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National Archives Creates Plan for Online Access to Founding Fathers Papers
In announcing the completion of the report, Professor Weinstein said, "We feel this plan would provide scholars and the public access to the best available versions of the complete papers; it would also protect the longstanding interests of the publishers and host organizations which along with the Federal government have invested great resources in the past four decades. Most importantly, it would build a monument to the Founders of our nation in their own words."
The National Archives received suggestions from the editors of the papers of
The plan outlines three remaining basic steps toward completion:
— Digitizing the existing 217 volumes and publishing the Papers on a single website to allow for research and inquiry across America's Founding Era collections; — Transcribing and otherwise preparing for publishing on the web the remaining papers (approximately 90,000 documents) and replacing these raw materials with authoritative annotated versions as these are completed; and — Creating an independent oversight process to ensure that rigorous performance goals are established and met by the parties carrying out all aspects of the work.
SOURCE National Archives
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