Archives resumes normal business hours

PAFA’s Archives will resume public hours beginning September 23, 2019:

MondayFriday: 10am – 4:30pm

As a reminder, individuals wishing to review records need to schedule an appointment in advance of their arrival. Appointments are required, due to limited seating capacity and staff. For more information on visiting the archives for research, please visit here.

Don’t forget to visit PAFA’s Digital Archives for additional online resources. New digital collections are routinely added.

PAFA’s (New) Digital Archives

The Archives has successfully upgraded its online digital archives platform. PAFA’s Digital Archives (PDA) gives researchers more efficient tools to view and search the voluminous digital collections held at the Archives. The new Digital Collections site ( http://pafaarchives.org/ ) updates the previous web interface to a more user-friendly experience that improves users’ ability to discover images, learn more about holdings, and browse collections.

Screenshot of the landing page for PAFA's upgraded Digital Archives portal.

“Aesthetically, the front-end user interface looks similar to our previous site. The main improvements come on the back-end with more robust features that will help connect users to more items,” said Hoang Tran, Director of Archives. “Moreover, the project included an upgrade to our hosting server which ensures all digital assets are preserved and continually accessible.”

Added features include full-text search of PDF files, expanded metadata vocabularies, and linked open data.

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