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Practical Guides (1)
Building State Government Digital Preservation Partnerships: A Capability Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Version 1.0
Mon, 01 Aug 2005 >Download PDF
Mon, 01 Aug 2005 >Download PDF
Decisions to invest in digital preservation projects must be grounded in a full understanding of the ability of those involved to identify and fill the gaps between current and required capability. This toolkit is designed for library, archives, records management, and information technology professionals to assess where capability for digital preservation exists and where it must be developed in order to achieve the goal of preserving significant at-risk government information.
Reports (2)
This report provides a baseline for state government digital information preservation capabilities and activities. It includes an analysis of the results across states and territories and presents several observations on the current digital preservation environment based on CTG’s 2006 State Government Digital Information Preservation Survey.
This Web-based resource provides profiles of state government digital information preservation efforts within the United States based on the information collected from the 2006 State Government Digital Information Preservation Survey. The profiles are organized by state or territory and the library, archives, and records management units that were represented in the survey response.
Journal Articles and Conference Papers (1)
Hyuckbin Kwon, Theresa A. Pardo, and G. Brian Burke
Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, USA, 277-284,
Thu, 25 May 2006,
Eight pages
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Based on the findings of 2005 Library of Congress workshops and previous efforts on digital preservation, this paper discusses the challenges and opportunities regarding interorganizational collaboration and community building for digital preservation of state government information.
Results
Digital Archiving: From Fragmentation to Collaboration
Report and press release from the June 2006 National Association of Secretaries of State and National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council (eC3) symposium on state government archiving of digital information. CTG staff organized and facilitated the day and a half symposium session with secretaries of state, state archivists, state librarians, IT solutions vendors and others interested in the issue of digital archiving. Also, CTG wrote the symposium report, which CTG presented at the December 2006 annual eC3 conference in Sacramento, California.
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Partnering for Preservation
Can governments come up with plans to preserve digital information for future generations? Yes, but CIOs must be on board to make it happen. > Download Article
By Theresa A. Pardo and Brian Burke
Public CIO Magazine
April-May 2006 Issue
Preservation of State Government Digital Information: Issues and Opportunities
Report of the Library of Congress Convening Workshops with States
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The Library of Congress convened three workshops with representatives from all 50 states during 2005 to listen and learn about how states are coping with the digital preservation challenge. CTG staff played a key role in planning, facilitating, and analyzing the results of the workshops. Findings from the workshops are outlined in this report.
Regulatory Impacts on E-Records Management Decisions
Prepared by the NECCC Records Management Workgroup
2005 > Download PDF
2005 > Download PDF
As part of CTG’s project with the Library of Congress, CTG staff participated in the NECCC Records Management Workgroup and contributed to this paper. This NECCC workgroup paper seeks to describe and discuss the impact on state and local public agencies of the unintended results created by new regulations and changes in regulatory assignments by the federal government. Several case studies are highlighted to show what jurisdictions are doing to solve this issue.
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