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UK: National Archives Releases Public API & Government Licensing Policy Extended Making More Public Sector Information Availa
Via INFOdocket: From Computer Weekly: The National Archives [UK] has made details of 11m records available through an application interface it published today as part of an ongoing programme to get more official records online. The API allows anyone to search for and retrieve the metadata that describes records in the archive in XML format. The data can then be used without restriction or charge. But the archive, which is simultaneously an executive agency of the Department of Justice and a government department in its own right, continues to charge £3.50 per document to retrieve actual records online. More Info on INFOdocket or Direct from Computer Weekly Also from the National Archives (UK) "UK government licensing policy extended to make more public sector information available" Continue reading
Upheaval at the National Archives
Upheaval at the National Archives, by Barbie E. Keiser, Information Today, (March 10, 2011).
Who knew that libraries, records, and archives could be so controversial? It’s rare to find an archive as headline news, but the first quarter of 2011 has not ended and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has seen its name in lights for two seemingly independent issues: Suspended development of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) and closure of the Archives Library and Information Center (ALIC).Continue reading
UFO Project Blue Book online
[UPDATE 1/23/11 updated the link to ResearchBuzz post] Research Buzz notes that "Footnote.com has announced that it has digitized the entire Project Blue Book, which is a collection of official records covering government investigations of UFOs, 1947-1969."
How about meta-data? "Footnote allows people to comment on and annotate interesting documents. So you can not only keyword search and browse the total collection, but also browse highlights. Scanned documents have a place to add comments about documents as well as annotations to the documents themselves."
- Footnote Making Project Blue Book Available, Research Buzz (August 10, 2007)
- Project Blue Book - UFO Investigations 1947-1969 Footnote.com (Source: The National Archives)
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