The Nebraska State Historical Records Advisory
Board (SHRAB) is a state board,
appointed by the governor, under the authority of federal statutes
and regulations governing the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission (NHPRC) program of the National Archives
and Records Administration. The director of the Nebraska State
Historical Society and the state archivist are permanent board
members. At least eleven other members are appointed by the governor
for three-year, renewable terms.
The Nebraska SHRAB members represent
a variety of constituencies--members
have included a county historical society director, a high school
teacher, history professors, the director of Nebraska's Records
Management Division, and a humanities scholar--and also reflect
a geographical balance with representation from all three of
the state's congressional districts.
The SHRAB provides leadership in encouraging, promoting, and assisting the advancement
of programs to preserve and make accessible historical records
in Nebraska. As the central advisory body for historical records
planning, the board's role is to investigate and report on the
conditions and needs of historical records in Nebraska; to determine
state priorities for historical records projects based upon NHPRC
guidelines and record conditions and needs; to solicit, foster,
and develop proposals for NHPRC projects to be carried out within
the state; and to review grant proposals submitted by Nebraska
institutions and make recommendations to NHPRC based upon their
merit.
