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S201
ACES Act of 2025

📜 Became Public Law No: 119-32.

https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/201

#S201 #congress119 #senate #democrat #congress

S201
ACES Act of 2025

📜 Signed by President.

https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/201

#S201 #congress119 #senate #democrat #congress #newbill

The panel ends with the room sharing collective empathy about floppy discs marked “VIRUS.” #s201 #mac24

Moss-Paul’s next steps are establishing digital exhibitions and an institutional repository, now that “staffing has doubled - to two!” They also now have open hours. #mac24 #s201 #archives

Both presenters recommend DigitialPOWRR for professional development for born-digital archiving. digitalpowrr.niu.edu
#s201 #mac24 #archives #RecordsManagement

Moss-Paul is describing her methods from day 1, reading the finding aids, establishing records management relationships on campus and retention schedules, creating file naming conventions, surveying existing collections formats, and attending many webinars. #s201 #mac24

The records management push into digital records was the catalyst for born-digital workflows but coming from being unstaffed, getting passwords and access to what already existed was the first hurdle. (Reminder to document, document, document). #s201 #mac24

Stacy Moss-Paul presenting a “Day 1” experience at Chicago State University, but at a small institution where the archives and records management had been unstaffed for a while. #s201 #mac24

Andrew McDonnell from the University of Kentucky #s201 speaking about day one as a born -digital archivist. Growing familiar with tenure responsibilities, BitCurator, command-line interface, and a “graseweasel” for transferring by 5.25 floppy discs. #mac24