Coordinating Committee Elections
2014 NDSA Coordinating Committee elections are underway. Vote via survey monkey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NDSACC2014) for
* Micah Altman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Robin Ruggaber, University of Virginia Library
One vote will be counted per member organization. More information about the candidates can be found here: http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/images/e/e5/NDSA_CC_Candidates-2014.pdf
Polls will close on December 6, 2013.
NDSA member renewals are underway.
As you may be aware, the MOU between early NDSA member organizations and The Library of Congress will to expire on December 31, 2013. Your organization will receive a renewal request and a revised MOU if it has not already. Please feel free to contact Michelle Gallinger (mgal@loc.gov<mailto:mgal@loc.gov>) if you have any questions about the process.
SAVE THE DATE: for the NDSA Philly Regional Meeting and Unconference Thursday, January 23 – Friday, January 24, 2014 The Library Company of Philadelphia will be hosting Philadelphia's first National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Meeting, to be held on January 23rd and 24th in 2014. Please mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information on this event. Speakers will include Emily Gore from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) along with a talk about the National Agenda for Digital Stewardship (identifies and communicates the challenges, opportunities, and priorities for digital preservation activities in the United States) and other lightning talks themed on standards for digital preservation.
NDSA Philly Regional Questions? Please contact Nicole Scalessa, IT Manager, nscalessa@librarycompany.org<mailto:nscalessa@librarycompany.org>
http://www.librarycompany.org/events/index.htm
Thank you to those of you who filled out the NDSA Outreach survey! This information gathered from this survey will be circulated next month.
Check out the New Member Orientation and Resources page! This page helps answer questions about how to get involved and what's currently happening in the working groups.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/newmembers.html
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.
Cooperative Authority Control, 4 December 2013. NISO/DCMI Webinar
2013 Fall CNI Membership Meeting, 9-10 December 2013, Washington, DC December 9-10, 2013
Protocol for Exchanging Serial Content, 9 December 2013. NISO Open Teleconference
Library Linked Data: From Vision to Reality, 11 December 2013. NISO Webinar
CurateGear 2014: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections, 8 January 2014, Chapel Hill, NC
NDSA Philly Regional Meeting and Unconference, 23-24 January 2014, Philadelphia, PA
ALA MidWinter, 24-28 January 2014, Philadelphia, PA
Have You Read:
The Future of Digital Equivalence and Significance http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/09/the-future-of-digital-equivalence-and-significance/
Archiving Web Content? Take the 2013 NDSA Survey!
http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/10/archiving-web-content-take-the-2013-ndsa-survey/
Astronomical Data and Astronomical Digital Stewardship: An interview with Brian Schmidt http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/11/astronomical-data-and-astronomical-digital-stewardship-an-interview-with-brian-schmidt/
Guitar, Bass, Drums, Metadata: Musical Context for Long-term Preservation http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/11/guitar-bass-drums-metadata-musical-context-for-long-term-preservation/