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Re: NARA web address changed



I'd guess they changed it because most non-archivists don't know what NARA
is and they want to attract everyone.  (not that everyone would know what
"archives" is/are either  :-)

|((|  Ellen Chapman
|))|  Archivist, Sen. Spark M. Matsunaga Papers
|((|  Hawaii Congressional Papers Collection
|))|  University of Hawaii at Manoa Library

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Peter Kurilecz wrote:

> Sometime over the weekend NARA's web address changed from
> www.nara.gov
> to
> www.archives.gov
>
> If this information was posted earlier please excuse the repost but I don't
> remember any announcement being made.
>
> For NARA folks -- why was the web addressed changed? IMHO NARA is like PRO a
> highly recognizable acronym that is easily remembered when part of web
> address.
>
> The new site is very good looking. Now I just have to update all my
> bookmarks.
>
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> pakurilecz@aol.com
> Richmond, Va
>

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