[edit] Digital Federal Depository Library Program
The Digital Federal Depository Library Program, or the "USDocs" private LOCKSS network replicates key aspects of the United States Federal Depository System. The content is held in geographically distributed sites and replicated many times. Citizens have oversight and responsibility for the long-term care and maintenance of the content. All these characteristics mean the content will be preserved so that any alteration of the content (either deliberate or accidental) will be detected and repaired. For all documents, preservation in a tamper-evident environment is important, but for government documents, this is essential.
See also: U.S. Government Documents PLN Frequently Asked Questions
The participating libraries and the Stanford LOCKSS team are currently working to preserve content published via:
1. Carl Malamud’s public.resource.org site, http://bulk.resource.org/.
2. The U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Federal Digital System, www.fdsys.gov
Participating Institutions:
- Alaska State Library
- Amherst College
- Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records [FDLP regional library]
- California State University, Fresno
- Florida State University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Government Printing Office
- Indiana State Library [FDLP regional library]
- Library of Congress
- Louisiana State University [FDLP regional library]
- Louisiana Tech University [FDLP regional library]
- Michigan State University
- North Carolina State University
- Northeastern University
- Portland State University
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Simon Fraser University
- Stanford University
- University of Alabama [FDLP regional library]
- University of Alberta
- University of Arizona
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Illinois/Chicago
- University of Kentucky [FDLP regional library]
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina [FDLP regional library]
- University of North Texas
- University of Utah
- University of Virginia [FDLP regional library]
- University of Wisconsin-Madison [FDLP regional library]
- Utah State University [FDLP regional library]
- Vanderbilt
- Virginia Tech
View LOCKSS-USDOCS participants in a larger map
We welcome additional participants. For more information, please contact James Jacobs at jrjacobs (at) stanford (at) edu.
To bring a "USDOCS" LOCKSS box online, please follow these instructions,
USDOCS_PLN_Configuration
For more on the digital Federal Depository Library Program, see:
"Distributed Globally, Collected Locally: LOCKSS for Digital Government Information" Daniel Cornwall and James R. Jacobs. Against the Grain, 21(1) February, 2009. p.42-44. http://freegovinfo.info/system/files/ATG-lockss-p5-7.pdf
LOCKSS-USDOCS: best practices for preserving digital government information. Presentation, Best Practices Exchange 2010. http://snipurl.com/bpe2010-lockss-usdocs
Preservation for all: LOCKSS-USDOCS and our digital future. James Jacobs and Victoria Reich, Stanford University Libraries. Documents to the People (DttP) Volume 38:3 (Fall 2010). http://freegovinfo.info/system/files/lockssusdocs-dttp38%283%29.pdf
