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In a ceremony on the campus of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) near Washington, D.C., Dartmouth’s Institute for Information Infrastructure
(I3P) recently transferred responsibility for its cyber security library to the
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security in
Monterey, Calif.
The I3P library, which contains more than 7,000 listings related to cyber
security, will form the cornerstone of a special collection in the NPS Homeland
Security Digital Library, augmenting an existing assemblage of security-related
resources.
“The transfer will help consolidate key resources related to national
security and promises to give the I3P’s work lasting impact,” says Martin
Wybourne, vice provost for research at Dartmouth and the I3P principal
investigator.
Amassed under the direction of Patricia Erwin-Ploog, formerly associate
director for operations at the I3P, and with funding from NIST, the I3P library
collection functions as both a repository of information and as an advanced
search engine that directs patrons to important research in cyber security.
In seeking an appropriate home for the expanding library, the I3P wanted an
institution that would both value the collection and actively expand it. “Given
its national stature and commitment, the NPS Homeland Security Digital Library
was the perfect choice,” says I3P Executive Director Martha Austin. The NPS
digital library has more than 50,000 items in its collection and is housed
within the Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
Managed by Dartmouth, the I3P is a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary
consortium designed to facilitate research on cyber and information security.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and NIST, the I3P
connects academia, industry, and government in a mutual pursuit of information
infrastructure protection.
By BRIDGET ALEX ´08
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