<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>RE: [SPG_Active_Members] Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservationand Access named</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Wow!   $525,000. for that? Would any CHM associates want to partner with me to bid for that, perhaps using CHM as the pilot site with or without some local university library (Stanford?).  (I left a telephone message for Mike Keller.) To see why I think we might be very well positioned to win support, see a draft paper that I submitted to The American Archivist in early December.  Accessible at <A HREF="http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/LDPeng.pdf">http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/LDPeng.pdf</A> FYI, I did contact the Blue Ribbon TF to make a suggestion of a social/collegial nature that is vaguely related to the technical, implementation, and pilot work that I have in mind.  That communication was well received. Cheerio, Henry P.S.  One curiosity in the RFP--the full proposal date (3/8/08) is earlier than the preliminary proposal date (10/6/08).  I called the NSF, and the distinction (not made on the Web page) is that there are two phases of the programme. -----Original Message----- From: scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org [<A HREF="mailto:scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org">mailto:scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org</A>] On Behalf Of Randall Neff Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:04 AM To: SCC_active@computerhistory.org Subject: [SPG_Active_Members] Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservationand Access named >From ACM TechNews  Feb 4, 2008 " Academic Group Convenes to Tackle Archiving of Digital Data Chronicle of Higher Education (01/29/08) Foster, Andrea L. The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation is focusing on solving the expensive and time-consuming problem of preserving digital data. The new group, backed by a two-year, $525,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will work to develop requirements for an economically-sustainable model for digital preservation. The task force, which is headed by economist Brian Lavoie, a research scientist at the OCLC Online Computer Library Center, and San Diego Supercomputer Center director Francine Berman, is expected to issue two reports, one at the end of this year and one in 2009. Berman says she is particularly concerned over the lack of attention being paid to preserving data from federally-funded research. The task force is collaborating with the Library of Congress, Britain's Joint Information Systems Committee, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the National Archives and Records Administration." Complete article at: <A HREF="http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/200692.htm">http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/200692.htm</A> NSF Solicitation:  Full proposal target Date;  March 21, 2008 and a link to FAQs. <A HREF="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503141">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503141</A> Randall. _______________________________________________ SCC_active mailing list SCC_active@computerhistory.org <A HREF="http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active">http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active</A> </BODY> </HTML>