of official documentation.  The archives will embark on a major program to identify records to microfilm and discard, and to accelerate the filming of those records. Increased efforts will be devoted also to the oral history project. Access to the collections will be improved by additional publications and further development of the Archives' information system.

The Office of Exhibits Central will continue to provide its general and specialized exhibition production services for the Institution's museums.  The Office will also be involved in deign, editing and production work for many new traveling exhibits and in special exhibitions that involve intermuseum cooperation.  Examples of such exhibitions, in which the Office of Exhibits Central participated in FY 1982, are: [[underlined]] American Impressionists, Quick Silver Galleons, Vanishing Race, [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Ban Chiang. [[/underlined]]

For the Office of Horticulture, new landscaped areas, including the East Garden between the Hirshhorn Museum Building and the Arts and Industries Building, will create a need for an extension of services, as will the landscaping associated with the Museum Support Centre. This Office has also maintained the Victoria Horticulture and Floriculture Exhibition in the Arts and Industries Building.  New effrst in exhibits, coupled with research and propagation efforts for special collections of rare and endangered floral species, will enhance the dimensions of the horticultural function in coming years.

The office of International Activities will support arrangements for research programs being planned in cooperation with foreign scientific agencies and organizations and develop new programs to be carried out with similar organizations in the People's Republic of China.