ed ▁publication ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁" no - holds - bar red " ▁history , ▁co author ed ▁by ▁J ensen ' s ▁Ass istant , ▁Richard ▁Tur ley . ▁ ▁Techn ological ▁modern ization : ▁Th ous ands ▁of ▁the ▁L DS ▁Church ' s ▁historical ▁documents ▁were ▁mass ▁digit ized ▁and ▁made ▁freely ▁available ▁online , ▁including ▁the ▁Joseph ▁Smith ▁Pap ers . ▁ ▁Histor ian ▁Jan ▁Sh ipp s ▁called ▁this ▁" a ▁change ▁that ▁is ▁so ▁epo ch al ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁very ▁hard ▁to ▁turn ▁it ▁back ." ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁developing ▁a ▁new ▁church - wide ▁system ▁for ▁digit ally ▁collect ing ▁and ▁man aging ▁records , ▁the ▁Church ▁History ▁Library ' s ▁search able ▁catalog ▁was ▁made ▁available ▁online . ▁ ▁A ▁five - year ▁plan ▁was ▁developed ▁for ▁using ▁technology ▁to ▁preserve ▁and ▁share ▁L DS ▁history . ▁ ▁International ▁history : ▁The ▁Church ▁History ▁Department ▁decent ral ized ▁its ▁collect ing ▁of ▁international ▁church ▁history . ▁ ▁Church ▁Histor ians ▁were ▁called ▁for ▁individual ▁Are as ▁and ▁countries , ▁and ▁or al ▁histor ies ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁gathered ▁from ▁mission ▁pres idents ▁and ▁area ▁pres idents ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁released . ▁ ▁Before ▁this ▁time , ▁little ▁had ▁been ▁done ▁to ▁gather ▁international ▁church ▁history . ▁ ▁J ensen ▁saw ▁this ▁project ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁significant ▁accomplish ments ▁in ▁this ▁period ▁of ▁time ." ▁ ▁Historical ▁professional ism : ▁J ensen ▁worked ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁Church ▁History ▁Department ▁author itative ▁and