The Electronic Records Archives (ERA) program of the National Archives and Records Administration is telling federal agencies that by 2007 they must have their digital records organized for inclusion in an operational archive. The finished system will include features such as online access to an archivist, perhaps using live-chat technology. As part of the project implementation activities, managers will be shown how to communicate effectively with information technology personnel in charge of the systems that officials use to create digital records. "We need to start coming together and speaking the same language," says Adrienne Reagins, a communications specialist with the program. An ultimate goal of the project will be to make it possible for researchers to access nearly all of the services that they could obtain if they were to do their research in a physical library.
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