A Network of Preservation Partners
Map of 2008 NDIIPP Partners. Click on the map for a larger image (PDF, 2.68 Mb).
No one institution can tackle the challenge of digital preservation on its own. The Library of Congress has over 130 partners who share knowledge and experience.
This digital preservation network connects libraries, archives, universities, research centers, non-profit and for-profit organizations and professional associations both across the United States and the world.
Together, the network is ensuring future generations will have access to the digital resources being created today. Explore our partners and their significant accomplishments.
Digital Preservation Pioneers
The Library's Digital Preservation Program has only existed since 2000. The relatively new field of digital-information management is thus reliant on individuals and organizations that are willing to embark on cutting-edge programs that will lead others to follow their examples. Each month, this section will present a profile of a new digital preservation pioneer and how that individual's or organization's work enriches the work that all libraries and other repositories are doing to collect and preserve our digital heritage.
Partner Highlights
The MetaArchive Cooperative Charter (PDF, 132.86 Kb) describes the purposes and aims of the MetaArchive Cooperative, an association dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage materials that are digital in nature and form.
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The Web-at-Risk project, in conjunction with researchers at the Library of Congress, has developed the BagIt format specification for transferring digital content . The format specification is based on the simple concept of "bagging and tagging"; packaging digital content along with a small amount of machine-readable text to automate its transfer, receipt, storage and retrieval.
Read More about Web-at-Risk
The North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project (NCGDAP), a partnership between the North Carolina State University Libraries and the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, has just released their Interim Report (PDF, 3.19 Mb), a detailed look at the current state of geospatial preservation.
Read More about NCGDAP