Join the NDSA group on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4836034&trk=anet_ug_hm
This is a great place to connect with others in the NDSA as well as to share your own expertise and experience.
The inaugural National Agenda was released in conjunction with the first day of the NDIIPP/NDSA Digital Preservation 2013 meeting in Washington, D.C.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/nationalagenda/index.html
The 2013 Innovation Awardees are:
Future Steward: Martin Gengenbach, Gates Archive. Martin is recognized for his work documenting digital forensics tools and workflows, especially his paper, “The Way We Do it Here: Mapping Digital Forensics Workflows in Collecting Institutions<http://digitalcurationexchange.org/node/3690>” and his work cataloging the DFXML schema<http://www.bitcurator.net/2013/02/06/dfxml-tag-library/>.
Individual: Kim Schroeder, Wayne State University. Kim is recognized for her work as a mentor to future digital stewards in her role as a lecturer in Digital Preservation at Wayne State University, where she helped establish the first NDSA Student Group<http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/04/why-a-national-digital-stewardship-alliance-student-group/>, supported the student-lead colloquium on digital preservation, and worked to facilitate collaboration between students in digital stewardship and local cultural heritage organizations.
Project: DataUp, California Digital Library. DataUp<http://dataup.cdlib.org/> is recognized for creating an open-source tool uniquely built to assist individuals aiming to preserve research datasets by guiding them through the digital stewardship workflow process from dataset creation and description to the deposit of their datasets into public repositories.
Organization: Archive Team. The Archive Team<http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page> , a self-described “loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage,” is recognized for both for its aggressive, vital work in preserving websites and digital content slated for deletion and for its work advocating for the preservation of digital culture within the technology and computing sectors.
Learn more about the meeting:
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/meetings/ndiipp13.html
Ideas:
Do you have ideas that you’d like to share? Post them on http://ndsa.ideascale.com/
New Members:
Welcome to the newest members of the NDSA!
AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Boston University, Mugar Library
California Institute of Technology
Dance Heritage Coalition
Northern Illinois University Library
Still Water at the University of Maine
University of Missouri Libraries
Upcoming Conferences:
If you’re going to one of the upcoming conferences, consider a meet up with other NDSA folks or mention of the NDSA work during your presentation. If you’d like to remind others about a conference or meeting you’re hosting, please send an announcement to the list.
10th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects: iPRES 2013, 2 – 5 September 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
HathiTrust Research Center UnCamp, 8 – 9 September 2013, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Building Global Partnerships – RDA Second Plenary Meeting, 16 – 18 September 2013, Washington, DC
Open Knowledge Conference 2013, 17 – 18 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
Digital Frontiers, 19 – 21 September 2013, Denton, TX
Have You Read:
2014 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/documents/2014NationalAgenda.pdf
The Levels of Digital Preservation and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/08/the-levels-of-digital-preservation-and-the-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-of-canada/
What’s a Nice English Professor Like You Doing in a Place Like This: An Interview With Matthew Kirschenbaum http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/08/whats-a-nice-english-professor-like-you-doing-in-a-place-like-this-an-interview-matthew-kirschenbaum/
WWI Linked Open Data: An Interview with Thea Lindquist http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/07/linked-open-wwi-data-an-interview-with-thea-lindquist/
Content Matters: An Interview with Staff from the National Park Service http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/07/content-matters-an-interview-with-staff-from-the-national-park-service/
Solving Problems and Saving Bits: An Interview with Jason Scott http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/08/solving-problems-and-saving-bits-an-interview-with-jason-scott/