Association services by a collaboration of member government agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and business entities, namely, promoting the digital stewardship and preservation of a distributed national collection of digital media, publications and data for the cultural benefit of citizens now and in the future; Promoting cooperative business relationships that advance digital stewardship and preservation of America's cultural heritage arising from a distributed co...

Development of voluntary standards for selecting, organizing, preserving, and providing access to a distributed national collection of digital media, data and publications of historical and cultural value to America; Research and development of technologies for selecting, organizing, preserving, and providing access to a distributed national collection of digital media, data and publications of historical and cultural value to America