Library of Congress Resources for Federal Records Managers

1. Library of Congress Resources for Federal Records Managers Federal Information and Records Managers Council 11/4/2009 William G. LeFurgy, wlef@loc.gov

2. Background • National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program established in 2000 • Congress saw valuable digital content at risk • Library of Congress directed to lead a national program and work with all stakeholders • Working with White House, NARA, GPO, NSF and a number of other federal agencies • LC does not work directly with federal records! www.digitalpreservation.gov

3. Three Parts of NDIIPP • Build a community of practice to collaborate on solutions, share information • Sponsor and develop tools, services, infrastructure to provide long-term access to significant digital information • Work with partners to preserve and provide access to information www.digitalpreservation.gov

4. Outcomes of Use to Federal Agencies • Tools and services • Guidelines and best practices • News and information www.digitalpreservation.gov

5. Tools and Services • Web archiving: capture of agency web sites using third party services, Heritrix web crawler • Data transfer: reliable movement of data from one environment to another using Bagit, associated tools • Persistent bit preservation: distributed storage using LOCKSS www.digitalpreservation.gov

6. Guidelines and Best Practices • Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative: define uniform methods to digitize historical content (text, A/V) • Sustainability of Digital Formats: identifies formats that are promising for long-term viability www.digitalpreservation.gov

7. News and Information Digitalpreservation.gov web site Monthly Digital Preservation Newsletter, free by e-mail subscription Focused conferences and webinars Specialty meetings and briefings www.digitalpreservation.gov

8. Digitalpreservation.gov www.digitalpreservation.gov