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Archive for April, 2011Zoom into Online Public AccessWe are excited to announce new features that have been rolled out into our Online Public Access catalog! If you haven’t already tried our new search interface, now is a great time to test our some of the new features. Online Public Access (OPA) now includes a Bookmark/Share widget to share your search results through [...] Posted by Meredith D. (admin) on April 29, 2011, under Online Research, Research. MayDay at the National ArchivesThe following is a guest post from Jane Long, Preservation Officer at the National Archives: Emergencies can happen anytime, but a little preparedness goes a long way to diminish their effects. Every year, NARA participates in MayDay, a national event to raise awareness of the importance of taking simple steps to protect people and records. [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on April 29, 2011, under Miscellaneous. Please join us for the next DC-area Researchers Meeting on Monday, May 23rd – NOTE: NEW DATE and TIME!We hope you will be able to join us at the next DC-area researcher meeting when we will also be joined by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. The meeting will be on Monday, May 23rd at 10 AM at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland in lecture rooms B/C. Please note that the [...] Posted by Rebecca on April 28, 2011, under DC-area Researchers. NARA Participates in Preservation WeekThe following is a guest post from Aimee Primeaux, Preservation Program Officer at the National Archives: Preservation is at the heart of what we do here at NARA: Preservation Programs has joined forces with SAA’s Preservation Section to create an e-poster in recognition of Preservation Week. This poster outlines basic strategies to preserve your collections, [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on April 28, 2011, under Miscellaneous. National Archives’ First Wikipedian in Residence: This article is a stub.Have you ever landed on a Wikipedia page containing just the beginnings of an article, waiting to be filled in with valuable content? In Wikipedia parlance, these are stubs; skeleton pages set up with the basic outline of a topic which subject matter experts can work together to build into full encyclopedia articles. We see [...] Posted by Kristen (admin) on April 27, 2011, under DC-area Researchers, Digitization, Miscellaneous, Online Research, Open Government, Social Media (Web 2.0), Wikipedian in Residence. Putting the “U” in Unified Digital Format Registry: Stakeholders meet at the Library of CongressOn April 13-14, Fynnette Eaton (NHA) and Kevin Devorsey (NWM) participated in a stakeholders meeting of the Unified Digital Format Registry (UDFR), held at the Library of Congress, along with 22 cultural memory institutions concerned with digital preservation. UDFR aims to pool the expertise of these archival communities to document characteristics that can be used to identify file formats, and then to document the information in an authoritative knowledge base. Posted by Rita on April 22, 2011, under Electronic Records, Miscellaneous, NCAST, Tech Tuesdays. Family Tree Friday: Confederate hospital recordsConfederate records that survived the Civil War cover a variety of aspects and functions of both the Confederate government and its armed forces. One of the major components of the War Department Collection of Confederate Records includes records of various military hospitals that were established in several Southern states during the war. Administered by the Confederate [...] Posted by John on April 22, 2011, under Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Research. Documerica 2.0: Earth Day State of the Environment Photo ProjectIn the spirit of Earth Day throughout the coming year, the National Archives is collaborating with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a new photography project. We are inviting you to submit your best photos of the environment you experience in your hometown or your travels. The Earth Day State of the Environment photo project [...] Posted by Jill on April 19, 2011, under DC-area Researchers, Education, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Social Media (Web 2.0). Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Blogger Meet-Up at the Genealogy Fair!Are you a genealogy blogger? Do you have questions for NARA, whether it be about blogging or records? Then we have the event for you! This year at the 7th Annual Genealogy Fair, The National Archives will be hosting a meet-up to bring together genealogist bloggers and spark some good conversation about the records you [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on April 18, 2011, under Events, Genealogy / Family History. Become Your Family’s Detective! 7th Annual Genealogy FairAre you your family’s detective? Have you always wanted to learn more about your family tree? Join us as we host the 7th Annual Genealogy Fair on April 20-21, 2011, and highlight the diversity of Federal records available for family history research. National Archives’ staff members, historians, and genealogy professionals will lead this year’s workshops [...] Posted by Meredith D. (admin) on April 15, 2011, under DC-area Researchers, Events, Genealogy / Family History, Research. |
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