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[1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (114)
Subject: Congress Approves Digital Preservation Plan
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (62)
Subject: New Scholarly Communication Listserv Begins Feb 24
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:36:20 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Congress Approves Digital Preservation Plan
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 18, 2003
Congress Approves Plan for the National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2003/03-022.html
>Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:21:53 -0500 (EST)
>From: Ann Okerson <aokerson@pantheon.yale.edu>
>To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
>>
>In case some of you haven't seen this, it's important national/library
>news, two years in the making ... hopefully, this project will give a real
>boost to the nation's e-preservation efforts. FYI, Ann Okerson
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Public Affairs Office
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington DC 20540-1610
phone (202) 707-2905
fax (202) 707-9199
e-mail pao@loc.gov
February 14, 2003
Contact: Guy Lamolinara (202) 707-9217, glam@loc.gov
LIBRARY ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF PLAN TO PRESERVE AMERICA'S DIGITAL
HERITAGE
Today the Librarian of Congress announced that the Library of Congress
has received approval from the U.S. Congress for its "Plan for the
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program"
(NDIIPP), which will enable the Library to launch the initial phase of
BUILDING a national infrastructure for the collection and long-term
preservation of digital content.
"The Library of Congress is grateful for the continuing support that
Congress has given us by asking us to lead this critical program to
collect and preserve America's cultural and intellectual heritage in
digital formats for generations to come," said Librarian of Congress
James H. Billington. "Together with other federal agencies and the
library, archival, university and private sector communities, we will
work to develop a network of collaborative partners as well as a
technical architecture that will provide the framework for digital
preservation."
Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives Laura Campbell is
overseeing this effort for the Library. "I echo Dr. Billington's
remarks and add that the Library of Congress has gained an enormous
amount of knowledge from its partners in this initiative. We look
forward to a continued successful collaboration as we work together to
preserve digital materials before they are forever lost."
Congressional approval of the "Plan for the National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program," means the Library can move
forward with developing the details of the plan and Congress will
release FUNDS for the next phase of NDIIPP. The NDIIPP legislation asks
the Library to raise up to $75 million in private funds and in-kind
contributions, which Congress will match dollar-for-dollar.
Background
In December 2000, Congress authorized the Library of Congress to develop
and execute a congressionally approved plan for a National Digital
Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. A $99.8 million
congressional appropriation was made to establish the program.
According to Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-1033), "The overall plan
should set forth a strategy for the Library of Congress, in
collaboration with other federal and nonfederal entities, to identify a
national network of libraries and other organizations with
responsibilities for collecting digital materials that will provide
access to and maintain those materials. ...
In addition to developing this strategy, the plan shall set forth, in
concert with the Copyright Office, the policies, protocols and
strategies for the long-term preservation of such materials, including
the technological infrastructure required at the Library of Congress."
The legislation mandates that the Library work with federal entities
such as the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Archives and
Records Administration, the National Library of Medicine, the National
Agricultural Library, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
and "other federal, research and private libraries and institutions with
expertise in telecommunications technology and electronic commerce
policy." The goal is to build a network of committed partners working
through a preservation architecture of defined roles and
responsibilities.
The Library of Congress digital strategy is being formulated in concert
with a study, commissioned by the Librarian of Congress, by the National
Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. "LC 21:
A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress" was issued July 26,
2000, and made several recommendations, including that the Library,
working with other institutions, take the lead in the preservation and
archiving of digital materials.
The complete text of the "Plan for the National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program" is available at
<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov>. This includes an explanation of how the
plan was developed, who the Library worked with to develop the plan and
the key components of the digital preservation infrastructure.
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. Through
its National Digital Library (NDL) Program, it is also one of the
leading providers of noncommercial intellectual content on the Internet
(www.loc.gov). The NDL Program's flagship American Memory project, in
collaboration with 36 institutions nationwide, makes freely available
millions of American historical items.
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:38:15 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: New Scholarly Communication Listserv Begins Feb 24
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 18, 2003
Association of College and Research Libraries initiates
SCHOLCOM: a listserv on scholarly communication issues
http://www.ala.org/membership
>From: Alan Boyd <alan.boyd@oberlin.edu>
>To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
>>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:36:01 EST
>
>This announcement is being posted on various related lists, pls. do not
>reply to sender
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To meet the increasing interest in scholarly communication issues and to
allow librarians and other interested parties to exchange opinions, views
and news, the Association of College and Research Libraries is proud to
announce the new listserv SCHOLCOMM.
SCHOLCOMM is a discussion group that provides a forum for the examination
and analysis of topics such as open access to scholarly information, new
models of scholarly publishing, increasing journal prices, copyright law
and policy, related technologies, and federal information law and policies
that impact the access of scholars, students, and the general public to
scholarly information. In addition to ongoing discussions of critical
issues, the list will contain:
postings on upcoming conferences
calls for papers
legislative news announcements
other relevant material
This listserv serves an audience of librarians, researchers, scholars,
policy makers, and all who have a vested interest in the sharing of
scholarly communication.
To subscribe to SCHOLCOMM list,
1) Go to the ALA web site by clicking on this link:
http://www.ala.org/membership
(If clicking doesn't work, "Cut" and "Paste" the line above into your
Web browser's address bar.)
2) Click on ALA Lists and Discussion Groups
3) If you are already registered within the ALA structure of listservs,
simply log in and scroll down to SCHOLCOMM. Click on SCHOLCOMM, and you
will be registered for the list.
If you are not already registered, you will need to follow the directions
to register for access to the entire site -- a simple and familiar
procedure. Once registered, you can continue the directions in the
paragraph above to register specifically for the SCHOLCOMM listserv.
To send a message to the list, the address is:
scholcomm@ala1.ala.org
We look forward to hearing from you! Discussions start on Monday, February
24, 2003.
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