SAA Comments on NARA Draft Strategic Plan

Citing “much in your draft that resonates with our own [strategic plan],” SAA President Jackie Dooley’s letter to NARA in response to the agency’s draft strategic plan suggests reconsidering the proposed objective of digitizing all analog records, adding an objective to encourage external professional involvement by NARA employees, and adding a statement emphasizing “the importance of NHPRC in supporting the national archival community by enabling access by more people to more historical records.” 

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D'Ent2918 says:

Thanks to all for going through this so thoroughly and commenting on it. The letter gives a lot of good input very succinctly, and says some things that the National Archives may need to hear from outside.

103500 says:

The letter from SAA President Jackie Dooley highlights the importance of refining NARA's strategic plan, particularly by Football Bros reconsidering the ambitious goal of digitizing all analog records and emphasizing the role of the NHPRC in expanding access to historical records, thus fostering greater professional collaboration and community engagement.