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The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) has just completed a report on a
survey of state archives and records management agencies about their
programs and services for local government records.  The survey was
conducted in February-March 2006.

This survey was done in conjunction with CoSA's "Closest to Home" project
which is focused on local government archives.  

I have posted the report along with a number of other items to the "Closest
to Home" Project section of the CoSA website.  The project homepage is
http://www.statearchivists.org/lga/.  

In addition to the survey report, you will also find a number of other
resources of interest to anyone working with local government records and
archives.  These include two newly posted items:

-- An annotated bibliography on local government records compiled by Jeremy
Brett, the project's Research Associate.

-- "Milestone Documents," significant reports on local government records
from a national perspective that date from the mid-1960s to the present.

The site also includes instructions on subscribing to the Local Government
Archives listserv.  

Vicki Walch

Victoria Irons Walch, Executive Director
Council of State Archivists (CoSA)
65 N Westminster St, Iowa City, IA  52245-3833
Telephone: 319.338.0248   Fax: 319.354.2526
http://www.statearchivists.org/

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