The New York City Council - File #: Int 1098-2018

• File #: Int 1098-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Digitization of historic data.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 9/12/2018
• In control: Committee on Technology
• On agenda: 9/12/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the digitization of historic data
• Sponsors: Ben Kallos
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Technology	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Technology	Laid Over by Committee
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1098

By Council Member Kallos

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the digitization of historic data
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3004 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
1. The department shall operate a municipal archives, the head of which shall be a professional archivist. The archives shall perform the following functions:
a. develop and promulgate standards, procedures and techniques with regard to archives management;
b. make continuing surveys of existing records to determine the most suitable methods to be used for the creating, maintaining, storing and servicing of archival material;
c. preserve and receive all city records of historical, research, cultural or other important value;
d. appraise, accession, classify, arrange and make available for reference all records which come into the possession of the archives; [and]
e. identify records in the possession of the archives that consist of statistical or factual information in an alphanumeric form reflected in a list, table, graph, chart or other non-narrative form and appraise the public value of including such records on the open data web portal pursuant to chapter 5 of title 23 of the administrative code; and
f. establish and maintain an archives depository for the storage, conservation, processing and servicing of records.
? 2. Chapter 5 of title 23 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 23-507 to read as follows:
? 23-507 Historic data. a. The department of records and information services shall consider the following factors when appraising the public value of including a record in their possession on the open data web portal, pursuant to paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 3004 of the charter:
1. the degree of historical, research, cu...