Showing posts with label digital_preservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital_preservation. Show all posts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

GPO AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO DIGITIZE HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
"The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and Library of Congress (LOC) are
collaborating to digitize some of our nation’s most important legal and legislative documents after receiving approval from the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). The digitization project will include the public and private laws, and proposed constitutional amendments passed by Congress as published in the official Statutes at Large from 1951-2002. GPO and LOC will also work on digitizing official debates of
Congress from the permanent volumes of the Congressional Record from 1873-1998. These laws and documents will be authenticated and available to the public on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) and the Library of Congress’s THOMAS legislative information system..."

Friday, September 11, 2009

Digital Preservation (Library of Congress)
Resources from the Library of Congress's Digital Preservation program.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

State Digital Resources: Memory Projects, Online Encyclopedias, Historical & Cultural Materials Collections
"The Library of Congress American Memory project and other digital initiatives provide free access through the Internet to the treasures of the Library’s collections that document America’s history, culture, and creativity. Across the country, the archives, cultural institutions, museums, and libraries of many states are collaborating to create similar projects. They provide unprecedented access to materials that document local and regional growth and development as well as a look at the cultures and traditions that have made individual states and communities unique. The following is a compilation of state and regional digital projects and collaborations identified thus far. For each project, the primary institution or institutions overseeing the project are noted. The list will expand as new projects become available."