SAA ELECTRONIC RECORDS SECTION
NEWSLETTER
Summer 2002

THEME: RECENT E-RECORDS ACCESSIONS

This issue of the newsletter features three case studies of electronic records acquisition: NARA's Center for Electronic Records, the National Digital Archives of Datasets at the Public Record Office in the UK, and the University of California. The NARA and the UC articles are lists of accessions, with some description of format and media. The NDAD piece is a more detailed look at the tribulations arising from the transfer of one large and significant database from a defunct government agency.

If you would like to contribute to further dialogue on this topic, please submit a list or an article of your own to Jennifer Jacobs at jljacobs@uci.edu. It will be published in a future issue.


 In this issue:

Accessions at NARA's Center for Electronic Records

From Greg LaMotta
Archivist, Center for Electronic Records, NARA

Following is a list of electronic records accessioned into the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), January through March 2002. Data is received on cartridge tape, CD-ROM, and diskette, as either relational databases or "stand alone" files. Almost all the records contain fielded statistical data.

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The UK's National Digital Archive of Datasets

By Kevin Ashley, Head of Digital Archives, NDAD and Jeffrey Darlington, Digital Preservation Systems Manager, Public Records Office

The National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD) provides a service to the Public Record Office of England and Wales to acquire, preserve, catalogue and provide access to structured digital records from UK government - what most people would call 'databases'.

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Electronic Records on the Campuses of the University of California

from Charlotte Brown (UCLA), Steven Coy (UC San Diego), Deborah Day (UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography), David Farrell (UC Berkeley), and Jennifer Jacobs (UC Irvine)

The UC Archivists' Council (UCAC), in the process of designing a survey to assess the status of electronic records on the UC campuses, compiled a sample of e-records recently accessioned into campus special collections departments (particularly the university archives, which is in each case a part of special collections.)

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 ECURE 2002 Announcement: Balancing E-Commerce And E-Culture

Can business continuity practices ensure long-term access to your vital information? Can institutions support initiatives like homeland defense while protecting the privacy of their patrons? What technologies, ethical standards, and laws affect our ability to retain and access the curricular and research materials of colleges and universities? You can ask the experts at ECURE 2002!

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Featured Website

Electronic Records Research Agenda http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/eragenda.html

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