The State Library’s mission is to preserve and make accessible Connecticut’s history and heritage and to advance the development of library services statewide. This three part series dove deeply into the first part of that mission. Participants followed the government paper trail from the arrival of the earliest colonists to today. Sessions covered the history of recordkeeping in Connecticut from parchment to petabytes; why and how government should manage its records for efficiency and accessibility; what makes a record historical; and how to access in-person and on-line the variety of state and local government printed resources and archives and manuscripts found at the Connecticut State Library.
The State’s Filing Cabinet: A Limited Series by: Connecticut’s Old State House and the Connecticut State Library.
Event presentation of May 25th: Recordkeeping in Connecticut, Then and Now:
Event presentation of June 8th: Managing and Safeguarding What’s in the Cabinet:
Event presentation of June 22nd: A Researcher’s Treasure Trove:
