Library of Congress announces award to Portico

The Library of Congress' National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) has announced that it is making a $3 million grant award for the development of Portico, a nonprofit electronic archiving service being developed by Ithaka. Ithaka is a nonprofit organization with offices in New York City and Princeton, N.J., that provides a range of services to assist in the creation and development of promising new projects that benefit higher education