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Reports
Office of Strategic Initiatives Strategic Plan 2008-2013
OSI has just issued its Strategic Plan for the next six years. The plan is intended as a living document that will guide OSI as it develops programs, plans and strategies for the Library of Congress's digital future.
FY 2008 - 2013 Strategic Plan (PDF, 32.9 MB)
San Diego Supercomputer Center Test Report
Between May 2006 and October 2007, the Library of Congress and the San Diego Supercomputer Center conducted data-transfer and storage tests to test the trustworthiness of off-site storage of the Library’s digital materials. A report is now available.
SDSC LC Data Storage Report 2 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Background and Planning Documents
Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
"Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program" is in two parts. Part 1 provides an Executive Summary and details of the national plan for preserving digital materials.
Preserving Our Digital Heritage, Part 1 (PDF, 3.1 MB)
Part 2, the Appendices, offers important background and supplementary materials. These diverse Appendices illustrate the planning process and provide a rationale for the Plan's recommendations.
Preserving Our Digital Heritage, Appendices (PDF, 16.9 MB)
Building Preservation Partnerships: The Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
By William Lefurgy
Digital Initiatives Project Manager
Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiatives
View the complete report (PDF, 130 Kb)
Research Documents
The planning process for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program has sought to take advantage of existing knowledge and experience in digital archiving. Listed below are the results of exchanges with individuals who represent a range of interests and organizations across publishing, film, entertainment, news, electronic books, computer science, libraries, corporate research, nonprofit organizations, professional and trade associations and academe.
Background Summary of Results from Interviews and Essays
In late August and September of 2001, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) undertook a series of interviews and commissioned a set of six environmental scans on behalf of the Library of Congress. This introductory paper summarizes the interviews and scans.
Summary of interviews and scans (PDF, 25 Kb)
Convening Sessions — November 5-6, 7-8, 15-16, 2001
Summary Report
One hundred forty individuals representing a range of stakeholder communities, primarily content creators, distributors and users, were invited to participate in one of three 1-1/2 day sessions in Washington, D.C., in November 2001. The 70 who attended represented media and entertainment (film, television, music); scholarly, textbook, commercial and newspaper publishing; research libraries; heritage preservation organizations; universities; private foundations and independent authors and artists as well as representatives of other interested federal agencies.
Convening Session Summary Report (PDF, 31 Kb)
Environmental Scans
In August 2001, the Council on Library and Information Resources commissioned six environmental scans at the request of the Library of Congress. The essays represent the informed views of the "state of the art" by recognized experts.
Six topics have been covered: Web sites, electronic journals, electronic books, digitally recorded sound, digital moving images and digital television. The requirements for long term preservation vary among the formats, defying easy summary. Recurrent themes include technological advances and obsolescence; intellectual property rights management; challenges to defining individual works, when they may be, in many cases, composites of several contributing works in different media; and shifting roles and responsibilities for creators, distributors and users.
Listing of Environmental Scans
It's About Time: Research Challenges in Digital Archiving and Long-term Preservation
The Library of Congress and the National Science Foundation hosted a workshop to identify specific research challenges associated with long-term preservation of digital content. As detailed in the published report, the workshop identified a number of priority areas for research into new models, methodologies and tools for digital preservation.
April 12-13, 2002. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Library of Congress. NSF LC final report (PDF, 15.9 MB)
National Science Foundation Workshop on Research Challenges in Digital Archiving
A brief overview of this workshop, Workshop on Research Challenges in Digital Archiving: Toward a National Infrastructure for Long-Term Preservation of Digital Information, written by Margaret Hedstrom, associate professor at the School of Information at the University of Michigan and a member of the National Digital Strategy Advisory Board.
View the presentation
Project Briefings
Coalition for Network Information (CNI) Spring Task Force Meeting
Laura Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, delivers a project briefing on the NDIIPP. Presentation includes overview of program inception, initial steps and program process, NDIIPP Convening Sessions, R&D Strategies for Long-Term Preservation and List of Participating Agencies. April 16, 2002
View the presentation (PDF, 194 Kb)
Annual Reviews
2005 Annual Review for the Office of Strategic Initiatives (PDF, 6.4 MB)
2004 Annual Review for the Office of Strategic Initiatives (PDF, 8.4 MB)