The MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture: Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network Robert H. McDonald Assistant Director of Libraries Florida State University Martin Halbert Director for Library Systems Emory University Lizabeth Nicol Information Technology Specialist, Digital Projects Auburn University Victoria Reich Director of LOCKSS Program Stanford University Tyler O. Walters Associate Director of Libraries Georgia Institute of Technology This presentation will feature members of the steering committee of the MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture. They will discuss plans for their collaborative digital preservation network funded as a partnership by the Library of Congress’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. This partnership, headed by Emory University, is a test-bed implementation of a collaborative digital preservation network by six different academic institutions (Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech, Florida State University, University of Louisville, Auburn University) and the Library of Congress. The program will feature highlights from the early planning stages of this project, including timelines and deliverables, as well as ideas for future activities that will be generated from work on this exciting collaborative model. MetaArchive: Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network (Acrobat document) http://www.metaarchive.org/