National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)



November 19, 2003

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.

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.

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)

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

3 Approved Areas of Investment
Preservation Network of Partners
Preservation Architecture
Digital Preservation Research

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

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

http://www.digitalpreservation.org

“At Risk Content”
Triage By the Library of Congress

Multiple Types of Digital Content
Audio
Video
Text
Graphics
Database

Distribution Channels
Web
Webcast
Television broadcast
Radio broadcast
Publisher/distributor

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

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

“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

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

Digital Content Capture
Next Steps
Multiple Partners, Public Policy and Cultural Heritage

Preservation Network Partnerships

Preservation Architecture
Technical Architecture Validation
Updated Preservation Architecture
Archive Ingest and Handling Test

Preservation Research
NSF Tools and Technologies for Preservation

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

Target Dates – Program Announcement
to Build a Network of Partners

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