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| Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
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| Author | Zwaard, Kate Haun-Mohamed, Robin Mauldin, James Landgraf, Matthew R. |
| Abstract | For nearly 150 years, the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) has kept America informed by producing and distributing Federal government information products. GPO combines conventional technology with state-of-the-art methods whether providing public access to Government information online, or producing or procuring printed publications that serve the information needs of the U. S. Congress, Federal agencies and the American public. Established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government's information, the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) involves the acquisition, format conversion, and distribution of depository materials and the coordination of Federal depository libraries in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U. S. territories. The mission of the FDLP is to disseminate information products from all three branches of the Government to over 1,230 libraries nationwide. In response to the growing need to have a centralized repository of Federal Government content, GPO is developing the Federal Digital System (FDsys) (www.fdsys.gov), which manages, authenticates, preserves, and provides access to Federal Government information. The system went live in beta in January of 2009. When fully implemented, FDsys will provide the American people a one stop site to authentic, published government information. The system is envisioned as a comprehensive, systematic, and dynamic means for preserving any type of digital content, independent of specific hardware and/or software. Six months after launch, FDsys was named one of the top government websites by Government Computer News. This paper will give an overview of the current activities and future goals of the U. S. Government Printing Office in the acquisition, preservation, and providing of public access to digital content available through the FDLP via FDsys. GPO acquires digital content through three vehicles: deposit of publications directly from the authoring agency, conversion of content from print, and harvesting of content from the web. Through FDsys, GPO plans to expand its ability to directly accept digital government publications, and will maintain authenticity and digital provenance. In addition, GPO plans to acquire publications through automated harvesting of born digital content from Federal agency websites, and to embark on an effort to digitize the entire historical collection made available through the FDLP. Together, these three methods of capture will form a publicly accessible, comprehensive collection of Federal publications that fall within the scope of the FDLP. GPO will assist the public in finding these publications through the Catalog of U. S. Government Publications, a robust source of descriptive metadata, and through the state-of-the art search tools on FDsys. Additionally, XML of select publications is available for direct download. GPO employs sound practices to ensure its digital content will be usable and accessible in perpetuity to the general public. GPO is developing FDsys in accordance with the OAIS reference model and has crafted its requirements to meet the standards set forth in the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist once FDsys is fully implemented. Self describing Archival Information Packages are stored in a preservation repository that is separated from most used portions of the system. Preservation metadata is discerned and persisted using the PREMIS data dictionary, including a full record of provenance/authenticity information. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 6 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| ISBN | 9781450301091 |
| DOI | 10.1145/2039274.2039280 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publisher Date | 2010-03-29 |
| Publisher Place | New York |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Subject Keyword | Federal depository library program (fdlp) Digitization standards Open archival information system (oais) Continuity of operations (coop) Web harvesting Content authenticity Content integrity Federal digital system (fdsys) Digitization Digital preservation Government printing office (gpo) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
| Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
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| 1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
| 3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
| 4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
| 5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
| 6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
| 7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
| 8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
| 9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |
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