NDSA:Action Statement

Members of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance, an initiative of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, collaborate to preserve access to our national digital heritage by:

• broadening access to our nation's expanding digital heritage
• developing and coordinating sustainable infrastructures for the preservation of digital content and resources
• advocating standards for the stewardship of digital objects
• building a community of practice around the management of distributed digital collections
• promoting innovation
• facilitating cooperation between government agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and commercial entities
• fostering the participation of diverse communities and relationships across boundaries
• raising public awareness of the enduring value of digital resources and the need for active stewardship of these national treasures