Detailed overview of the entire domain — including all subdivisions
A file that lasts
The paper that will not last, the format that dies, the file with no finding aid. A FOIA ticket is on the Information pages. A building with no log is on the Maintenance pages. A public record of a decision is on the Management pages. A closed official number is on the Data pages. A library as a door is on the Information pages.
NARA, June 30, 2026: 13.5 billion pieces of paper. 532 million pages digitized. About four percent.
Copy it. Keep the sheet. A scan is not a license to throw the page.
NARA: more than one billion electronic files in more than 700 format versions. A format that dies is a file that is already gone.
NARA typically receives about 100,000 cubic feet of new unprocessed archival records each year. A file with no description is already lost.