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"Obama Wants Better Digital Archive of Federal Records" + Full Text of Presidential Memorandum
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From the Washington Post: President Obama on Monday ordered agencies to make wider use of digital-based record-keeping systems in what aides promise will be the most significant change to government archiving since Harry S. Truman’s presidency. “The current federal records management system is based on an outdated approach involving paper and filing cabinets,” Obama said […]
Microfilm and electronic versions will be available for sale ALONG with the free online version (18+ terabytes of data) on April 2, 2012 at 9am. From a NARA Announcement: For customers with large data requirements, the National Archives Trust Fund is selling the 1940 Census data on hard-drives and hard-drive arrays. Microfilm copies of the […]
National Archives (U.S.) Releases Introductory Video to DocsTeach
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, School Libraries, Video Recordings
|DocsTeach is targeted at K-12 students and educators. Direct to the 2:42 Video (via YouTube) Watch this tutorial for an introduction to DocsTeach.org, where educators can find and create interactive learning activities with primary source documents that promote historical thinking skills. Direct to the DocsTeach Web Site Learn More About DocsTeach.
Direct to @archivepres (Preservation at NARA) All things preservation at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Direct to Preservation at the National Archives Tumblr Page
National Archives to Release 1940 Census Free Online on April 2, 2012, Announces Web Hosting Contract Awarded to Inflection
Archives and Special Collections, Maps, News, Patrons and Users
|News and links about the release from NARA: The National Archives today announced its selection of Inflection, parent company to family history web site Archives.com, to design and host a free web site for the April 2, 2012, at 9 AM (EST) launch of the 1940 U.S. Census. This is the first time that the […]
New From NARA: National Archives Publishes National Registry of Controlled Unclassified Information
Archives and Special Collections, Management and Leadership, News
|From NARA: On November 4, 2010, President Obama signed Executive Order 13556, “Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI),” and designated the National Archives and Records Administration as the Executive Agent “to implement this order and oversee agency actions to ensure compliance with this order.” On November 4, 2011, as required by this Executive Order, the National Archives […]
From NextGov: The National Archives and Records Administration plans to launch in December an online Citizen Archivist Dashboard through which volunteers can tag, transcribe and write articles about scanned NARA documents, said Pamela Wright, the agency’s chief digital access strategist. NARA initially will put up about 300 documents for transcription, Wright said Friday before a […]
Apps: National Archives Digitization Tools Now on GitHub
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Productivity
|From NARAtions: Over the last year and a half, our Digitization Services Branch has developed a number of software applications to facilitate digitization workflows. These applications have significantly increased our productivity and improved the accuracy and completeness of our digitization work. We shared our experiences with these applications with colleagues at other institutions such as […]
From the AP: Elvis Presley, Charles Lindbergh, John Coltrane and Jackie Robinson all have something in common in St. Louis. Their military records are now on file in the National Archives’ new $115 million facility opening Saturday. The National Personnel Records Center -is one of 44 Archives sites across the country and houses millions of […]
Here’s the Full Text of David Ferriero’s Statement on the NARA Web Site: Today [Tuesday, October 5, 2011], former long-time National Archives employee Leslie Waffen pleaded guilty to stealing original sound recordings from the National Archives and selling them on eBay. Mr. Waffen has agreed to turn over more than 955 sound recordings belonging to […]