What's New

Workshop 2: Evaluating Digitization and Digitization Equipment: - Issues and Answers in Digitization Workshop Series sponsored by CENDI, FLICC and FADGI October 7, 2010, presentation is now available online.

Workshop 3: Before You Digitize - What Are the Legal Issues?: - Issues and Answers in Digitization Workshop Series sponsored by CENDI, FLICC and FADGI October 7, 2010, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Registration is now open.

Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use - sponsored by CENDI, the Law Library of Congress, and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee July 26: Agenda and Presentations
IWGGD/CENDI/EPA Scientific Data Management Workshop - sponsored by IWGGD/CENDI/EPA June 29-July 1: Agenda and presentations. Additional presentations to be posted as available.

CENDI-NFAIS Upcoming Workshop: Mobile Computing: Delivering Content to the Research Community: NARA Nov 18. Details...

Issues and Answers in Digitization Workshop Series; Workshop 1 Digitization Deconstructed: A Survey and Census
of Digital Repositories Being Built by Federal Libraries: presentation by Deborah Keller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers June 9, 2010 webcast and presentation files are now available online

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Welcome to the CENDI web site

CENDI’s vision is to provide its member federal STI agencies a cooperative enterprise where capabilities are shared and challenges are faced together so that the sum of accomplishments is greater than each individual agency can achieve on its own.

CENDI’s mission is to help improve the productivity of federal science- and technology-based programs through effective scientific, technical, and related information-support systems. In fulfilling its mission, CENDI agencies play an important role in addressing science- and technology-based national priorities and strengthening U.S. competitiveness.

CENDI is an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information (STI) managers from 14 U.S. federal agencies:

Defense Technical Information Center (Department of Defense)
Office of Research and Development & Office of Environmental Information (Environmental Protection Agency)
Government Printing Office
Library of Congress
NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program
National Agricultural Library (Department of Agriculture)
National Archives and Records Administration
National Library of Education (Department of Education)
National Library of Medicine (Department of Health and Human Services)
National Science Foundation
National Technical Information Service (Department of Commerce)
National Transportation Library (Department of Transportation)
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (Department of Energy)
USGS/Biological Resources Discipline (Department of Interior)

These programs represent over 97% of the federal research and development budget.

The CENDI web site is hosted by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), and is maintained by the CENDI secretariat.