Andrew Potter

Exploring records management, information governance, and regulatory frameworks. Analyzing policies, digital preservation, and societal impacts—how records shape history, accountability, and trust. Subscribe for insights on policy, AI, and archives.

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Andrew Potter

The Readers Are Machines Now

Digitized archives increasingly answer to software rather than people, yet their interfaces do not consistently convey provenance. An existing ISO…

Jun 22•Andrew Potter

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The Machine Arrives at Appraisal

The Digital Stewardship Appraisal Framework 2.0 recognizes machine-actionability as an archival value. The systems responsible for delivering that value…

Jun 19•Andrew Potter

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Search Without Evidence

What the NARA Catalog API Knows But Does Not Expose

Jun 17•Andrew Potter

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AI and the Future of Archivists and Records Managers: A Global Outlook

Jun 11, 2025•Andrew Potter

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Integrating Records Management and Information Security Management Systems

Jun 18, 2025•Andrew Potter

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The Standard That Outgrew Space

Apr 17•Andrew Potter

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Augmenting Archival Access Through AI

Jun 17, 2025•Andrew Potter

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Provenance Without Context

May 24•Andrew Potter

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From Rows to Records

Jul 28, 2025•Andrew Potter

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Recent posts

Two Institutions, Two Catalogs, and the Archival API Standard That Doesn’t Exist

NARA and the Library of Congress describe archives similarly. Their APIs tell a very different story.

Jun 14•Andrew Potter

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What Keyword Search Can’t Tell You About Nuclear Waste

MetaArchivist · Provenance Lab Series

Jun 12•Andrew Potter

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Provenance Lab 01: Can RiC Follow Nuclear Waste Management Across Government Change?

MetaArchivist · Provenance Lab Series

Jun 8•Andrew Potter

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