Myron Gutmann Joins the National Science Foundation

July 30, 2009 -- Myron Gutmann is leaving the University of Michigan to head the National Science Foundation directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.
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Federal Digitization Guidelines Update

July 30, 2009 -- The Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative is continuing work on guidance for digitizing cultural heritage materials.
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NDIIPP States Projects Highlighted at NAGARA Meeting

July 30, 2009 -- Library of Congress staff played an active role at the recent National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators annual conference, held July 15-18 in Seattle, WA.
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Preserving State Legislative Heritage Discussed at AALL

July 30, 2009 -- Law librarians heard about Library of Congress-supported work to preserve the digital records of state legislatures at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association of Law Librarians.
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Preservation in the Cloud

July 23, 2009 -- The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program has launched a pilot program with DuraSpace to test cloud technologies for preserving digital content.
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D-Lib Publishes Library Essay about Network Data Transfer

July 23, 2009 -- D-Lib Magazine has published an essay about how the Library uses network technology to transfer digital collections over the internet.
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Stock Artists Alliance Seminar Promotes Photometadata

July 15, 2009 -- The Stock Artists Alliance's getMETAsmart seminar was recently in Washington, DC to promote the use of metadata in digital photography.
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CDL Public Web Archive Service Collections Launched

July 15, 2009 -- The California Digital Library has opened its Web Archiving Service collections to the public.
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High School Students Explore Digital Preservation at Library

July 15, 2009 -- Arlington, VA high school students visit the Library of Congress to learn about digital preservation.
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NLM Publishes Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Suite

July 15, 2009 -- The National Library of Medicine submitted a proposal to the National Information Standards Organization to create a standard based on its Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Suite.
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Event: Dr. David Rosenthal Presentation: How Are We "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents" ?

July 10, 2009 -- Dr. David S.H. Rosenthal, Chief Scientist, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University, will explore sustainable approaches to format obsolescence in digital preservation in a public presentation at the Library of Congress on July 27, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
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Web Archiving Service Noted

July 10, 2009 -- The Chronicle of Higher Education has published an article that discusses the California Digital Library Web Archiving Service.
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NDIIPP Meeting Draws Record Crowd

July 2, 2009 -- The annual National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program meeting focused on sharing results from digital stewardship projects.
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NDIIPP Launches New Digital Preservation Video Series

July 2, 2009 -- The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program has released a new video on transferring digital content.
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