Preserving State Government Digital Information
Introduction
The Library of Congress’ National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) has funded four initial state-level projects, including Minnesota's A Model Technological and Social Architecture for the Preservation of State Government Digital Information, a multi-year project to work with selected state legislatures in exploring methods to provide enhanced online access to legislative materials in digital form.
The Minnesota Historical Society is leading the effort in partnership with the Minnesota Revisor’s Office, the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, the California Digital Library, California’s State Library and State Archives, the California Legislative Counsel, and the National Conference of State Legislatures. Other participating states include Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont.
Visit NDIIPP's Multistate Government Digital Information program for news and events, information on lead partners, and background information.
Announcements of Recent Project Activities
- Presentation given as part of the 2009 Professional Development Seminar for Legislative Research Librarians (October)
- Podcast highlighting the project and titled Good Government though Digital Infrastructure and Preservation posted online (October)
- Pilot Project Meeting webpage including meeting summaries posted online (September)
- August 2009, Hosted meeting for the new project partner states; Arkansas, North Dakota, and Nebraska (unable to attend); meeting summary posted online (September)
- August 2009 Illinois Partner meeting summary posted online (August)
- July 2009 Tennessee Partner meeting summary posted online (July)
- National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) Annual Meeting presentation (July)
- Options for Improving Access to Legislative Records White Paper posted (June)
- June 2009 metadata presentation given at NDIIPP annual meeting posted online (June)
- May 2009 Vermont Partner meeting summary posted online (June)
- Digital Audio Video White Paper posted online (May)
- March 2009 XML schema meeting summary posted online (April)
- Retrospective Digitization White Paper posed online (March)
- Government Data Mashups White Paper posted online (March)
- XML Usage Survey materials posted online (February)
- Legislative History materials posted online (February)
Project Resources
General Project Information:
- Initial Project Summary, 2007 (PDF)
- Extension Request Summary, 2009 (PDF)
- Partner Resources
Created Resources Sorted Alphabetically:
- Authentication Resources
- Digital Audio Video White Paper and Resources
- Government Data Mashups White Paper
- Legislative History Resources
- Options for Improving Access to Legislative Records
- Project Podcast
- Preservation Options
- Records Retention Policies for Selected Legislative Records
- Retrospective Digitization White Paper and Resources
- Survey of Partner's Legislative Records on the Web
- Web Content Accessibility
- XML Usage Survey
Partner Meetings
The following links will retrieve a page documenting the meetings held with each state partner over the course of the project. These pages are updated after each meeting.
- Arkansas Partners
- California Partners
- Illinois Partners
- Kansas Partners
- Minnesota Partners
- Mississippi Partners
- North Dakota Partners
- Tennessee Partners
- Vermont Partners
Contact
For more information regarding the project, contact:
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Robert Horton, Project Director
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October 22, 2009
