[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32914]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Public Evaluation of NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is inviting the public to participate in an evaluation of 
its prototype online information system, the NARA Archival Information 
Locator (NAIL).
    As part of its Electronic Access Project, NARA is constructing a 
nationwide, integrated online information delivery system. The project, 
a priority under the agency's Strategic Plan, will eventually result in 
a virtual card catalog of all NARA holdings nationwide, including those 
in the Presidential libraries and regional archives. In addition, 
copies of some of NARA's most popular and significant manuscripts, 
photographs, sound recordings, maps, drawings and other documents will 
be digitized and available for researchers to view online through the 
catalog.
    To complete the final functional requirements for the catalog, NARA 
is undertaking an evaluation of its prototype, the NARA Archival 
Information Locator (NAIL). All members of the public are invited to 
use NAIL and to comment on its ease of use, functionality, and 
terminology.
    NAIL can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.nara.gov/
nara/nail.html.

DATES: Comments should be received by January 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent through the online comments link in 
NAIL or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated: December 10, 1997.
L. Reynolds Cahoon,
Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and Information Services.
[FR Doc. 97-32914 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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