Modernizing the National Register
Welcome to the web version of Modernizing the National Register of Historic Places: Towards an Open Data Framework (also referred to on this site as Modernizing the National Register), which was researched and written by Matt Kelly between 2022 and 2024.
The research was presented as a poster during the 50th Montana History Conference, which took place September 28-30, 2023 in Helena.
Matt was awarded a student scholarship to attend the 2023 Association for Preservation Technology International conference in Seattle and presented a 10-minute talk on the topic.
A final presentation of the research was delivered at the University of Oregon on May 31, 2024 (link to recording forthcoming).
A PDF copy of the report can be downloaded here (link forthcoming) or from the University of Oregon Scholars Bank site (link forthcoming).
Following is an abstract of the final report:
Abstract
The web version of the report is broken up by chapters as follows:
The National Register through a Critical Lens
Research Motivation and Overview
Conceptualizing the National Register
An Introduction to Open Data Philosophy
Appendix A: National Archive link calculations
Appendix B: Sampling of National Register listings
Appendix C: Resources with helpful glossaries
Appendix D: UO Research Compliance Services Review
Appendix E: Survey Responses
Appendix F: Survey Qualitative Analysis Code Summary
Appendix G: Colophon