The NDSA Levels of Preservation Steering group would like to find out more about particular scenarios in which the Levels are being used. This information will help others who are using the Levels and may also inform future work. Rather than looking for full and detailed case studies, we hope to gather real life activities from a range of different organizations using the Levels answering specific questions and scenarios of interest to the community.  We are interested in the following questions: How you routinely use the NDSA Levels? – Is it on a regular schedule? Who does it? Who is th ..read more

The NDSA Excellence Awards Working Group (EAWG) seeks new co-chairs and at-large members! This group relies on volunteer participation from the digital preservation community to publicize the nomination process, review nominations, select the winners, and work closely with the awardees and the DigiPres conference program committee to organize the Awards Ceremony. The group typically meets once a month and works as needed in between regularly scheduled calls to support the awards process. Most work outside of meetings occurs when reviewing applications (2-4 hours), and then in October leading u ..read more

The NDSA is pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals (CFP) is now open for Digital Preservation 2023: Communities of Time and Place (#DigiPres23) to be held November 15-16, 2023 in person in St. Louis, Missouri at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. Submissions from members and nonmembers alike are welcome, and you can learn more about session format options through the CFP.  The deadline to submit proposals is May 1, 2023 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.  Learn more about the conference itself on the Digital Preservation conference website.   View the CFP and Submit    ..read more

A monthly round-up of news, upcoming working group meetings and events, and CLIR program updates from the Digital Library Federation.  This month’s news: The Council on Library and Information Resources is pleased to announce that we have opened Calls for Proposals for our conferences happening in person in St. Louis, MO this November: the Digital Library Federation’s (DLF) Forum and Learn@DLF and NDSA’s Digital Preservation 2023: Communities of Time and Place. The deadline for all opportunities is Monday, May 1. Head to the DLF Forum blog to find out more about this year’s events. Regi ..read more

This blog is part four of a series comprising a set of primers that address ten complex legal and ethical issues encountered when providing access to born-digital archival records. The guidance is grounded in two foundational beliefs: 1. There is a potential to harm individuals, communities, and institutions if access is not thoughtfully and strategically viewed through an ethical and legal lens; and 2. It is not ethical to restrict access unnecessarily. For more information see: https://osf.io/ketr7/. Overview Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. FERPA compliance requires develo ..read more

Toward Radical Imagination: HBCUs, Digital Libraries, and Authentic Collaboration April 6-7, 2023, 11:00am-4:30pm ET Register: https://authenticity.diglib.org/  Registration is now open for Toward Radical Imagination: HBCUs, Digital Libraries, and Authentic Collaboration, a two-day virtual event celebrating the conclusion of the Authenticity Project with panel discussions on creating access to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) library collections; digital pedagogy; grants and grant-funded projects; leadership and upward mobility at HBCUs; digital publishing; and art, archi ..read more

We want to hear from you — whether you’re an NDSA member or not — about your experiences with the NDSA. The NDSA Membership Working Group invites you to attend one of the two listening forums on March 8th at 10am EST/9am CST/7am PST and March 22nd at 2pm EST/1pm CST/11am PST. Following our 2021 survey, part of the Membership Working Group’s charge has been to gather more data on your thoughts on types of memberships, moving to a paid membership model, and how NDSA could improve membership experiences. Your comments are crucial to our work moving forward and improving the NDSA membership ..read more

The NDSA Excellence Awards were established in 2012 to highlight and commend all forms of creative and meaningful contributions by individual professionals, future stewards, educators, organizations, projects, and sustainability activities to the field of digital preservation. This year’s awards will be presented in person at the Digital Preservation 2023 conference, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri on November 15-16, 2023. The Excellence Awards depend upon the vital volunteer participation of the community. We are looking for new members for the Excellence Awards Working Group (EAWG ..read more

This blog is part four of a series comprising a set of primers that address ten complex legal and ethical issues encountered when providing access to born-digital archival records. The guidance is grounded in two foundational beliefs: 1. There is a potential to harm individuals, communities, and institutions if access is not thoughtfully and strategically viewed through an ethical and legal lens; and 2. It is not ethical to restrict access unnecessarily. For more information see: https://osf.io/ketr7/. Overview Most cultural institutions that collect archival material rely on a contractual agr ..read more

A monthly round-up of news, upcoming working group meetings and events, and CLIR program updates from the Digital Library Federation. This month’s news: Friday, February 3, is the deadline to apply for the 2023 GLAM Cross-Pollinator Registration Awards to attend this year’s ARLIS/NA and ER&L conferences. Cross-Pollinator awards can be applied retroactively if previously registered, and the application is quick and easy. Eligible to anyone affiliated with a DLF member institution.  CLIR is now accepting applications from collecting organizations for the digital reformatting of audio ..read more