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About the Digital Preservation Program at the Library of Congress
In December 2000, Congress asked the Library to lead a collaborative project, the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve the burgeoning amounts of digital content, especially materials that are created only in digital formats, for current and future generations. This program is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and a diverse network of partners both in the United States and around the world.
Program Partners
Through NDIIPP the Library is working with a worldwide network of over 6000 partners from universities, libraries, archives, federal agencies and commercial content and technology organizations.
Digital Preservation Inside the Library
In addition to the work with partners, the Library of Congress, through NDIIPP, continues to explore its own cutting-edge methods to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. You can also explore different ways that the Library of Congress is meeting the challenge of digital preservation.
NDIIPP Program Background
In December of 2000 Congress passed legislation (Public Law 106-554) in recognition of the importance of preserving born digital content for future generations, appropriating $100 million to the Library of Congress to lead this effort and to form the National Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. You can find background information on the program here.