NARA to Expand Digital Records Access Over the Next Five Years

guest · Aug 11, 2021

NARA to Expand Digital Records Access Over the Next Five Years
August 10, 2021
https://www.meritalk.com/articles/nara-to-expand-digital-records-access-over-the-next-five-years/

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan draft to maximize digital records’ access and availability, including a top-line goal of digitizing a half billion pages of records.

Notably, the strategic plan draft introduces a future vision of all-digital records, and more equitable access and availability for underserved communities.
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According to the draft, those focus areas come from the agency’s vision of being recognized as a supplier of “cutting-edge access to extraordinary volumes of government information and unprecedented engagement to bring greater meaning to the many different American experiences.”
The draft strategic plan lays out the agency’s objectives for improving equity of digital records, providing world-class customer experiences all around, and accelerating agency IT modernization.

To implement a digital infrastructure, NARA plans by 2026 to digitize 500 million pages of records and make them publicly available online, ensure that 95 percent of customer requests are resolved within the promised time, and organize metadata tagging efforts to promote equity for records related to underrepresented communities.
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NARA on August 6 released an invitation for comments to gather feedback from agencies and the public on the plan’s current state. Comments are due by August 20.
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EASTER · Aug 12, 2021

Good to see somebody planning ahead for the long run.

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