Library of Congress: Digital Preservation

April Digital Preservation Newsletter Released

In this issue:

-An announcement about the recently released Section 108 Study Group Report
-News about the growing Digital Preservation Network
-Information about a multistate project meeting to preserve local government data

Preserving Audiovisual Works: The Packard Campus

The Library of Congress has just opened a state-of-the art conservation center for its audio and visual works. Learn what the Library is doing.

New Digital Preservation Partners: States

The Library of Congress digital preservation program, NDIIPP, adds new partners to preserve state government digital information.

Digital Preservation Pioneer: Richard Pearce-Moses

Archivist Richard Pearce-Moses has the daunting challenge of building a system to curate the valuable digital records and data from the state of Arizona. By his example he is leading the way for 21st century archivists and librarians, and their future work with digital content.

Digital Preservation Reports Released

The Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiatives has just released their strategic plan for the next six years. It outlines the Library's vision for digital programs, including the national digital preservation plan.

A report on the Library's data-transfer and storage test with the San Diego Supercomputer Center is also available. The test is aimed at determining trustworthy methods for off-site storage of the Library's digital materials.

Preserving Audiovisual Works: The Packard Campus

The Library of Congress holds the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of audiovisual works, including more than 6.2 million moving images, sound recordings and related documents. These materials are increasingly being created and distributed in digital form, and the Library is meeting the challenge to collect and preserve this valuable cultural heritage in the digital environment.

Digital Preservation Pioneer: John Spencer

Library of Congress partner in the Preserving Creative America initiative John Spencer, of BMS/Chace, is working to preserve digital recorded music and help solve some of his industry's digital production and storage problems.

Video Formatting Presentation

Click the link above to download a PDF of Carl Fleischhauer's presentation at the Digital Library Federation meeting in November 2007.

Download Digital Preservation Tips

Click the link above to download a PDF brochure with tips for preserving your digital materials at home.

NDIIPP Names New Director

Martha Anderson is the director of program management for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP).

NDIIPP Presents Paper at iPRES in China

Molly Johnson, a senior Library of Congress official, addressed the International Conference on Digital Preservation in Beijing on Oct. 11 on "Creating a Digital Preservation Network with Shared Stewardship and Cost."

Digital Preservation Pioneer: Margaret Hedstrom

The current state of digital preservation could bias history in favor of certain cultures. Margaret Hedstrom is searching for solutions.

Did You Know?

Test your knowledge with this short and informative quiz about digital preservation.

Bringing Historic Newspapers to Your Desktop: The National Digital Newspaper Program

Thanks to the historic record provided by newspapers, we have a much clearer picture of the economic, political and social life of the United States. Learn how these fragile resources are being saved through digital preservation.

Digital Preservation Pioneer: Steve Morris

There is a wealth of Geographic Information System (GIS) data available online now. Is that data being preserved? Steve Morris is working hard to sort it out.

Digital Preservation Pioneers: Cathy Hartman And CyberCemetery

The University of North Texas "CyberCemetery" archives expired federal Web sites, making them permanently accessible to the public. The university has been a NDIIPP partner since 2004.

Digital Preservation Partners Update

The Library of Congress digital preservation partners meet in June, and NDIIPP partner California Digital Library shares a collection of web capture plans.

Preserving Digital Creative Works

The Library of Congress, through its National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), today announced eight partnerships as part of its new Preserving Creative America initiative to address the long-term preservation of creative content in digital form.

Digital Preservation Pioneer: Eileen Fenton

Eileen Fenton is the executive director of Portico, a continuing archiving service for scholarly resources published in electronic form, beginning with electronic scholarly journals.

Digital Formats

A Library of Congress Web site tracks key information about the sustainability of a variety of digital formats.

Digital Preservation Pioneer: Dr. David Kirsch

Kirsch is on a mission to rescue and preserve data from the very recent past, the dot-com boom and bust, before it slips away.

Preserving Your Digital Memories

Learn important tips from the Library of Congress for preserving your own digital memories.

Public Television Project Spearheads Digital Preservation Archive

The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), a nonprofit membership organization that supports the continued growth and development of noncommercial television in the United States, is supporting the concepts of preservation and access as an important extension of public broadcasting.

Laura Campbell Wins Prestigious Award

Laura Campbell is the 2007 winner of the EMC Information Leadership Award

NDIIPP Partner Update

The North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project (NCGDAP) have two news items to report:

1. Members of the NCGDAP are working with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), a nonprofit international standards organization, to help develop digital preservation standards for the geospatial industry.

2. NCGDAP is actively involved in efforts to improve the North Carolina OneMap services by investigating how historic and at-risk data might be integrated into Web-based mapping services.

Read more about these developments and future NDIIPP partner updates at http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news

Meeting the Challenge: Saving the World Wide Web

Since 2000, the Library of Congress has been capturing Web sites and developing thematic, event-driven Web archives on topics such as the 2000, 2002 and 2004 national elections, the Iraq War and the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Meeting the Challenge is a regular feature of www.digitalpreservation.gov. It describes how the Library of Congress and NDIIPP are meeting the challenge of digital preservation.

Digital Preservation Pioneer: Howard Besser

Read how Howard Besser preserved his T-shirt database and taught the next generation of archivists to save digital material in the new feature on digitalpreservation.gov called Digital Preservation Pioneers.

NDIIP News: May 2007

This month's news features a reminder about NDIIPP's upcoming ALA Symposium, a pointer to the recent feature article in the Washington Times titled "Saving the Digital Record", and an update from the Section 108 Study Group.

Digital Preservation News: April 2007

Welcome, and thank you for subscribing to the Library of Congress Digital Preservation RSS Feed. You'll be receiving the latest news and announcements about the Library's National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP), explanations about why digital preservation is a critical priority for the nation's future, and information on how individuals can preserve their own digital collections.

This first feed features an announcement of a dayâs worth of digital preservation panels at the Library of Congress coinciding with ALA Annual Meeting in June and updates from NDIIPP partners, including a favorable court ruling supporting the preservation of digital records.