Welcome to June, as Texas is almost done preheating for the summer solstice. While the summer months tend to be quieter, we do have news to share from the National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) Project, following our note to “stay tuned” for more back at the Society of Southwest Archivists conference in late April.

OCLC, a partner on the project, has published five reports assembling and discussing findings from the 2020-2023 IMLS-funded project. The reports can be found on the OCLC website: https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2023/nafan/nafan-summary-research.html

Additional information is available on the California Digital Library’s NAFAN project website: https://confluence.ucop.edu/display/NAFAN/Building+a+National+Finding+Aid+Network

Thanks to all who were able to join us at our Brown Bag presentation at SAA last month!

April usage statistics are now available and can be viewed or downloaded from our Wiki page.

TARO will be hosting one more in-person training this spring, on May 25 UT-El Paso, also from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information can be found here:
https://sites.utexas.edu/taro/2023/02/16/spring-taro-training-workshops/ 

Congratulations to our TARO users who are graduating this spring and summer! 

If you are attending the Society of Southwest Archivists conference in Albuquerque, please join us for our Brown Bag presentation at the there on Thursday, April 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We look forward to updating the SSA community on what we’ve been up to, and to hear how we can help!

March usage statistics are now available and can be viewed or downloaded from our Wiki page.

TARO will be hosting two more in-person trainings in the coming weeks. Please note that the next session at UT-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg has been rescheduled from Monday, April 17 to Tuesday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. A third session will be on May 25 UT-El Paso, also from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information can be found here:
https://sites.utexas.edu/taro/2023/02/16/spring-taro-training-workshops/

We’re also happy to report we’ve reached another milestone in our finding aid count: On March 28, TARO crossed 18,000 total finding aids on the site!