NATIONAL DIGITAL PRESERVATION INFRASTRUCTURE

Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

Network of partners goals:

• Develop a national digital collection and preservation strategy
• Build a network of preservation partnerships
• Explore protocols and standards to support partnership operations
• Help identify and preserve at-risk digital content
• Support the development of tools, models, and methods for digital preservation

Library of Congress Digital Preservation Partners

• California Digital Library: Web political content

• Emory University: Southern digital culture

• UC Santa Barbara: Geospatial Data

• NC State University: Geospatial Data

• U of Maryland: Dot.com business records

• U of Michigan: Social science data

• U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: State government publications, among other content

• WNET/PBS: Digital television

Technical architecture:

• Architecture is a framework to guide the development of a national preservation network

• Design principles:

– Support institutional relationships

– Separate preservation and access

– Construct modularly

– Assemble over time, not all at once

– Upgrade parts without disruption of the whole

– Use broadly adoptable standards and protocols

Preservation research:

Background

• Joint Library of Congress/National Science Foundation digital preservation research grants program (NSF administers)

• Agenda shaped by It's About Time workshop and report

• Looking to fund cutting-edge research

• Major categories of interest:

– Digital repository models

– Tools, technologies, and processes

– Organizational, economic, and policy issues

Current status

• Received over 60 proposals in response to NSF Program Solicitation

• Two peer-review panels made up of digital preservation experts from around the world helped identify excellent proposals

• LC and NSF will announce awards shortly

• Funded projects expected to produce useful results within a year

Expected Outcomes of NDIIPP:

· a clearer definition of the roles and responsibilities of partners in the preservation network;

· the establishment and deepening of relationships among key partners in the private and public sectors and including international institutions;

· the clarification of intellectual property issues that impede preservation, together with recommendations to address them;

· the creation of an advanced design for the digital architecture;

· the identification of a next set of investments to advance NDIIPP goals;

· the encouragement of an advanced research agenda for preservation of digital content; and

• raised awareness among key stakeholders and the general public about the challenges and opportunities of digital preservation.

Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

It's About Time: Research Challenges in Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/repor/NSF_LC_Final_Report.pdf

Abby Smith, Director of Programs, Council of Library and Information Resources

asmith@clir.org

www.clir.org