National Archives of Colombia "Negros y Esclavos" http://negrosyesclavos.archivogeneral.gov.co/memoriaagn.nsf/index_english.html Negros y Esclavos History Slave trade Slavery Latin America A digital repository of artifacts relating to the history of the slave trade in Latin America. ISAD-G (General International Standard Archival Description) The National Archives of Colombia Negros y Esclavos project is a digital repository of artifacts relating to the history of the slave trade in Latin America. It is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) as part of the Slave Trade Archives Project and UNESCO’s Memory of the World. A major goal is the preservation of historical artifacts in lesser-developed countries where the artifacts are at risk. While the Negros y Esclavos website is partially translated into English, the National Archives of Colombia website is wholly in Spanish; so I had difficulty finding many “key facts”. I felt it was worthwhile to include this repository anyway because it is an example of a very focused collection, with the purpose of digital preservation, and the artifacts themselves are quite fascinating. The records are described using a metadata standard named ISAD-G (General International Standard Archival Description). The user can browse the catalog as a tree hierarchy with several possible structures (such as by year), or search for a specific Descriptive Seat (ISAD-G term for record). Upon accessing an item, the metadata record is displayed, with links to the associated artifact images. Based on [1], it appears that each artifact was manually catalogued and scanned. A few items have the text transcribed as well. [1] Slave Trade Archives Project Feasibility Study retrieved 4/23/2004 from http://webworld.unesco.org/slave_quest/en/en_feasibility.html. Margaret Hilsbos Spring, 2004 Collection Information National Archives of Columbia, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), UNESCO Researchers in the history of the slave trade and related artifacts. Undetermined Undetermined. Undetermined.