National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) Building a Network of Preservation Partners CNI Spring Task Force Meeting April 2005

NDIIPP PartnersApril Presentation Overview Quickly outline NDIIPP and its goals Describe progress in setting up network of digital preservation partners –Focus on 8 partnerships/consortia –Next steps: working with States

NDIIPP PartnersApril NDIIPP Background Created by legislation in December 2000 Funds (some matching) provided to implement national preservation strategy Aim is to implement national strategy for preserving significant “born-digital” content

NDIIPP PartnersApril NDIIPP Goals Build a network of partnerships Explore protocols and standards to support partnership operations Support development of tools, models, and methods for digital preservation

NDIIPP PartnersApril Network of Preservation Partners Volume and complexity of digital content calls for a distributed approach LC is providing resources and leadership to network of preservation partnerships Primary outcomes: –Identify and preserve significant content –Leverage resources and expertise –Identify best practices, develop tools, raise awareness

NDIIPP PartnersApril First round of NDIIPP Partnerships 8 competitive awards, launched this year Senior LC staff oversee each project Partners collect/preserve content, collaborate with LC and each other 3 year term, report to Congress

NDIIPP PartnersApril California Digital Library Partners include NYU, U North Texas, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge Subject is developing web archiving tools for government and political information Focus is on political activities, including 2003 California gubernatorial recall election

NDIIPP PartnersApril Emory University Partners include U of Louisville, VPI, UVA, FSU, Auburn, Georgia Tech Subject is development of MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture Partners to select and preserve digital exhibits, archives, theses and dissertations

NDIIPP PartnersApril UC Santa Barbara Partner is Stanford University Subject is testing federated preservation of geospatial images and data Goal is to build a National Geospatial Digital Archive

NDIIPP PartnersApril North Carolina State University Partner is NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Subject is collection and preservation of geospatial data resources from NC state and local government agencies Content includes digitized maps, GIS data, and remote sensing resources

NDIIPP PartnersApril University of Maryland Partners are GMU, 2 law firms, Internet Archive Subject is preservation of digital materials that document birth of the dot.com era Content includes business plans, venture capital pitches, and variety of legal and business records

NDIIPP PartnersApril University of Michigan Partners include NARA and several social science data and research centers Subject is appraisal, acquisition, and preservation of survey datasets Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research will facilitate distributed partnership

NDIIPP PartnersApril U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Partners are OCLC, Tufts, Michigan State, and state libraries of AZ, CT, IL, NC, WI Subject is development of tools to help with selection and preservation of various types digital material Content includes state government publications and audio-visual recordings

NDIIPP PartnersApril Educational Broadcasting Corp (Thirteen/WNET) Partners are WGBH, PBS, NYU Subject is establishment of procedures and national standards to preserve digital TV Content includes shows such as Nature, American Masters, NOVA, and Frontline

NDIIPP PartnersApril Partner Affinity Groups Affinity Groups for primary issues that cut across projects: –Technical Architecture –Rights and Restrictions –Collection/Selection –Economic Sustainability

NDIIPP PartnersApril Next Round of Partnerships: States LC exploring collaboration with States Focus is state government digital information Workshops with teams from all states representing state libraries, archives, CIOs Developing digital preservation toolkit with Center for Technology in Government Partnership with IMLS

NDIIPP PartnersApril For More Information NDIIPP – Center for Technology in Government – William G. LeFurgy (202)