The Library of Congress is pleased to participate as a sponsor of the Digital Libraries Initiative - Phase II announced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in February 1998. In addition to NSF, the Library of Congress joins the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Library of Medicine (NLM), The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities in sponsoring this second phase of the Digital Libraries Initiative. The Digital Libraries Initiative - Phase II is intended to extend the research carried out during the initial awards announced in 1994, then sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration.

The official announcement of Phase II of the Digital Libraries Initiative is available through the National Science Foundation.