[ARSCLIST] Announcement: New Website for Federal Agencies Digitization Initiative

[Marsha Maguire <mmag@xxxxxxx>]

The Web site for the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative became publicly accessible on September 30, 2008.  The URL is http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/. The initiative represents a collaborative effort to establish a common set of guidelines for digitizing historical materials.  Under this initiative, two Working Groups have been established. 

The Still Image Working Group will focus its efforts on books, manuscripts, maps, and photographic prints and negatives. Its members include the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Gallery of Art, the National Library of Medicine, the National Technical Information Service, the National Transportation Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Government Printing Office.  

The Audio-Visual Working Group will address standards and practices for sound, video, and motion picture film.  Its members include the Defense Visual Information Directorate of the Department of Defense, the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Library of Medicine, the Smithsonian Institution, the Government Printing Office and the Voice of America.

A press release providing additional information is available at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-177.html. 

Thank you.

Marsha Maguire
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
Packard Campus
19053 Mount Pony Rd.
Culpeper, VA 22701--7551
202-707-8465
mmag@xxxxxxx