MetaArchive Cooperative, USA
The MetaArchive Cooperative is an independent, multi-state membership association hosted by the Educopia Institute, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Cooperative’s purpose is to support, promote, and extend the MetaArchive approach to distributed digital preservation practices. (http://www.metaarchive.org). This approach relies upon a distributed preservation network infrastructure that is based on the LOCKSS software (http://www.lockss.org). The MetaArchive Cooperative began as a collaborative venture of Emory University, Auburn University, Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Louisville, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the Library of Congress. The initiative began in 2004 as part of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) supported by the Library of Congress.
The MetaArchive Cooperative is responsible for maintaining and extending its methodology and approach to distributed digital preservation, as well as the specific MetaArchive networks that it hosts (e.g., the MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture).
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