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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
Meredith DoviakDec 14, 2016 3:57 PM (in response to techhistorynerd)
4 people found this helpfulHi there!
Thanks for sharing your images on the Citizen Archivist Flickr Group. I noticed that your images were waiting in a submission queue and they are now available to view in the group. Thanks for letting us know!
We started this group about 5 years ago as a way for researchers to share images (scans or photographs) that they made while conducting research at any location of the U.S. National Archives. While the group was not quite as active as we initially hoped, there are some great submissions in the group, and we thank you for sharing your work and making it more accessible to the public and other researchers across the country.
On a related note, if you find yourself in Washington, DC, we invite you to visit our Innovation Hub. As a researcher, you can request to have your records brought directly to the Hub for scanning (for free!). You'll take home a digital copy of your scans, and we'll upload a copy to our National Archives Catalog.
If you have any questions, please email us at catalog@nara.gov.
Thanks again for your contributions!
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
sumguy5991 Dec 15, 2016 11:53 AM (in response to Meredith Doviak)I was unaware that the Innovation Hub scanning existed; that sounds great! It looks like it can only be used for records in the National Archives Building in downtown D.C. Is there something similar for the College Park or any plans to add one?
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
Meredith DoviakDec 15, 2016 3:01 PM (in response to sumguy5991)
Hi Tommy,
Thanks for your interest! You are correct that currently, citizen scanning in the Innovation Hub is only available for certain series in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. These series include pension files, compiled military service records, bounty land records, and carded medical records.
As for expanding to other National Archives locations, I'm tagging the Director of the Innovation Hub, Meredith Stewart. She may be able to weigh in on future plans for the Hub. Additionally, you can email innovationhub@nara.gov with questions or for more information.
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
meredithstewart Dec 22, 2016 4:55 PM (in response to Meredith Doviak)Thanks, Meredith Doviak !
Tommy Cicero - Currently, we do not have any plans to expand the citizen scanning efforts to other locations. However, if you have ideas for what you'd like to see, it would be helpful to hear your ideas so we can consider what's possible in the future. Let us know here on this thread or email innovationhub@nara.gov.
Thanks!
Meredith StewartInnovation Hub Director
National Archives and Records Administration
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
techhistorynerd Dec 15, 2016 8:05 PM (in response to Meredith Doviak)Thanks for the heads up about Innovation Hub - it looks very exciting! I've actually already been in contact with them about the possibility of scanning some records, although I'm afraid I've thrown them a bit of a curve ball by inquiring about records not part of the "standard" IH record sets you enumerated (although they are part of the D.C. site's holdings.) If it proves possible I'd love the chance to have my scans also further the goal (however infinitesimally) of digitizing all of the National Archives holdings.
I want to second interest in the possibility of expanding to the College Park location - they have a lot of the sorts of records I find interesting (not to mention being somewhat more convenient to get to...)
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
meredithstewart Dec 22, 2016 4:57 PM (in response to techhistorynerd)Thanks for your feedback techhistorynerd! It is helpful for us to hear what researchers are interested in seeing in the future.
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
techhistorynerd Feb 8, 2017 10:28 PM (in response to techhistorynerd)I just wanted to follow up and note that the Innovation Hub folks were able to accommodate my interest in scanning a rather offbeat record group. It was an awesome experience. On site staff were very friendly, patient and helpful and the scanning equipment is first rate. The record group in question turned out to be quite short, but even so it was a couple of hours to scan so that's something to bear in mind. I had a blast and will definitely be keeping an eye out for other record groups of interest at the DC archives which might be viable candidates for IH scanning. Thanks to all at the NARA who made/make this programming possible!
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
meredithstewart Feb 9, 2017 10:05 AM (in response to techhistorynerd)1 person found this helpfulWe are glad you enjoyed your experience scanning in the Innovation Hub! Thank you for your contributions to helping us get more records available online.
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
techhistorynerd Jan 9, 2017 6:00 AM (in response to Meredith Doviak)Meredith Doviak wrote:
Thanks for sharing your images on the Citizen Archivist Flickr Group. I noticed that your images were waiting in a submission queue and they are now available to view in the group. Thanks for letting us know!
Just so we know, is the queue checked on a schedule? (weekly, monthly, ...) I've submitted a few more images, and I was just wondering how long the "normal" turn around is (or whether it's also desirable to let someone know there are submissions in the queue, given that the submission pace has been relatively slow thus far...)
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
Meredith DoviakJan 9, 2017 9:51 AM (in response to techhistorynerd)
1 person found this helpfulHi techhistorynerd,
We try to check the group on a weekly basis, but it looks like we got a bit behind around the holidays. I'm sorry about this - we will make a point to check the group more often now, and you can always email us at citizenarchivist@nara.gov to let us know right away about your submissions. Your photos are now approved in the group. Thanks again for your submissions and your great work!
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Re: NARA citizen archivist Flickr site?
techhistorynerd Jan 9, 2017 10:10 PM (in response to Meredith Doviak)My pleasure - thank you!
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