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National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)



November 19, 2003
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NDIIPP Goal
  • To develop a nationwide collection and preservation strategy for digital materials in cooperation with the information and technology industry, concerned federal agencies, libraries, research institutions and not-for-profit entities.
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NDIIPP Vision
  • To ensure the long term access to a rich body of digital content through the establishment of a network of partners, collaborating in a digital preservation architecture with defined roles and responsibilities.
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NDIIPP Legislation and Funding
  • Builds on experience with American Memory/National Digital Library Program
  • Created by federal legislation (PL 106-554) in December 2000
  • Up to $175 million potentially available
    • $5 million (available immediately to support planning)
    • $20 million (subject to Congressional approval received January 6, 2003)
    • $75 million (subject to $ for $ match from non federal sources)
    • $75 million (private funds)
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Funding to Date
  • Plan Approved December 2002 - $35 Million
  • $5 million to develop the plan & capture at risk content
  • Additional $20 Million Released 2003
  • $15 Million Approved to be Matched 2003
  • Investments Begun Toward Approved NDIIPP Strategic Direction 2003-2007
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3 Approved Areas of Investment
  • Preservation Network of Partners
  • Preservation Architecture
  • Digital Preservation Research
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Highlights FY 2003
  • NDIIPP Plan Approved
  • Digital Strategic Plan for LC
  • Series of Technical Workshops – 47 experts
  • Revised Technical Architecture
  • Technical Test Plan & Test Bed to Investigate Existing Archiving Approaches
  • Digital Preservation Research Agenda w/NSF
  • International Internet Consortium with
    12 institutions
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Highlights FY 2003 (cont.)
  • Technical Specifications for an Open Source Crawler
  • First NDIIPP Solicitation for Partners
  • MOU with NEH to help us with the Peer Review
  • UK’s Digital Preservation Coalition
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http://www.digitalpreservation.org
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“At Risk Content”
  • Triage By the Library of Congress



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Multiple Types of Digital Content
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Text
  • Graphics
  • Database



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Distribution Channels
  • Web
  • Webcast
  • Television broadcast
  • Radio broadcast
  • Publisher/distributor



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Vehicles for Acquiring
  • Copyright deposit
  • Purchase
  • License
  • Gift/Donation
  • Exchange
  • Agreements/Partnership
  • Harvesting



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Technical Mechanisms for Capture
  • File Transfer
    • On Hard Disk
    • On CD
    • On DVD
    • Via Network
  • Web Harvesting
    • Individual site downloads
    • Broad web crawling by domain or selected sites
  • Broadcast Capture
    • From Satellite
    • By Taping
    • By Digital Feed


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“Getting Content”
  • Identify Vendors and Test Their Capabilities
  • Identify Subject Content
  • Identify Type of Content
  • Specify Distribution Channel
  • Identify LC Vehicle for Capturing
  • Determine Technical Mechanisms for Capturing


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Digital Content Capture
  • 16 Terabytes
    • Significant Events,including Iraq
    • E-journals
    • 911 Archives
    • Oral Histories
    • Academic Dissertations
  • In Process
    • Public Policy, e.g. Middle East & Health Policy
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Digital Content Capture
  • Next Steps
    • Multiple Partners, Public Policy and Cultural Heritage
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Preservation Network Partnerships
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Preservation Architecture
  • Technical Architecture Validation
  • Updated Preservation Architecture
  • Archive Ingest and Handling Test
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Preservation Research
  • NSF Tools and Technologies for Preservation
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Near Term Plans 2004-2005
  • Content Capture
  • Business Models Forum
  • Business Models Announcement
  • Standards and Best Practices Inventory
  • Preservation Architecture Test with 6-8 Institutions
  • Updated Technical Architecture
  • Prototype Development with NASA
  • Call for Research with NSF
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Target Dates – Program Announcement
to Build a Network of Partners
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