DigitalKoans

The Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiatives has published its Strategic Plan FY 2008-2013. This is a large color PDF file (about 34 MB).

Here are three brief excerpts:

By 2013 we expect to have in place:

• Increased digital content holdings
• Capability to produce and receive sustainable digital content from multiple sources
• A stewardship network of collaborative partners
• Recommendations on digital content information architecture, preservation and access
• Recommendations on public policy for digital content preservation and access

Through 2013, we expect to:

• Increase use and awareness of content and services by target user communities
• Improve integrated search and discovery
• Secure delivery of digital content and services
• Enable multiple ways/methods of access to digital content and services
• Facilitate integration of the Library’s primary sources into K–12 educational settings
• and networks

Key outcomes associated with our technology infrastructure objective include:

• Secured, available and scalable technology infrastructure
• Defined Library of Congress technical infrastructure for shared tools and services
• among networked entities
• Defined future institution-wide architecture and support for a national networked
• digital information architectural framework
• Specialized institutional digital media repository services
• Preserved authentic digital content over time.

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