U.S. Presidential Library System: Current Status and Future Challenges

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  • アメリカ大統領図書館制度の現状と今後の課題

Abstract

<p>This study analyzes the current status of the U.S. presidential library system and identifies future directions and challenges for it.</p><p>Since Franklin D. Roosevelt built the first library in 1941, there have been 13 presidential libraries managed by the National Archives and Records Administration （NARA） in the United States up to the Bush （43rd） Presidential Library. However, NARA’s budget and staffing shortfalls, combined with an increase in the volume of records to be managed and changes in disclosure policies, have resulted in serious backlog problems, particularly at the Clinton and Bush （43rd） presidential libraries.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Obama Foundation has decided that the Obama Presidential Center （OPC）, scheduled to open in 2025, will not house a NARA-controlled library, and the Bush （43rd）Foundation has announced that it will also acquire the management and operating rights of the museum from NARA. Presidential libraries appear to be at a major turning point.</p><p>This paper reviews the path the presidential library system has taken to date and discusses future directions and challenges.</p>

Journal

  • Records Management

    Records Management 85 (0), 3-17, 2023

    Records Management sosiety of Japan

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  • CRID
    1390018274813719808
  • DOI
    10.20704/rmsj.85.0_3
  • ISSN
    24241954
    09154787
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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