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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:44:03 CDT
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- Subject: Center for Electronic Records
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- ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- January 28, 1993
-
- Dear PACS-Lers:
-
- This is an introductory message from the Center for Electronic
- Records of the National Archives to subscribers of PACS-L. Some
- of you may be interested in information about our holdings and
- program. For your information, we do not currently make any of
- our holdings or finding aids available via remote access (we DO
- NOT maintain a bulletin board or Internet accessible account).
- However, we do provide reference services via electronic mail by
- answering questions about our holdings.
-
- There are two main sources of information about the Center for
- Electronic Records of the National Archives and Records
- Administration. The first is General Information Leaflet 37,
- "Information About Electronic Records in the National Archives
- for Prospective Researchers." Included in GIL 37 are brief
- descriptions of the National Archives and the Center for
- Electronic Records, how we obtain and maintain the records in our
- custody, reference and access, and eight kinds of records in our
- custody (Attitudinal Data, Demographic Data, Economic and
- Financial Statistics, Education Data, Health and Social Services
- Data, International Data, Military Data, and Scientific and
- Technological Data).
-
- Another source of information about our holdings is the "Center
- for Electronic Records Title List (A Partial and Preliminary List
- of the Datasets in the Custody of the National Archives)." The
- Title List is organized by the archival Record Group in which
- each data file is accessioned. Information contained in the list
- is maintained and updated in a computerized database by staff in
- the Center for Electronic Records. Approximately 4,500 data
- files of over 14,000 in the custody of the Center for Electronic
- Records are currently included in the database. Because this is
- only a subset of all data files in the custody of the National
- Archives, the current version of the Title List is considered
- partial and preliminary.
-
- If you are interested in receiving copies of GIL 37 or the Title
- List, please respond to us at TIF@NIHCU or tif@cu.nih.gov with
- your mailing address or write to the Center for Electronic
- Records (NSX), ATTN: Reference Services, National Archives,
- Washington, DC 20408. The telephone number is (202) 501-5579.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- THEODORE J. HULL
- Center for Electronic Records
- National Archives
- (202) 501-5579
-
- TIF@NIHCU.BITNET
- tif@cu.nih.gov
-