1. The NDLTD and Issues of Long Term Preservation and Archiving: It’s about time!
Gail McMillan
Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2. Archiving should be a core activity of the NDLTD with a goal to provide a copy of each member institution’s ETD collection through collaborative persistent mirroring.

3. NDLTD: Action Item 2003/04 Preservation philosophy Archiving plan
Testing
Mainstream preservation processes

4. The NDLTD should be concerned about archiving because
It’s part of its mission.
It’s collections are worthy of preserving.
It’s what academic research libraries do.
It would add prestige to the organization.
It wants to be a model digital library.

5. It’s about time that the NDLTD
accept its mission and establish a preservation plan
develop archiving that crosses the digital divide
recognize responsible archiving is not a passive activity
members collaborate to provide archiving services for each other

6. It’s about time that the NDLTD
investigate the path to effective digital archiving
develop the system-wide infrastructure to support common digital preservation needs for its members
address the full range of archiving issues, including