威尼斯人娱乐场 Renews Digitization Partnerships with FamilySearch and Ancestry
Press Release 路 Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Washington, DC
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 today announced the renewal of digitization partnership agreements with FamilySearch and Ancestry.com.
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 works with partners to digitize and make available 威尼斯人娱乐场 holdings. These partnerships make millions of historical records more easily available to the public through the increased availability of information technology products and services. See NARA's Principles for Partnerships for more information. A list of current partnerships is online.
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 first partnered with FamilySearch in 2007 and with Ancestry in 2008. Since that time, FamilySearch has made more than 128 million and Ancestry has made more than more than 170 million images of 威尼斯人娱乐场 records available online. Many of these records were only available by request in original form in the research rooms of the 威尼斯人娱乐场.
Under the renewed partnership, both partners will continue to digitize historical content that includes birth, marriage, death, immigration and military service information. However, now partners will be able to post segments of large collections immediately, rather than waiting for the entire collection to be completed. This change will provide critical access to these important historical records at a faster rate than ever. Also, the updated agreement outlines the 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥� ongoing commitment to protecting personally identifying information (PII), and specifically spells out the partners鈥� responsibilities if and when PII is identified. Additionally, the renewed partnership agreement with Ancestry shortens the embargo period by 12-24 months. Now, the 鈥渆mbargo clock鈥� will start after scanning is completed, not when the collection is published.
As with the earlier agreements, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 will continue to receive copies of the digital images and metadata for inclusion in its . Once digitized, the public will be able to access these materials free of charge from 威尼斯人娱乐场 research facilities nationwide. Ancestry.com makes the digitized materials available via subscription.
The U.S. 威尼斯人娱乐场 is an independent Federal agency that preserves and shares with the public records that trace the story of our nation, government, and the American people. From the Declaration of Independence to accounts of ordinary Americans, the holdings of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 directly touch the lives of millions of people. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 carries out its mission through a nationwide network of archives, records centers, and Presidential Libraries, and online.
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