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B. Exhibitions

Through the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service the Institution annually reaches approximately 10.4 million people in America, with about 100 exhibitions constantly on the road, going to about 12 locations each. In addition, most of the Smithsonian's museums also organize exhibitions which regularly circulate to museums around the country, and sometimes abroad.

C. Networks

Smithsonian research information has always been available through publications, but various computerized networks (RLIN, OCLC, NREN, etc.) are in place or in planning stages in ways that will widely expand access to the holdings of Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Archives of American Art, other archival holdings, and the full range of museum collections -- especially when the Institution's Collections Information System(s) become accessible to outside networks.

D. Publications

A sample range of publications must begin with Smithsonian magazine, given its mammoth subscription list. But the Institution hosts other national publications as well, among them the journals of the American Studies Association and the Society of the History of Technology, Asian Art, American Art Journal, etc. And, of course, Smithsonian Shops market all sorts of highly specialized and general audience publications about the Smithsonian, whether or not they originate with the Institution. From Art to Zoo, Research Reports, and numerous other Smithsonian periodicals reach specialized audiences nationally, which is also true of Smithsonian World, Radio Smithsonian feeds, and various occasional programs which the Smithsonian initiates or sponsors in the  electronic media. 

E. Public Information

The Office of Public Affairs provides information to the press nationally, both about Smithsonian activities and through its own news syndicate. Smithsonian Institution Press publication lists range widely and make available research (the Institution's and others'), while also giving popular access to Smithsonian collections. This includes music (classical, jazz, folk, and popular), and video recordings, which are produced by others as well as by the Smithsonian. Through retail sales (in-house and mail order), the Institution reaches countless people, as do its various licensed products.

F. People/Programs

Any inventory of the Smithsonian's national/dispersion role must include the interaction of people -- again a complex series of categories. Smithsonian National Associates Program activities and tours reach people all over the country, enabling them to participate in "the Smithsonian" in their home towns, in Washington, and around the world. The Office of Secondary and Elementary Education undertakes regional