Through the Storm: E-Records Blog

Conclusion

Lorraine A. Stuart, C.A. — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:59:29 -0500

As the Electronic Records Archive Start-Up grant, funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, concludes, the MFAH has piloted an Electronic Transfer Protocol (ETP) consisting of a database application and procedures for its use. The ETP supports the transfer of institutional electronic records into archival custody with metadata and access privileges intact. In its final version, the ETP will also support the transfer of e-mail in a quasi-native format. Training...

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New Year Reflections

Lorraine A. Stuart, C.A. — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:58:06 -0600

The following entry is an abridged version of my introductory remarks at a recent meeting to discuss the implementation of an Electronic Records Archives system. It revisits the motivating factors for seeking the planning grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission as the MFAH enters the final months of the project, having received a no-cost extension from the commission, in which the nature and time line of the implementation phase is to be...

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The Mountain

Lorraine A. Stuart, C.A. — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:01:03 -0500

Back in January of 2010, the news that the National Historical Publications and Records Commission would fund the MFAH’s two-year Electronic Records Archives (ERA) planning grant was met with elation by the project team, which originally consisted of the chief technology officer, the director of information technology, the records manager, and myself, the Archives director. (A third I.T. staffer was added last spring to assist in the painstaking process of paring down the National...

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In the Beginning

Lorraine A. Stuart, C.A. — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:57:33 -0500

In January of 2010, the MFAH Archives received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to study and plan the implementation of a trustworthy electronic records archive over a two-year period. The objective of the grant is to extend the archival function of preserving the museum’s permanent records into the electronic realm, since, after all, that is how records are created these days. Two years seemed a luxurious amount of time back then, these days, not...

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