American Congress Digital Archives Portal (Web Resource)
Title: American Congress Digital Archives Portal
Author: Danielle Emerling
Author: Sarah Gard
Author: Jody Brumage
Author: Travis Williamson
Author: Tracy McCormick
Abstract: The American Congress Digital Archives Portal is a collaborative, non-partisan project that makes congressional archives from institutions across the country available online, bringing the history of the People’s Branch to the people. It provides open access to archival materials and the descriptive information (metadata) about those materials.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://congressarchives.lib.wvu.edu/

The American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project White Paper (Report)
Title: The American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project White Paper
Author: Danielle Emerling
Abstract: This white paper documents the work of the American Congress Digital Archives Portal project to aggregate congressional archives into a single, online platform and make them more broadly available. Congressional archives document the democratic process; the development of public policy; and multiple narratives related to the country’s social, cultural, and political development. Work of the project included developing standards and best practices; creating governance structures for the one-year project and future phases; developing a web portal that meets user needs and adding archival content; determining digitization priorities via a research survey; conducting usability testing; and communicating and publicizing the project. The project was made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Date: 04/15/2022
Primary URL: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/3090/
Access Model: Open Access

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