The Wisconsin Document Depository Program preserves and makes available a record of major state government programs and assures the availability of state publications for use by the public throughout Wisconsin now and in the future. Many of these publications are now born-digital, that is, published only on the Web. As more documents are provided exclusively in digital formats, particularly on the Internet, the ability to preserve many state publications has become more challenging.

The Wisconsin Digital Archives was established in 2004 as a way to begin identifying a means that documents published only in electronic format on state agency websites could continue to be available in the future. The Reference and Loan staff has acquired technologies through the OCLC Digital Archive that capture, preserve and make these publications accessible through WISCAT, the statewide union catalog.

Links to Depository / Digital Archive Resources

Depository Library Directory

Map of Depository Library Locations

Document Depository Shipping Lists

WISCAT - Find holdings of government information in libraries statewide and access digital archive records.

Wisconsin Document Depository Program Study Committee

The Wisconsin Document Depository Program (WDDP) Study Committee was appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster in July 2002. The committee was formed to review issues related to the operation of the WDDP, including the impact of technology on distribution, access, and preservation of electronic documents. The last meeting of the Wisconsin Document Depository Program Study Committee was on February 7, 2003. To learn more about the study committee's activities and outcomes, please click http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/request?pid=objid:0000015775.

For More Information Please Contact:

Abby Swanton
Wisconsin Document Depository Librarian
Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library
2109 South Stoughton Rd.
Madison, WI 53716
Phone (608) 224-6174
Fax (608) 224-6178
Abbigail.Swanton@dpi.wi.gov