CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama unveiled plans for his future presidential center Wednesday, painting a picture of a buzzing hub for youth and community programs on the South Side of Chicago where he raised his family and launched his political career. Obama fielded questions from residents at a forum near the site, delving into nitty gritty details of traffic patterns, green space and job creation, while avoiding any mention of his successor in the White House. “What we want this to be is the world premiere institution for training young people and leadership to make a difference in their communities, in their countries and in the world,” he told the friendly crowd that included Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his one-time chief of staff. http://wapo.st/2pd88Op http://wapo.st/2pd88Op+ Post-presidential record-keeping practices are moving into the digital age. The National Archives and Records Administration will start digitizing the unclassified records of the Obama administration, using a new model for the storage of presidential records. http://bit.ly/2p3NR2F http://bit.ly/2p3NR2F+ Along with the promised digitization of Obama’s paper files, the foundation also delivered more than 250 terabytes of digital records, which include about 300 million emails, for NARA to host. Together, the files will “represent the largest digital archive of Presidential records,” NARA says. The move marks an evolution of NARA, the steward of presidential records, to further embrace digital record-keeping. http://bit.ly/2q6cMSY http://bit.ly/2q6cMSY+ The National Archives and Records Administration announced today a new model for the preservation and accessibility of Presidential records. This follows an Obama Foundation announcement of its commitment to fund the digitization of all of the unclassified Presidential records created during the administration of President Barack Obama. Instead of constructing a building to house the textual and artifact records, existing NARA facilities will house the original materials. http://bit.ly/2pNCLO2 http://bit.ly/2pNCLO2+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]