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Why Digital Preservation Is Important For Everyone
Check out a short video about the basics of digital preservation.
Digital Preservation Research
Additional work is needed to extend and improve the tools, services, and practices needed for digital stewardship. The Library has partnered with the National Science Foundation to develop a digital preservation research agenda and also to launch a Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access.
Library of Congress-NSF Research Awards
On May 4, 2005, the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program and the National Science Foundation awarded 10 university teams a total of $3 million to undertake pioneering research to support the long-term management of digital information. These awards are the outcome of a partnership between the two agencies to develop the first digital-preservation research grants program.
The following presentations were offered May 17, 2005, at the PIs meeting for the National Science Foundation Digital Archiving Program, held at dg.o2005, the sixth National Conference on Digital Government Research.
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