First web server launched

1990

First e-journals are published and distributed online

1993 1996

Internet Archive begins capturing web sites

Domain “google.com” is registered

19971970-80

Computers and databases become essential business and research tools

First consumer digital camera on market

1986

Digital video is introduced

1995

600 Web sites on the Internet

NDIIPP legislation is passed

First iPod is sold

International Internet Preservation Consortium forms with 12 members

Wikipedia is launched

NDIIPP plan approved

The term “blog” is coined

1999 2000 2001 2003

Dot-com bubble bursts

The term “Web 2.0” is coined

Digital Formats Sustainability Web site is launched

First NDIIPP projects kick off

LOCKSS is released into production

2004

2005 2006

YouTube is launched

Google Maps is launched

Portico is launched

NDIIPP and NSF fund digital preservation research

First NDIIPP partner meeting is held

100 million Web sites on the Internet

LC convenes ‘All States’ Workshops

AIHT releases final report

161 Exabytes of digital content created

WGBH & CPB release PBcore

DataPASS partners make shared catalog available

U.S. Bankruptcy court transfers business records to the Dot-Com Archive

NSF creates the Office of Cyberinfrastructure

2008

Preserving Creative America initiative kicks off

Preserving State Government Information initiative kicks off

Section 108 Study Group Report is released

MetaArchive Cooperative is chartered

2007

CDL and Library of Congress publish the “BagIt” spec

Preserved content is transferred to the Library of Congress

PPTV announces the American Archive 1.0

NGDA launches GIS format registry wiki

NDIIPP network grows to over 100 partners

NDIIPP partners preserving 66TB of at-risk content