Unacceptable Georgia State Archives Hours Plan -
ALL People Must Have FULL Access To These Public Records!
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Releases Plan on Archives Access
The Georgia Archives currently averages 74 patrons per week (296/month). The average visitor spends 3 hours at the Archives.
The following plan will allow 78 (36 2-hour; 42 2.5-hour) appointments per month in the Open Documents Research Area (ODRA), 120 (2 hour) appointments per month in Microfilm Reference, and 90 (2 hour) appointments per month in Open Reference. This would allow 288 visitors, which is 97% of the visitors that Archives accommodates now, but they will be limited to 2 or 2.5 hours. If the staff finds that they are able to handle more researchers at a time, the number of appointments will be increased. ODRA users will have to provide staff with specific requests when they make the appointment so they can have records pulled and waiting on them when they arrive.
To make appointments, individuals can contact Christopher M. Davidson at cdavidson@sos.ga.gov or 678.364.3714.
Beginning November 1, 2012 and continuing in the following months, the schedule is as follows:
Week 1:
Original Documents
Thursday Friday Saturday
8:00-10:00 7 appointments 7 appointments 7 appointments
10:00-10:30 pull records pull records pull records
10:30-1:00 7 appointments 7 appointments 7 appointments
1:00-1:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:30-2:00 pull records pull records pull records
2:00-4:30 7 appointments 7 appointments 7 appointments
Week 2:
Microfilm
Thursday Friday Saturday
8:00-10:00 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
10:00-12:00 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
12:00-12:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:30-2:30 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
2:30-4:30 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
Open Reference
Thursday Friday Saturday
8:00-10:00 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
10:00-12:00 5 appointments (ODRA) 5 appointments (ODRA) 5 appointments (ODRA)
12:00-12:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:30-2:30 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
2:30-4:30 10 appointments 10 appointments 10 appointments
Week 3:
Closed
Week 4:
Closed
“I will continue to work with the Governor, General Assembly and other interested parties to restore funding and access to the Archives,” said Kemp.
Brian Kemp has been Secretary of State since January, 2010. Among the office’s wide-ranging responsibilities, the Secretary of State is charged with conducting efficient and secure elections, the registration of corporations, and the regulation of securities and professional license holders. The office also oversees the Georgia Archives.
Jared S. Thomas
Press Secretary
Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State
214 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30330
404-656-4269 phone
404-656-0513 fax
Based on this plan, the project that you and I worked on earlier this year would have taken 13 years to complete.
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