NALIT's 2005 Professional Development Seminar in Rapid City, South Dakota in October featured a session that included discussions about Building State Government Digital Preservation Partnerships: A Capability Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Version 1. The session covered the preservation of digital records and publications and tools available to states to include CTG's toolkit. NALIT provides legislative information technology managers and staff, webmasters, and others interested in technology and computer services with opportunities for training, professional growth and information sharing.

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with nearly 128 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves.

The Library of Congress Digital Preservation Program will seek to provide a national focus on important policy, standards and technical components necessary to preserve digital content. Investments in modeling and testing various options and technical solutions will take place over several years, resulting in recommendations to the U.S. Congress about the most viable and sustainable options for long-term preservation.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities.

Cornell University Library’s Digital Preservation Management workshop series is intended for those who are contemplating or implementing digital preservation programs in libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions. The goals of this initiative are to foster critical thinking in a technological realm and to provide the means for exercising practical and responsible stewardship of digital assets.