1. Second Round NDSA NE, UMass Dartmouth 9/25/2015 Welcome
Residents are halfway through their residency – today they will give us an update on their projects
Start with a little background on the program
Second Round
NDSA NE, UMass Dartmouth
9/25/2015

2. NDSR Mission(s)
... to develop the next generation of stewards to collect, manage, preserve, and make accessible our nation’s digital assets ... to provide residents with a combination of hands-on learning and expert guidance ... help define clear educational standards for digital stewardship education and training
NDSR = National Digital Stewardship Residency
US-based Program to build the next generation of digital stewards
It is designed to complement graduate-level preservation and curation programs by providing graduates of these programs with an opportunity to work in institutions on real-world projects alongside a mentor working in that institution
And it is helping to define the standard for education and training in this field

3. NDSR Programs
The program started in the DC area through a partnership between the Library of Congress and IMLS. It was always intended to be a national program now.
Since then it has spread to NY and Boston with the help of IMLS funding.
It’s still on the East Coast but there is a lot of interest to bring up NDSR programs in other parts of the country and also to experiment with virtual cohorts in places where the potential hosts aren’t close to each other geographically.
IMLS-funded grants to test DC model in New York (METRO) and Boston areas (Harvard / MIT)
and nationally, virtually (WGBH)

4. Timeline We are here 10 residents in DC 5 residents in DC
5 residents in NY
5 residents in Boston
9/14
6/14
9/14
6/15
9/15
5 residents in NY
5 residents in Boston
6/16
35 residents over 6 cohorts
The DC pilot ended last summer so we had an opportunity to learn from their experience before we started ours. The NY program is running at the same time as ours so we have an opportunity for the Boston and NY residents to interact with each other.
Next year will be interesting because the next round in DC will overlap with the next NY and Boston rounds so this will be an opportunity for us to explore ways to build the national part of NDSR, sharing resources and communicating across our programs.
We are here

5. + host alumni at Tufts, Northeastern and WGBH
Boston Hosts
Harvard
MIT
MA State Library
These are our Boston hosts for this round.
Tufts: Eliot, Alicia Morris
NE: Giordana
MIT: Nancy McGovern,
WGBH: Casey Davis, Leah Weiss
Advisory Board:
Michelle Cloonan
Karen Cariani
Megan Sniffen-Marinoff
JFK Library
UMass Boston
+ host alumni at Tufts, Northeastern and WGBH

6. Lessons Learned from Round 1
Understanding & fitting into the organization is the hardest part
especially in the first few months
It takes time to grok digital stewardship concepts
Hosts are busy – set the schedule ASAP
Jumpstart the 20% time and professional development planning

7. New in Round 2 Immersion month More host involvement
Immersion week focus on organizational issues, project management
Digital stewardship concepts, tools, etc. spread out over the residency (with public webinars)
More host involvement
Focus on NDSR network
Host and resident alumni
Public schedule
Collaboration with other NDSR programs
Integrated development plans + progress reports

8. NDSR Boston Website http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/ndsr_boston
SIPs, DIPs, & bytes
(NDSR Boston Residents’ Blog)

9. Boston Residents 2015-16 Alexandra Curran (MIT)
Jeffrey Erikson (UMass Boston)
Alice Prael (JFK Library)
Stefanie Ramsay (MA State Library)
Julie Seifert (Harvard)