NDIIPP: The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Julie Sweetkind-Singer Head, Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections, Stanford University GIS & Map Librarian
The Library of Congress and NDIIPP National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program The vision of NDIIPP is to ensure access over time to a rich body of digital content through the establishment of a national network of committed partners. $100 million in funding from Congress, Dec. 2000 1 st round of funding announced September 30, 2004 8 grants funded for nearly $14 million 2 nd round of funding announced May 6, 2005 10 awards totaling $3 million (in conjunction with NSF)
NDIIPP Goals Develop a national collection and preservation strategy Build a network of partners Develop a technical architecture that supports a network Foster research into new tools, techniques, and models for digital preservation From NDIIPP Kick-off meeting, Library of Congress, January 2005 (Laura Campbell)
NDIIPP Outcomes Preservation of at-risk digital content National collection development plan Protocols and standards for the technical infrastructure 100+ preservation partners NDIIPP governing body On-going national preservation plan From NDIIPP Kick-off meeting, Library of Congress, January 2005 (Laura Campbell)
Funded projects California Digital Library: the Web at risk: government and political information Main partners: New York University University of North Texas, the Libraries Texas Center for Digital Knowledge Other technical partners Award of $2.4 million Channel 13/WNET, New York: preserving digital public television Main partners: WGBH, Boston PBS, Virginia New York University Award of $2.8 million
Funded projects Emory University: MetaArchive of southern cultural heritage Main partners: Univ. of Louisville Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. Libraries Florida State University Auburn Univ. Libraries Georgia Institute of Tech. Award of $665,000 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and National Center for Supercomputing Applications: ECHO DEPository project Main partners: OCLC Tufts, Perseus Project Michigan State University Award of $2.48 million
Funded projects University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business: birth of the dot com era Main partners: George Mason University Gallivan, Gallivan and O'Melia LLC Snyder, Miller, Orton Lawyers LLP Internet Archive Award of $235,000 University of Michigan, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research: Data-PASS: Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences Main partners: Univ. of CT, Roper Center UNC, Chapel Hill Harvard (2 centers) NARA Award of $2 million
Funded projects North Carolina State University: preservation of geospatial data from state and government agencies in North Carolina Main partner: North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis Award of $520,000 University of California at Santa Barbara: formation of a national geospatial federated digital repository Main partner: Stanford University Award of $2.6 million
Digital geospatial information
GIS data structures Stacked map layers: Each layer represents a unique phenomenon. The geo-referenced layers can be superimposed and queried. Population Density Senate District Average Age Per Census Tract Street Data
Vector data: points, lines, polygons Some possible layers: Political Boundaries Census Boundaries Zip Code Boundaries Streets Hydrography Universities Business locations
Raster layers: maps of continuous data Elevation Population
Images and image processing
The National Geospatial Digital Archive What does archiving this type of data mean? Wide variety of data formats Complex data structures Large file sizes Detailed metadata requirements
The National Geospatial Digital Archive Key non-technical elements. Collection development policies Contracts Intellectual property
The National Geospatial Digital Archive Key technical elements Format registries Build-out of repositories Federation of the systems Initial partners Stanford: David Rumsey Collection UCSB: CaSIL California Spatial Information Library
National Initiatives Selection and collection development Intellectual property Retention and sustainability (technical architecture) Economic sustainability
Library of Congress: NDIIPP www.digitalpreservation.gov NGDA www.ngda.org Julie Sweetkind-Singer: sweetkind@stanford.edu Larry Carver: carver@library.ucsb.edu