Monday, May 09, 2005

Research awards to advance digital preservation

As announced on May 6:

The Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) and the National Science Foundation...awarded eleven university teams a total of $3 million to undertake pioneering research to support the long-term management of digital information. These awards are the outcome of a partnership between the two agencies to develop the first digital-preservation research grants program.

The announcement goes on to give details and list the institutions. The institutions are:

  • University of California San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • University of Maryland
  • Drexel University
  • University of California San Diego
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Michigan
  • Old Dominion University
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Johns Hopkins University

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