NDSA is happy to announce the 2027 slate of Coordinating Committee (CC) candidates!

The CC is dedicated to ensuring a strategic direction for NDSA, to the advancement of NDSA activities to achieve community goals, and to further communication among digital preservation professionals and NDSA member organizations. The CC is responsible for reviewing and approving NDSA membership applications and publications; updating eligibility standards for membership in the alliance, and other strategic documents; engaging with stakeholders in the community; and working to enroll new members committed to our core mission.

  • Elections will begin on Wednesday, September 30th
  • Each successful candidate will serve a three-year term
  • Ballots will be sent to NDSA membership on the morning of September 30th
  • Each member institution may cast one ballot
  • Each ballot can vote to elect up to three (3) CC members
  • Voting closes on Friday, October 16

The 2027 NDSA Coordinating Committee Member Nominees are:

Palash Bosgang

Palash Bosgang is the Digital Preservation Manager at Bard College, Stevenson Library. Actively engaged in the community, they serve on the SAA Preservation Section Steering Committee as well as the NDSA Membership Working Group and newly formed NDSA Events Steering Committee. As a regional collaborator, Palash worked closely with the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC) Digital Dark Archive Service to implement and adapt the Digital Archivist Resource Tool (DART), helping to make digital preservation efforts more approachable for small-to-medium GLAM organizations in the Hudson Valley. They are eager to bring the perspective of solo practitioners and under-resourced shops to the Coordinating Committee during this pivotal transition to a NISO-affiliated Board of Trustees.

Kathryn Michaelis

Kathryn Michaelis is the Digital Preservation Program Manager for Emory University Libraries, where she oversees digital preservation efforts across Emory’s multiple libraries and divisions. She holds an MSLS from UNC-Chapel Hill and previously worked for Georgia State University and the University of Mississippi. Kathryn has been an active member of NDSA since 2019 and has served on NDSA committees including the Communications and Publications Working Group, the Events Strategy Working Group, and the Fixity Working Group. Most recently, she served as co-chair of DigiPres 2026. Kathryn has 15 years of experience in various aspects of digital stewardship, including digitization, preservation, metadata creation, and digital archives.

Este Pope

Este Pope is an academic librarian and technologist with experience working at the intersection of libraries, archives, museums, and digital initiatives in a wide range of institutional settings. She is deeply involved in digital preservation in her current role, leading the library IT team at Dartmouth, where she participates in emerging digital lifecycle efforts, contributes to planning for digital preservation workflows, and oversees digital preservation infrastructure and systems. She coordinates closely with colleagues in collections, metadata, archives, and records management, and appreciates the complexity of digital preservation work and the critical role of staff expertise and collaboration. Este especially values professional experiences that have enabled her to connect with colleagues on a broader scale, particularly with NDSA, DLF, Fedora, and Islandora, and welcomes the opportunity to contribute more significantly to NDSA. She also feels that her research interests in educational leadership and organizational development, especially her dissertation study on technology planning and systems thinking, would benefit her involvement.

Megan Scott

Megan Scott is currently the Digital Archivist at Rice University’s Fondren Library, where she leads digital preservation efforts for the Woodson Research Center Special Collections & Archives. This work covers the full digital collection lifecycle—from strategy, workflow development, and file migration, to processing, reference, and staff training on digitization equipment. Previously, she served as Digital Curation Librarian at Texas Tech University (2023–2025), guiding digitization and metadata creation.

Her background is rooted in digital preservation, metadata, and open scholarship. She enjoys the opportunity to contribute to the broader professional community, and has served on the planning committees for the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (2024–2026) and the Digital Library Federation (2024), among others. Megan also actively presents and publishes on the topics of digital collections, digital project management, and AI in cultural heritage collections. Last year, she was honored to receive the Texas Digital Library Impact Award.

Leading a digital preservation program as an early career professional gives her a hands-on view of the day-to-day challenges our field faces. Megan is eager to share this perspective, contribute to the Coordinating Committee’s vision, and build meaningful connections across the digital stewardship community.