October 1, 2004
Committee Formation Meeting: The first all-project meeting was held to bring together the group of librarians, archivists, and technologists who are working on project activities. During this meeting the group identified group and individual objectives for the Content and Preservation Committees, with mechanisms for regular status reports and progress checks.
January 7, 2005
Metadata Technical Meeting: This project meeting was held at Emory University to formalize the conspectus document.
January 12-13, 2005
Kick-Off Meeting for Digital Preservation Partnerships: This meeting was held at the Library of Congress, and provided the first opportunity for the partners in the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) to meet each other and discuss how they will achieve the objectives of their own projects as well as those of the overall national program.
March 11, 2005
Harvest Preparation Meeting: The second all-project meeting was held to finalize the initial conspectus that guides the initial content harvest, to review the results of software development, and to make final preparations for the first full content harvest.
August 15, 2005
Preservation Network Inauguration Meeting: The final all-project meeting will be held to inaugurate the preservation network, refine the conspectus with additional sites, share initial analysis for the development of the cooperative agreement, and examine the content of the first harvest as it is disseminated across the network.
February, 2006
Cooperative Agreement Draft Meeting: The Steering Committee will review the results of the analysis on cooperative models conducted, and reach consensus on the key elements of the Cooperative agreement. Additional meeting agenda items will include reviewing the results of the refined Conspectus and subsequent content harvests, as well as the early results from preservation network tests.
August, 2006
Cooperative Agreement Finalization Meeting: The Steering Committee will work during this meeting to finalize the cooperative agreement. Results of preservation network tests will be reviewed. An outline of the final project report will be developed.
February, 2007
Final Project Meeting: The Steering Committee will meet to complete the final project report.
Committee Formation Meeting: The first all-project meeting was held to bring together the group of librarians, archivists, and technologists who are working on project activities. During this meeting the group identified group and individual objectives for the Content and Preservation Committees, with mechanisms for regular status reports and progress checks.
January 7, 2005
Metadata Technical Meeting: This project meeting was held at Emory University to formalize the conspectus document.
January 12-13, 2005
Kick-Off Meeting for Digital Preservation Partnerships: This meeting was held at the Library of Congress, and provided the first opportunity for the partners in the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) to meet each other and discuss how they will achieve the objectives of their own projects as well as those of the overall national program.
March 11, 2005
Harvest Preparation Meeting: The second all-project meeting was held to finalize the initial conspectus that guides the initial content harvest, to review the results of software development, and to make final preparations for the first full content harvest.
August 15, 2005
Preservation Network Inauguration Meeting: The final all-project meeting will be held to inaugurate the preservation network, refine the conspectus with additional sites, share initial analysis for the development of the cooperative agreement, and examine the content of the first harvest as it is disseminated across the network.
February, 2006
Cooperative Agreement Draft Meeting: The Steering Committee will review the results of the analysis on cooperative models conducted, and reach consensus on the key elements of the Cooperative agreement. Additional meeting agenda items will include reviewing the results of the refined Conspectus and subsequent content harvests, as well as the early results from preservation network tests.
August, 2006
Cooperative Agreement Finalization Meeting: The Steering Committee will work during this meeting to finalize the cooperative agreement. Results of preservation network tests will be reviewed. An outline of the final project report will be developed.
February, 2007
Final Project Meeting: The Steering Committee will meet to complete the final project report.