Things I Would Like To Point Out Pt. 5

This past week, NARA launched its Citizen Archivist Dashboard. The dashboard is NARA’s newest foray into the digital world. While this is a great way to do digital and engage the public at the same time, I’m a little concerned with the name. I get the whole Citizen Archivist thing, but it’s not the easiest thing for lay people to understand. But as far as the term “dashboard” is concerned, I don’t get it. It is a database that anyone can work on. Usually we find dashboards in cars. Not a lot of people can work on them. Just saying.