2019 “By the Numbers” at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Year-End Statistics From the Archivist of the United States
From the Archivist of the United States)
Number of Collection descriptions in the Catalog: 4,752
- Number of creating organization authority files in the Catalog: 100,714
- National Archives staff who have contributed to the Catalog: 898
- Average number of monthly views of NARA’s records in the Catalog: 439,867
- Number Of NARA’s Digital Copies Available via DPLA: 93,158,351
- Average number of monthly views of NARA’s records in DPLA: 22,320
- Number of NARA records in Wikimedia Commons: 463,376
- Number of NARA descriptive records in Wikidata: 403,340
- Average number of monthly views of NARA’s records in Wikipedia: 128,130,774
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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