ArchiveGrid

ArchiveGrid is a collection of over five million archival material descriptions, including MARC records from WorldCat and finding aids harvested from the web. It contains archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives. Contribution to the system is available to any institution. Most of the contributions are from United States based institutions, but many other countries are represented, including Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. ArchiveGrid is associated with OCLC Research and helps to advance their goals of making archival collections and materials easier to find. ArchiveGrid is described as "the ultimate destination for searching through family histories, political papers, and historical records held in archives around the world."

ArchiveGrid is a collection of over five million archival material descriptions, including MARC records from WorldCat and finding aids harvested from the web. It contains archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives. Contribution to the system is available to any institution. Most of the contributions are from United States based institutions, but many other countries are represented, including Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. ArchiveGrid is associated with OCLC Research and helps to advance their goals of making archival collections and materials easier to find. ArchiveGrid is described as "the ultimate destination for searching through family histories, political papers, and historical records held in archives around the world." ==History== Research Libraries Group (RLG) was founded in 1974¹ by three universities (Columbia, Harvard, and Yale) and The New York Public Library. In 1998, RLG launched the RLG Archival Resources database, which offered online access to the holdings of archival collections. RLG began to redesign the database in 2004 in order to make it more useful for researchers. As a result of this redesign, RLG launched ArchiveGrid in March 2006. As a result of a grant, ArchiveGrid was freely accessible until May 31, 2006. ==RLG/OCLC Partnership== In 2006, the RLG and the Online Computer Learning Center, Inc. (OCLC) announced the combining of the two organizations. RLG Programs was formed on July 1, 2006 and became part of the OCLC Programs and Research division. ArchiveGrid was offered as an OCLC subscription-based discovery service from 2006 until it was discontinued in 2012. In 2009, RLG Programs became known as RLG Partnership. The OCLC Research Library Partnership replaced the RLG Partnership in 2011. The five-year period of successfully integrating the RLG Partnership into OCLC was completed 30 June 2011. In 2012, ArchiveGrid became a free system, while remaining a part of the OCLC Research project. ==References== ==External links== ArchiveGrid - Official website ArchiveGrid Blog OCLC Research Library Partnership History of the OCLC Research Library Partnership OCLC Research - Past Activities "RLG, Where Museums, Libraries, and Archives Intersect ", by Anne van Camp (2003), LIBER Quarterly, vol. 13, no.3/4

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