[Lswtalk] FW: [BCALA] Reclaim the Records

[Debbie Johnson-Houston]

Hi Everyone,



The information below is fyi…….



Thanks,



Debbie

Debbie Johnson-Houston, M.L.I.S

Library Director/Associate Professor

School Library Science Program Coordinator & Adviser

McNeese State University ('79)  Frazar Memorial Library

Box 91445 Lake Charles, LA 70609

Phone:  (337) 475-5716     Fax:  (337) 475-5727

E-mail:   djohnsonhouston at mcneese.edu  Web: www.library.mcneese.edu 
<http://www.library.mcneese.edu/>

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From: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association 
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Subject: [BCALA] Reclaim the Records



Here is an interesting site that should be of interest and use to 
librarians, archivists, and genealogists :https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/

"We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of 
genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We 
identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be in the public 
domain but which are being wrongly restricted by government archives, 
libraries, and agencies. We file Freedom of Information and Open Data 
requests to get that public data released back to the public. And if the 
government doesn’t comply, we take them to court.

Then we digitize everything we win and put it all online for free, without 
any paywalls or usage restrictions, so that it can never be locked up again. 
Learn more <https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/about/>  about our work and 
sign up for our newsletter <https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/#newsletter> 
."  See also: https://www.facebook.com/ReclaimTheRecords/

Here is an example of how the site can be used: 
https://africanamericansinearlylibertycountygarecords.wordpress.com/

They Had Names 
<https://africanamericansinearlylibertycountygarecords.wordpress.com/>

African-Americans in Early Liberty County, Ga, Records

The blogger at (jnscole at yahoo.com)

also has this site: Slave Name Roll Project: 
http://slavenamerollproject.blogspot.com/p/contact-us.html



lp

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