Implementation of digital deposit at the National Library of Norway

Implementation of digital deposit at the National Library of Norway

The paper will outline the strategies at the National Library of Norway for capturing digital born publications directly from the publishers, even though the publication itself is on paper or other physical media. Also the actual implementation of these strategies and lessons learned in the process will be presented. This includes both the dialog with the publishers, the technical solutions for digital capture, and the processes for handling digital publications within the library. The paper will focus on a concrete implementation for newspapers. However, the principles are general. The paper will also briefly cover how the most important parts of the Norwegian Internet are currently captured for preservation. Finally, the digital deposit and the web harvesting will be placed into the context of the ambitious digitization program at the National Library of Norway.