Working Group Schedule
The NDSA, chiefly through its Working Groups, conducts surveys and produces reports about different aspects of digital preservation practice. It also produces a NDSA Agenda for digital preservation and stewards the Levels of Digital Preservation. The majority of these are made available on the NDSA OSF Repository .
Additional guidance was created for co-chairs of Survey working groups to assist them with the many aspects of running this type of working group.
The following table outlines the anticipated schedule for NDSA survey working groups. It is intended to help members plan for future opportunities to participate. Dates are approximate and may change based on community needs and volunteer availability. Working group projects may span multiple years before publication.
| Survey | Last Completed | Next Anticipated Start | Typical Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixity Survey | 2025 | 2029 | Every 4 years |
| Levels of Digital Preservation | 2024 | 2029 | Every 5 years |
| Staffing Survey | 2025 | 2028 | Every 3 years |
| Storage Survey | 2023 | 2026 | Every 3 years |
| Web Archiving Survey | 2023 | 2026 (In Progress) | Every 3 years |