Building Preservation Partnerships: The Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program

摘要

Congress authorized the Library of Congress to undertake the NationalDigital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program(NDIIPP) to prevent the loss of our digital heritage. This work,as with all digital preservation activities, is challenging because oftechnical issues and also because traditionally there have been feweffective collaborative mechanisms to leverage resources and expertise.NDIIPP aims to address both issues while also ensuring thepreservation of at-risk digital content. Concrete steps have beentaken recently with the establishment of eight partnership consortia,each of which has committed to working with the other and theLibrary on collaborative digital preservation initiatives. The eightconsortia represent the formal launch of an NDIIPP national networkof preservation partners. Currently, NDIIPP is exploring howbest to involve states and territories in the network. (from the article)