Content Preservation
The Library of Congress and its partners collect and preserve at-risk digital materials while utilizing and testing standards and best practices. These partners are listed below according to the type of content they collect (project name in parenthesis)
Collecting: E-journals
Collecting: Geospatial Data
North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project)
North Carolina State University Libraries (North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project)
Stanford University, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (National Geospatial Digital Archive)
University of California at Santa Barbara Libraries (National Geospatial Digital Archive)
Collecting: Government Information
Alaska State Archives (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records (Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) Project)
California Digital Library (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
California State Library (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Colorado State Library (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Florida State Archives (Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) Project)
Idaho State Archives (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Illinois State Library (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
Indiana State Archives and Library (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Kansas State Historical Society (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and Kentucky Division of Geographic Information (GeoMAPP)
Louisiana State Archives (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Minnesota Historical Society (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
Mississippi Department of Archives and History (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
Montana State Archives (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
New York State Archives (Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) Project)
North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (GeoMAPP)
Oregon State Archives (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Oregon State Library (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
South Carolina Department of Archives and History (Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) Project)
Tennessee State Libraries and Archives (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
Utah Division of Archives; Utah State Library Digital Library Services; and Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (GeoMAPP)
Vermont State Archives (A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information Project)
Washington State Archives (Multi-State Preservation Consortium)
Collecting: Television
Educational Broadcasting Corporation (Preserving Digital Public Television)
New York University, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (Preserving Digital Public Television)
New York University, Digital Libraries (Preserving Digital Public Television)
Public Broadcasting Service (Preserving Digital Public Television)
SCOLA (Preserving International Television)
Thirteen/WNET New York (Preserving Digital Public Television)
WGBH, Boston (Preserving Digital Public Television)
Collecting: Social Science Data
Harvard University, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard-MIT Data Center (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS))
Harvard University, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Henry A. Murray Research Archive (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS))
National Archives and Records Administration, Electronic and Special Media Records Service Division (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS))
University of Connecticut, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS))
University of Michigan, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS))
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS))
Collecting: Web Archives
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
Auburn University Libraries (MetaArchive)
California Digital Library at the University of California (Web-at-Risk)
Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library (MetaArchive)
Florida State University Libraries (MetaArchive)
Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center (MetaArchive)
Illinois State Library (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
Michigan State University Library (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
New York University (Web-at-Risk)
North Carolina State Library (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
Online Computer Library Center (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
Tufts University, Perseus Project (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Graduate School of Library and Information Science (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
University of Louisville Libraries (MetaArchive)
University of North Texas, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (Web-at-Risk)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Libraries (MetaArchive)
Wisconsin State Library (ECHO DEPository: Exploring Collaborations to Harness Objects with a Digital Environment for Preservation)
Standards & Best Practices: Digital Images
American Society of Media Photographers (Metadata Standards and Tools for Digital Photography)
Art on File (Preserving Digital Still Images)
ARTstor (Preserving Digital Still Images)
Dynalite (Standardized Metadata for Stock Photography)
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation (Preserving Digital Still Images)
Keywording.com (Standardized Metadata for Stock Photography)
Northwestern University (Preserving Digital Still Images)
Photo Mechanic (Standardized Metadata for Stock Photography)
Stock Artists Alliance (Standardized Metadata for Stock Photography)
Universal Press Syndicate (Preserving Digital Cartoons)
Standards & Best Practices: Motion Pictures
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Science & Technology Council (Digital Motion Picture Archival Project)
NBC/Universal (Digital Motion Picture Archival Project)
Sony Pictures (Digital Motion Picture Archival Project)
Twentieth Century Fox (Digital Motion Picture Archival Project)
Walt Disney Company/Pixar (Digital Motion Picture Archival Project)
Warner Brothers (Digital Motion Picture Archival Project)
Standards & Best Practices: Recorded Sound
Audio Engineering Society (Metadata Schema Development for Recorded Sound)
BMS/Chace (Metadata Schema Development for Recorded Sound)
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Producers and Engineers Wing (Metadata Schema Development for Recorded Sound)
Recording Industry Association of America (Metadata Schema Development for Recorded Sound)
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Metadata Schema Development for Recorded Sound)
Standards & Best Practices: Virtual Worlds and Games
Linden Lab (Preserving Virtual Worlds)
Rochester Institute of Technology, Game Programming, Department of Information Technology Council (Preserving Virtual Worlds)
Stanford University, Stanford Humanities Lab (Preserving Virtual Worlds)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and UI Library (Preserving Virtual Worlds)
University of Maryland, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, Electronic Literature Organization (Preserving Virtual Worlds)