As a reminder, NDSA is now publishing monthly posts summarizing the activities taken by the Leadership Team as well as highlighting what activities are occurring, which can always be found on the calendar. If you are looking to catch up, you can read the January update as well. As a reminder, NDSA has Slack available to members. Sign-up to view channels devoted to specific interest groups or job announcements. Please feel free to utilize this resource!

Leadership Updates

A new Events Steering Group is being formed to provide year-to-year support of all events sponsored by NDSA. The formation of this group was a major recommendation of the Events Strategy Working Group and will initially be co-chaired by Margo Padilla and Chelsea Denault.

Organizational Transition Updates

Member List Update

The new NDSA member mailing list is up and running. Those who were on the original NDSA-ALL list hosted by CLIR were added to the new mailing list. Anyone not already on the new list will need to sign up and be approved before they are able to post messages. The new address to post to this list is: ndsalist [at] ndsa [dot] org.

You can also reach out directly to the NDSA Chair or Secretary via the following dedicated email addresses: chair [at] ndsa [dot] org and secretary [at] ndsa [dot] org.

Website update

The NDSA website has been transferred to a new hosting infrastructure. We are currently working on updating webpages. If you see any broken links or other errors, please report those to the chairs of the Communications and Publications Working Group.

Letter of Support Signed

The File Information Tool Set (FITS) user community requested that NDSA sign on to a letter of support to request transitioning the home of this software from Harvard to the Open Preservation Foundation. The NDSA Leadership team voted on the proposal and chose to sign on to support this work alongside 78 other digital preservation practitioners.

Interest and Working Group Updates

Interest Groups

  • The Infrastructure Interest Group reviewed the results of the topics poll, with highly requested options being distributed digital preservation strategy, challenges with OCFL adoption, and continuing discussion of FinOps in the cloud.

Working Groups

  • The Fixity Survey Working Group is currently editing the final sections of the report.
  • The Levels of Preservation Working Group is completing the review of public comments, finalizing layout, and anticipates publication shortly.
  • The Staffing Survey Working Group is continuing to work on data visualization related to the survey results as well as drafting the report.
  • The Web Archiving Survey Working Group is reviewing past surveys and determining the appropriate content for this latest version of the survey.
  • The Conference Planning Working Group had immense support from the community in filling the planning committee. The first full committee meeting is scheduled.
  • The Standing Membership Working Group welcomes Lauren Goodley as its newest member and is planning an orientation call that will be open to all new NDSA members.

Upcoming Meetings and Opportunities

Use the NDSA Calendar to look for events of interest and find out when NDSA Leadership meetings are taking place.

  • The Infrastructure Interest Group will be hosting their first meeting of the year on March 16. The meeting discussion will be a continuation of December’s topic: Finance and FinOps for digital preservation in the cloud.

NDSA is trying something new and has created a webpage to help members find ways to get involved. This page will be updated when new opportunities arise. Check out the new Get Involved webpage. Current opportunities include:

  • The Membership Working Group is looking for one additional member to join their team. Please reach out to one of the co-chairs listed on the Membership Working Group webpage to express interest or ask questions.
  • The longstanding Content Interest Group is currently on hiatus. If you are interested in chairing this group please reach out to Leadership at chair [at] ndsa [dot] com to learn more and talk about group formation.