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NARA for adults only at .com partner
National Archives Announces New "Service" According to this posting, the contract between the National Archives and a private contractor for digitization of materials at NARA has terms of service that limits access to adults-only. "You have to be 18 to get an account and under no circumstances may anybody under 13 be allowed to look at archival documents." Also, access to the images at http://www.footnote.com/nara.php requires a paid membership or you can purchase documents at $1.99 per page.
The National Archives receives a copy of all the digital media for their archives, but the contract prohibits the Internet Archive (or anybody else for that matter) from having a copy of that data. It is amazing to me how often the government goes down the road of trying to privatize public information.Also see: Press Release January 10, 2007 National Archives and Footnote Launch Project to Digitize Historic Documents. Continue reading
NARA.google.com
That's not the real url, but, through a partnership with google, NARA has made accessible 101 historic digitized videos. NARA selected films on three topics that bring in high numbers of questions from researchers and the public. The videos include:
- 60 World War II Newsreels (1942-1946)
- 23 National and state parks features (1933-circa 1970)
- 17 Space flight history films by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1962-1981)
Google Video product manager Peter Chane said the company is working in stages to put as many as possible of the National Archives' 114,000 film reels and 37,000 videos online. "This is a tremendous resource of history and knowledge, and we want to expose that to viewers worldwide," Chane said. The digitization of long-unseen archival footage has been under way for years, but Google's nonexclusive deal with the National Archives will likely provide a vast, new swath of material for history buffs, educators and filmmakers. All of the material is in the public domain, Chane said. That means it can be used or shown elsewhere without paying copyright holders.Continue reading
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