Dole Institute of Politics White Papers and Scholarly Workshttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/327122024-03-26T18:41:45Z2024-03-26T18:41:45ZThe American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project White PaperEmerling, DanielleBrumage, JodyGard, Sarah D'AntonioWilliamson, Travishttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/327112022-04-27T08:01:53Z2022-04-01T00:00:00ZThe American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project White Paper
Emerling, Danielle; Brumage, Jody; Gard, Sarah D'Antonio; Williamson, Travis
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.
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