Sorry for any confusion. Your original post indicated that there was to be no Obama Presidential Library and that NARA would administer his Presidential Records Act material. However, even NARA calls their effort "The Barack Obama Presidential Library." There is something in Chicago's Jackson park now being called the Presidential Center which is privately funded but is frequently touted as a 'presidential library' by the press. Since NARA will eventually make all of the Presidential Library records available in digital form I assume those records may very well be available through connections at the Presidential Center. Michael Sharpe Records Retention Manager / Legal & Compliance Department Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency 1200 N. Seventh Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102 Direct: 717-720-2820 [log in to unmask] From: Maarja Krusten <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: 06/12/2018 03:47 PM Subject: [external]Re: Fwd: [SAA recordsmgmt]: Keep calm, do your reseach Fwd: [RM] Crisis at the National Archives Sent by: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]> Thank you for your question, Michael. That's exactly why I'm here, to help clarify these issues. Appreciate your asking. There indeed will be no Obama Presidential Library associated with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or any other entity. The announcement of a new way of handling Barack Obama's Presidential Records Act (PRA) materials dates back a year ago to last Spring. Here is the May 2017 NARA public notice about it: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.archives.gov_press_press-2Dreleases_2017_nr17-2D54&d=DwIDaQ&c=9ut6RcAKs8AF_YMM4QH5hA&r=_6PbLM0te6ENLXpFkcs0gshBoLRfaIKHjf7hL15siJY&m=_me0THeo1SVbeTNmURAc9rsi-9-pgrcuC0EjeHw_ucY&s=U_QW-3WGv37SpmrgeHUVa6B3j5ykGoRPpgCQ75Gpi1o&e= I also cover some some of the issues related to this new way of handling the Obama PRA materials in my recent blog post. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archivalexplorations.wordpress.com_2018_05_18_the-2Dfuture_&d=DwIDaQ&c=9ut6RcAKs8AF_YMM4QH5hA&r=_6PbLM0te6ENLXpFkcs0gshBoLRfaIKHjf7hL15siJY&m=_me0THeo1SVbeTNmURAc9rsi-9-pgrcuC0EjeHw_ucY&s=YW-70XcP6DL2SMZbUIPPqqJkmvYzMG5qx-dIU5WSnuA&e= As you can see, the National Archives will hold the Obama PRA materials in its existing facilities and NARA not be administering a separate private Obama Presidential Center planned for Chicago. You may recall reporting or debate about an Obama Presidential Center in news reports or online discussions on Social Media and elsewhere. Some of the reporting and commentary does not make it clear that the Obama Presidential Center is *not* an archival facility in the sense that Presidential Libraries for Presidents Hoover through G. W. Bush are. You can find information about the Obama Presidential Center at the website of the private foundation: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.obama.org_&d=DwIDaQ&c=9ut6RcAKs8AF_YMM4QH5hA&r=_6PbLM0te6ENLXpFkcs0gshBoLRfaIKHjf7hL15siJY&m=_me0THeo1SVbeTNmURAc9rsi-9-pgrcuC0EjeHw_ucY&s=BtybHlAZlk1jIcuhUm9xVC8_je4QX9Jg4VA-NDmAmYU&e= The National Archives staff working with Obama records are and will be working under similar conditions to those in which I worked for NARA in the past, aside from the digitization effort. The National Archives' Nixon Presidential Materials Project operated out of existing NARA space in the Washington, DC area from 1977 until 2007. That's where I worked with the Nixon White House tapes and files as a NARA archivist. I was a member of an organizational unit reporting to the National Archives' Office of Presidential Libraries, not a presidential library. There was no NARA administered Nixn presidential library until 2007. The National Archives is a good source of information on many complex archives and records management issues that reporters or opinion writers sometimes conflate or seem to struggle to convey accurately. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.archives.gov_&d=DwIDaQ&c=9ut6RcAKs8AF_YMM4QH5hA&r=_6PbLM0te6ENLXpFkcs0gshBoLRfaIKHjf7hL15siJY&m=_me0THeo1SVbeTNmURAc9rsi-9-pgrcuC0EjeHw_ucY&s=v6h2JcJO-1QrNhaAJwLowDnAavmTzWDpzWevT1jcLp0&e= And I'm always happy to answer questions about NARA or Presidential Records Act or Federal Records Act issues or to direct you to reliable sources (people working with me at NARA or online links). THanks again! 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