Employee Profile
John Martinez
Most people think of the National Archives as a place where government records are stored or as the place where the Charters of Freedom are displayed (and we're proud to do both!) – but the National Archives does much more.
John Says...
Working on the ERA project has been very exciting and has given me the opportunity to collaborate with staff from almost all of the National Archives units.
- Archives Specialist, Lifecycle Policy Staff.
- Joined the National Archives in 1999.
- Works at the National Archives in College Park, MD.
My favorite part of working at the National Archives is that I get to see the wide range of people, skills, and knowledge that make the National Archives work, as well as the services and responsibilities that we undertake in many areas – records management, education programs, Presidential Libraries, regional archives, online access to records and services, and electronic records preservation, to name a few.
My duties on the Lifecycle Policy Staff include working on the development and maintenance of the requirements for descriptive elements and authority files for our online catalog, Archival Research Catalog (ARC), and on data standards for other records lifecycle systems.
Much of my work lately has been related to preparation for the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system. Working on this project has been very exciting and has given me the opportunity to collaborate with staff from almost all of the National Archives units to document work processes, analyze and determine areas for improvement, and redesign work processes for the ERA environment.
My work allows me to appreciate the many parts of the National Archives system and the variety of work that staff does for the Federal government and the public. The common trait that the different National Archives staff members all have is their dedication to their work and to carry out our mission – to safeguard and preserve the records of our government and to ensure that the people can access, use, and learn from our holdings.
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