CoSA Strategic Plan
Approved July 2007
GOAL 1: Ensure an ongoing viable organization for state archivists
Highest priorities:
Secure funding for ongoing CoSA operations
Develop marketing plan
Enhance and expand organizational relationships
Other priorities:
Continue to hold CoSA annual meetings
Maintain effective administrative services
Sustain listserv for state archivists
Involve more CoSA members in the work of the
organization and offer development opportunities for the next generation
of leaders
Continue offering orientation to new state
archivists
Establish an archival repository for CoSA’s
organizational records
GOAL 2: Secure records funding for all states and territories
Highest priorities:
Work for funding of the Partnership for the American
Historical Record (PAHR)
Develop case statement on the value of records:
“Why do records matter?”
Develop advocacy toolkits for use by CoSA as
an organization and its individual members which include effective materials
for informing and engaging potential funders.
Other priorities:
Work for restoration of funding for NHPRC in
FY2008 and reauthorization in FY2009
Seek new sources of revenue and financial support
• federal agencies other than NHPRC (e.g.,
IMLS, NEH)
• private foundations
• vendors and other potential sponsors
GOAL 3: Provide services to state archivists to assist
in managing their programs
Highest priorities:
Build on/follow up on Emergency Preparedness
Initiative
Build on/follow up on Local Government Archives
Project
High priority, periodic:
Collect and disseminate data on archives and
records in state and local governments and historical records repositories
Other priorities:
Provide mechanisms for developing consensus
and offering guidance on issues and challenges facing state archivists
(e.g., contracts with online content providers, recovery of alienated
public records)
Collect basic data on state archives and records
management program every two years and establish standards/metrics for
this effort
Maintain and update State Coordinators Manual
in cooperation with NHPRC
Maintain and update SHRAB Members Manual and
orientation program in cooperation with NHPRC
Manage and maintain CoSA web site and serve
as an information clearinghouse
Promote the observance of American Archives
Month in the states and territories
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