The NDSA Leadership Team is pleased to share a summary of activities that occurred across the organization in June 2026, as well as highlight past and upcoming activities, which can also be found on the calendar. If you are looking to catch up, you can read the May update.

NDSA is working to keep the listserv current with members and as a result, email addresses which bounce back will be removed from the list. You can always sign-up for the updated list at any time with your name and current email address. NDSA also has Slack available to members. Sign-up to view channels devoted to specific interest groups or job announcements.

NDSA Digital Preservation 2026 Conference

The call for proposals for the upcoming annual NDSA Digital Preservation conference has been extended to July 15 with 53 submissions received so far. The conference will be held virtually on November 4-5, 2026. Submitters will be notified of acceptance starting in mid-August.

Organizational Transition Updates

Significant work to transition into a formal nonprofit in partnership with our colleagues at NISO was accomplished in June. The Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation accepted and approved the Articles of Incorporation for “National Digital Stewardship Alliance, Inc.” on June 3, 2026. NDSA now has an Employer Identification Number with the Internal Revenue Service, and has voted to approve a Conflict of Interest Policy. Finally, Bylaws continue to be developed that will correspond with the needs of NDSA as an organization, with continued discussion and review occurring in July.

Interest and Working Group Updates

Working Groups

  • The Conference Planning Working Group subgroups have begun meeting and conference registration for the conference will open on August 16.
  • The Events Steering Committee is working to actively liaise with the Conference Planning Working Group and will begin attending the monthly planning meetings, as well as working with Interest Group co-chairs to understand and build out a cohesive events strategy for NDSA.
  • The Excellence Awards Working Group is working to finalize an update to the award categories and is onboarding Lauren Work as the co-chair for the working group.
  • The Membership Working Group has updated the member application form which will be used for new members going forward.
  • The Staffing Survey Working Group has completed the first draft of the report and it is now being reviewed by the Communications and Publications Working Group.
  • The Web Archiving Survey closed with 130 responses and the Web Archiving Survey Working Group is now working to review the data.

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 Standards and Practices Interest Group will be hosting their next meeting of the year on July 13. The meet topic is a discussion about the previous two meetings and how to think about implementing (or not?) developing standards around preservation and AI (DOAWG and C2PA).
  • The Infrastructure Interest Group will be hosting their next meeting of the year on September 14. The meeting topic is a discussion of the Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) and associated specification editors.

Check out the Get Involved webpage for ways to deepen your engagement with NDSA. Current opportunities include:

  • 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.