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The Library of Congress is putting a variety of digital stewardship resources into action. This work contributes to the Library's mission to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

Recent Work

The Library is meeting the challenge in many different ways. Here are some recent examples:

• Access Through Metadata: Library Group Tackles the Challenge
• Digital Content Transfer Tools
• Federal Agencies Digitzation Guidelines Part 1
• Federal Agencies Digitzation Guidelines Part 2
• Federal Agencies Digitzation Guidelines Part 3
• Setting Standards (JPEG 2000)
• Setting Standards (Office Open XML and PDF/A)
• Students Archiving the Web
• Tradition Meets Web 2.0 – The Library’s Flickr Project

Digital Preservation Tools and Publications from the Library of Congress

Specific details are available at the resources page.

Selected Highlights

• The Bagit format for transferring digital content (PDF, 83KB)
• International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation (2008) (PDF, 1.58MB)
• Preservation of State Government Digital Information: Issues and Opportunities Report (PDF, 8.7MB)
• 21st Century Shipping: Network Data Transfer to the Library of Congress (external link)