Library of Congress Resources for Federal Records Managers Federal Information and Records Managers Council 11/4/2009 William G. LeFurgy, wlef@loc.gov

Background National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program established in 2000 Congress saw valuable digital content at risk Library of Congress directed to lead a national program and work with all stakeholders Working with White House, NARA, GPO, NSF and a number of other federal agencies LC does not work directly with federal records! www.digitalpreservation.gov

Three Parts of NDIIPP Build a community of practice to collaborate on solutions, share information Sponsor and develop tools, services, infrastructure to provide long-term access to significant digital information Work with partners to preserve and provide access to information www.digitalpreservation.gov

Outcomes of Use to Federal Agencies Tools and services Guidelines and best practices News and information www.digitalpreservation.gov

Tools and Services Web archiving: capture of agency web sites using third party services, Heritrix web crawler Data transfer: reliable movement of data from one environment to another using Bagit, associated tools Persistent bit preservation: distributed storage using LOCKSS www.digitalpreservation.gov

Guidelines and Best Practices Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative: define uniform methods to digitize historical content (text, A/V) Sustainability of Digital Formats: identifies formats that are promising for long-term viability www.digitalpreservation.gov

News and Information Digitalpreservation.gov web site Monthly Digital Preservation Newsletter, free by e-mail subscription Focused conferences and webinars Specialty meetings and briefings www.digitalpreservation.gov

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