Dr. Kenvi Phillips recently made history as the inaugural Director of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, the first fully digital presidential library in the United States. Her appointment, which kicked off on June 16, 2024, sees Phillips overseeing all programs and activities at the library. A New Era in Presidential Archives The Barack Obama Presidential Library is unique within the network of 15 presidential libraries managed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)—it is entirely digital. An estimated 95% of the records from the Obama administration were born digital,