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Digital has become the principal medium to create, distribute, and store content, from text to motion pictures to recorded sound. Digital content now embodies much of the nation's intellectual, social, and cultural history. Because digital materials can be so easily altered, corrupted, or lost, these
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In keeping with the mission of the NDIIPP, they are working with over 1,400 collections globally to preserve institution's at-risk digital content. The collection's content ranges from Arts and Culture, Religion and Philosophy, Social Sciences, and World History and Cultures. The Library of Congress
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NDIIPP managed the Congressional appropriation to kick-start many important digital preservation endeavors, some in the Digital preservation partnership projects section. Two others of note were issues that had some prior development but were realized fully with the assistance of NDIIPP funding. The
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NDIIPP provided a national focus on important policy, standards, and technical components necessary to preserve digital content. Investments in modeling and testing various options and technical solutions took place over several years, resulting in recommendations to the U.S. Congress about the most
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and Preservation Program. In December 2000, Congress passed special legislation (Public Law 106-554) in recognition of the importance of preserving digital content for future generations, appropriating $ 100 million to the Library of Congress to lead this effort. (A government-wide rescission of .22
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In 2008, NDIIPP was the United States author for a four-nation recommendation (United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands) to establish laws to support digital preservation, particularly for materials at risk of being lost. That report summarized the state of digital preservation
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whose mission is to preserve the intellectual and cultural heritage of the nation. In 1998, the Library of Congress began to develop a digital strategy with a group of senior managers who were charged with assessing the roles and responsibilities of the Library in the digital age. This oversight
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established the program in 2000, and official activity specific to NDIIPP itself wound down between 2016 and 2018. The Library was chosen because of its role as one of the leading providers of high-quality content on the Internet. The Library of Congress has formed a national network of partners
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The Library also works with the non-federal sector. The overall strategy is being executed in cooperation with the library, creative, publishing, technology, and copyright communities. In early 2001, the Library established a National Digital Strategy Advisory Board to help guide it through the
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In December 2000, Congress appropriated up to $ 100 million ($ 75 million of which was slated for dollar for dollar cost matching) for the effort. Congress rescinded $ 47 million in unspent funds in 2007. In 2009, NDIIPP received about $ 6.5 million as a line item in the Library's annual budget
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since January 2016, focuses on several goals. It develops improved preservation standards and practices, works with experts to identify categories of digital information that are most worthy of preservation, and takes steps to incorporate content into a national collection. It provides national
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to evaluate the Library's readiness to meet the challenges of the rapidly evolving digital world. They recommended that the Library, working with other federal and non-federal institutions, take the lead in a national, cooperative effort to archive and preserve digital information.
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This effort falls within the Library Services mission, which includes providing access to and preserving information for the benefit of the United States and the World. This mission extends to materials in electronic formats as well. In addition, the Library is the home of the
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leadership for digital preservation education and training. NDSA also provides communication and outreach for all aspects of digital preservation. The NDSA membership includes universities, professional associations, commercial businesses, consortia, and government agencies.
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group was headed by the Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, the Associate Librarian for Library Services, and the Register of Copyrights. This group held several planning meetings to assess the current state of digital archiving and preservation.
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The Library has also established a working group to look at ways that current copyright law can address how libraries and archives handle digital materials when preserving them and making them available to users.
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to archive and provide access to digital resources. The program convened several working groups, administered grant projects, and disseminated information about digital preservation issues. The
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Included in the 300 partners (as of March 2013) are eight consortial partnerships comprising 33 institutions that are selecting, collecting, and preserving specific types of digital content:
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In July 2010, the Library launched a National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) to extend the work of NDIIPP to more institutions. The organization, which has been hosted by the
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planning process. This board is made up of experts from the technology, publishing, Internet, library, and intellectual-property communities, as well as government.
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The Library works closely with partners to assess considerations for shared responsibilities. Federal legislation calls for the Library to work jointly with the
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viable and sustainable options for long-term preservation, copyright law in the context of digital preservation, and other issues.
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NDIIPP kickstarted the Library's efforts to advice individuals on personal digital archiving. This resulted in an
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The U.S. Congress has asked the Library of Congress to lead a collaborative project, called the National Digital
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The availability of electronic information is today taken for granted. With the rapid growth of the
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materials must be saved now if they are to remain available to today's and tomorrow's generations.
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The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is a cooperative effort.
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commissioned the National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the
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and is thus already engaged in issues relating to copyright in a digital environment.
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percent in late December 2000 reduced this special appropriation to $ 99.8 million.)
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in each country at the time and highlighted relevant existing law for each country.
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dedicated to preserving specific types of digital content that is at risk of loss.
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