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GeoMAPP Project Releases Interim Report

May 27, 2010 -- Report documents their work from 2007-2009.
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Merritt in CDL Repository Development Project

May 27, 2010 -- The California Digital Library is developing a new digital preservation repository, known as the Merritt Project.
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Digital Genome Deposited in Swiss Fort Knox

May 27, 2010 -- The European Planets project deposited a time capsule deep in a data vault in southwestern Switzerland containing a digital "genome" from which they hope future generations will be able to reconstruct some types of digital file formats.
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Solutions or Calamities?

May 27, 2010 -- The 26th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies addressed ideas for bridging the gap between what computers can do and the ability to keep data available.
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Data-PASS Project Gets IMLS Support for Tool

May 27, 2010 -- The Data-PASS Alliance recently received an IMLS award to develop a policy-based archival replication system for libraries, archives and museums.
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Personal Archiving Day at the Library

May 19, 2010 -- The Library of Congress held its first Personal Archiving Day to help people keep their personal information, whether in analog or digital form.
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Computing Pioneer Gordon Bell Visits Library

May 19, 2010 -- Computing pioneer Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research made a recent visit to the Library to talk about MyLifeBits.
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CIOs Discuss Preserving State Digital Data

May 13, 2010 -- NDIIPP staff provided a status briefing at the 2010 NASCIO Mid-Year Conference on April 30 in Baltimore, Md.
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Preserving Digital Legislative Records

May 11, 2010 -- A new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures looks at digital preservation issues. 
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New NDIIPP podcast: Chris Greer

May 11, 2010 -- Chris Greer of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is featured in a new NDIIPP Digital Preservation podcast. 
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NDIIPP on Facebook

May 6, 2010 -- The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is now on Facebook. 
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