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Why Digital Preservation Is Important For Everyone
Check out a short video about the basics of digital preservation.
A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project
Lead Partner: Minnesota Historical Society
Additional Partners: Arkansas History Commission, Arkansas State Library, California Digital Library, California Legislative Counsel, California State Archives, California State Library, Illinois Legislative Information System, Illinois State Archives, Illinois State Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Kansas Information Technology Office (Legislative Branch), Kansas Legislative Computer Services, Kansas State Historical Society, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, National Conference of State Legislatures, Nebraska Library Commission, Nebraska State Historical Society, Nebraska State Library, Nebraska's Clerk of the Legislature, North Dakota Legislative Council, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Tennessee Legislative Information Services, Tennessee State House of Representatives, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee State Senate, Vermont Department of Libraries, Vermont Enterprise Project Management Office, Vermont Joint Fiscal Office, Vermont Legislative Council, Vermont Office of the Chief Information Officer, Vermont State Archives
The project is working with legislatures in several states to explore enhanced access to legislative digital records. This will involve implementing a trustworthy information management system and testing the capacity of different states to adopt the system for their own use. Content will include bills, committee reports, floor proceedings and other legislative materials.
Objectives:
- Capture, preserve and provide access to "at-risk" digital content from state legislatures
- Test the model in MN
- Determine capacity of other states to adapt the model
- Promote the results through education and outreach
- Connect to national cyberinfrastructure
More detailed project information can be found at the Project Web site
Highlights:
- Paper: XML Native Databases
- Video: Good Government Through Digital Infrastructure and Preservation
- Paper: Options for Improving Access to Legislative Records (PDF, 135.41 Kb)
- Paper: Digital Audio and Video White Paper (PDF, 769.20 Kb)
- Paper: Retrospective Digitization Resources (PDF, 627.86 Kb)
- Paper: Mashups Using Government Data (PDF, 327.34 Kb)
- PI Bob Horton is a digital preservation pioneer
- Video: "Preserving Digital Content in the 21st Century" from Principal Investigator Robert Horton
- Preserving Legislative Records in the Digital Age Brochure (PDF, 1 Mb)
- Paper: Comparison Chart of State Use of XML Bill Drafting Systems White Paper (PDF, 387 Kb)
- Paper: Minnesota Legislative History Information White Paper (PDF, 293 Kb)
- Presentation: Slides from Partner Kick-Off meeting in February 2008 (PDF, 34 Kb)
- Video: "Preserving State Government Digital Information," principal investigator Bob Horton's presentation at the Library of Congress on April 24, 2008 (Real Media Webcast)
