Name: 405 - America Contacts Congress: The Project to Save Congressional Correspondence Data [GOV]
Start: 2019-08-04T16:30:00-0500
End: 2019-08-04T17:30:00-0500

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405 - America Contacts Congress: The Project to Save Congressional Correspondence Data [GOV]

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Constituent correspondence with the U.S. Congress captures the interactions between Americans and their elected representatives. Congress manages correspondence with proprietary systems, and data exported from these systems poses challenges to repositories across the country. No repository has processed these large data sets in a replicable way, and data is at risk of disappearing. The America Contacts Congress project, funded by a LYRASIS Catalyst Fund grant, provides a roadmap for preserving and providing access to this unique resource.

Moderator: Danielle Emerling

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Danielle Emerling

Assistant Curator, Congressional and Political Papers Archivist, West Virginia University

Danielle Emerling is Assistant Curator, Congressional and Political Papers Archivist at the West Virginia University Libraries. She serves as treasurer for the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress and has served as Chair of the SAA Congressional Papers Section.

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