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Maryland State Archivist warns fees and MD LandRec funding changes could reduce services; agency outlines digitization, ADA challenges
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State Archivist Elaine Rice Bachman told the Eastern Shore delegation the archives relies on fee revenue for about 20% of its budget, said MD LandRec costs about $5 million a year, and cautioned that legislative limits on fee-setting could force reductions in public services and digitization.
Elaine Rice Bachman, state archivist, told the Eastern Shore delegation on March 13 that the Maryland State Archives faces mounting costs as more records are born-digital and as web and ADA compliance requirements grow, and she urged lawmakers to consider sustainable funding models.
Bachman described the archives’ physical facilities, storage footprint and public search-room services and said the agency provides digitization and conservation services to other state agencies. "These paper records... are very stable," she said, contrasting long-lived paper…
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