National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators
n. (abbr. NAGARA)nә-GAH-ruh ornuh-GAH-ruha nonprofit association for federal, state, and local government professionals in archives, records management, and information managementCox 1986, 237Is national professional leadership too divided among SAA and other associations such as the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA), the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and the National Association for Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA)?Baumann 1986, 368The National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators (NAGARA) should establish a blue-ribbon committee supported by legal counsel to draft a model law on the administration of access to confidential records in state archives.Gertz 1990, 227On the national level the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) has developed a ten-year preservation plan to assess and improve facilities and train staff; to set up regional centers; to support microfilming, rehousing, and reprocessing projects; and to support research on preservation and disseminate the results.Blouin and Rosenberg 2011, 61In fact, state archivists in the United States soon broke from the SAA to form their own National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA), dedicated “solely to helping government archivists and records managers,” and to the improvement of federal, state, and local government records and information management.NAGARA 2020The National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators is a professional organization dedicated to the effective use and management of government information and publicly recognizing their efforts and accomplishments.
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Formerly called the National Association of State Archives and Records Administrators (NASARA).
