The project created the “National Electronic Archiving and Retrieval” (NEAR) system that allow to:
- Electronically capture, store, organize, share, retrieve and protect the holdings of the NAR
- Expedite physical access to these holdings at the NAR by providing user-friendly, multi-language research workstations to employees and researchers alike
- Eliminate geographical barriers by making as much of the information as possible available for research on the Internet.
The NEAR project also provide supported hardware, software, training and data entry for a period of fifteen months.