The National Archives recently created a new "Inside the Vaults" video about our citizen archivist initiative. The video features Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero discussing the contributions of the public to the National Archives as well as two citizen archivists, researcher Jonathan Webb Deiss and educational cartoonist Jon White, discussing their work … Continue reading Are you a citizen archivist?
Category: Social Media (Web 2.0)
Mathew Brady Civil War Photos: New and Improved on Flickr!
Way back in October, we announced that the National Archives was uploading several sets of our Mathew Brady photos onto Flickr. These original sets were not in any particular order, and were just a selection of the thousands of photographs that Mathew Brady took that now live at the National Archives. Also in that original … Continue reading Mathew Brady Civil War Photos: New and Improved on Flickr!
NARAtions goes mobile!
We are happy to announce that you no longer need to wait until you can check your PC or laptop to read NARAtions. Thanks to a plug-in that we have added to the blog, you can now follow NARAtions on your smartphone. So please check out the mobile version of NARAtions on your phone and … Continue reading NARAtions goes mobile!
The Results of the Voting for the new Archives.gov Home Page Are In
Thank you to everyone who voted and commented on the Archives.gov homepage designs and features. In total we received 3,257 votes. Interested in knowing how your favorite design did? You can view the results at http://www.archives.gov/open/redesign/vote.html If you have additional ideas or feedback about the redesign of Archives.gov we invite you to share them here … Continue reading The Results of the Voting for the new Archives.gov Home Page Are In
Welcome to Our Archives Wiki!
We are excited to announce that the Our Archives wiki is now live at http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net Have you made a great find in NARA’s records? Or do you have a story to tell related to our records? Come share it on the Our Archives wiki! Our Archives is an online space for researchers, educators, genealogists, and … Continue reading Welcome to Our Archives Wiki!
Vote on the Archives.gov Homepage Designs!
A new participation opportunity is available to you as part of the Archives.gov redesign activities – vote on the Archives.gov homepage designs! The four design candidates will be on display July 6-9 in the National Archives Research Rooms in College Park, MD, and Washington, DC. Learn More here. We've set up two ways for you … Continue reading Vote on the Archives.gov Homepage Designs!
Join us for the DC-Area Users Group Meeting on Friday, June 25th
Our next Users’ Group meeting will be held at the National Archives in Washington, DC, in room G-24, on Friday, June 25, 2010, at 1pm. The agenda for the meeting includes Update on Renovation WiFi Update A-1 researcher tables Saturday pull pilot Rolling pulls at A-1 Digitization update Inaccurate pulls at A-1 Web redesign- Green Bags update … Continue reading Join us for the DC-Area Users Group Meeting on Friday, June 25th
Templates for the National Archives wiki pilot project
Several people suggested at the two planning meetings in May that we draft some templates that could be used as starting points for pages in the Archives wiki pilot project. We have done that and added them to the planning wiki we set up in preparation for the launch of the Archives wiki. There are … Continue reading Templates for the National Archives wiki pilot project
Join Us May 19th for an Archives Wiki Planning Meeting
We’re launching a public wiki pilot project that will allow researchers, historians, archivists, and citizen archivists to create pages on records or themes. We need your ideas and enthusiasm to make the wiki a success. Please join us for the second planning meeting at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, on Wednesday, May 19th from … Continue reading Join Us May 19th for an Archives Wiki Planning Meeting
Minutes from the May 7th Archives wiki planning meeting are now available
Thanks to everyone who attended our first planning meeting for the new Archives wiki. We had researchers, citizen archivists, and staff at the meeting - including a researcher who came from Texas for the meeting! There were many great ideas for the wiki ranging from pages of tips for new researchers to using the wiki to compare records. … Continue reading Minutes from the May 7th Archives wiki planning meeting are now available