1. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 The National Digital Stewardship Alliance Agenda Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners Meeting Abigail Potter National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Library of Congress

2. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 Overview NDSA National Agenda for Digital Stewardship How to Get Involved

3. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 NDSA The National Digital Stewardship Alliance is a collaborative effort to preserve a distributed national digital collection for the benefit of generations now and in the future. The mission of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance is to establish, maintain, and advance the capacity to preserve our nation’s digital resources for the benefit of present and future generations. www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa

4. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 NDSA & the Library of Congress U.S. Congress (1789 – present) Library of Congress (1800 – present) NDIIPP (2000 – present) NDSA (2010 – present)

5. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 Objectives Membership network of over 160 partners taking stewardship action toward three primary objectives: –Identifying, communicating and advocating for common needs of member organizations. –Convening and sustaining a national community of practice for digital stewardship. –Providing lightweight professional development for staff at member organizations. www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa

6. Regional Members Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

7. How We Work Together 5 Working Groups Elected Coordinating Committee Supported by Secretariat/NDIIPP www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups

8. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 How We Work Together NDSA Coordinating Committee –Micah Altman, MIT –Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill –Jim Corridan, Indiana Commission on Public Records –Meg Phillips, National Archives –Robin Ruggaber, University of Virginia –John Spencer, BMS/Chace –Helen Tibbo, UNC-Chapel Hill –Kate Wittenberg, Portico

9. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 Output Reports and Guidance Materials –Levels of Digital Preservation, the NDSA Storage Survey, the NDSA Staffing Survey, Issues in the Appraisal and Selection of Geospatial Data Report, Web Archiving Survey Meetings and Events –NDSA Regional Meetings (Past: Philadelphia, NYC and Boston. Upcoming: Chicago) –Digital Preservation 2014 – July 22-23 Knowledge Sharing –Monthly or bi-monthly calls and briefings, demos and presentations on tools, techniques and approaches www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/activities/

10. What Have We Done Lately? 2014 National Agenda For Digital Stewardship Storage Survey Levels of Preservation Activity Report: “Issues in the Appraisal and Selection of Geospatial Data” Web Archiving Survey Digital Preservation in a Box resource kit Annual Innovation Awards Report: “Staffing For Effective Digital Preservation” Report: "The Benefits and Risks of the PDF/A-3 File Format for Archival Institutions“ Report: "Geospatial Data Stewardship: Key Online Resources" www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/activities/ Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

11. Agenda: “A list or program of things to be done or considered” – The Free Dictionary

12. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 What is the National Agenda “ The 2014 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship integrates the perspective of dozens of experts and hundreds of institutions, convened through the Library of Congress, to provide funders and other executive decision ‐ makers with insight into emerging technological trends, gaps in digital stewardship capacity, and key areas for development.”

13. Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014 National Agenda Topic Areas Organizational Roles, Policies, and Practices Digital Content Areas Technical Infrastructure Development Research Priorities www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/nationalagenda

14. Organizational Roles, Policies, and Practices Work together to raise the profile of digital preservation and campaign for more resources and higher priority given to digital preservation Highlight the importance of digital curation and the real costs of ensuring long term access Coordinate to develop comprehensive coverage on critical standards bodies Promote systematic community monitoring of technology changes relevant to digital preservation Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

15. Organizational : Examples NDSA Report: Staffing for Effective Digital Preservation National Digital Stewardship Residency POWRR: Preserving (Digital) Objects With Restricted Resources Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

16. Digital Content Areas Electronic Records Research Data Web and Social Media Moving Image and Recorded Sound Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

17. Digital Content Areas: Examples Web Archiving Survey (report in 2014) Issues in the Appraisal and Selection of Geospatial Data report Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

18. Technical Infrastructure Development File Format Action Plan Development –Many formats to manage –Standards needed/guidelines Interoperability and Portability in Storage Architectures Integration of Digital Forensics Tools –Research needed Ensuring Content Integrity (Migration, Fixity checks) Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

19. Tech Arch: Examples Levels of Preservation guidance Designing Storage Architectures Meeting Work to define fixity PDF/A report Geospatial report Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

20. Research Areas Applied Research for Cost Modeling & Audit Modeling Understanding Information Equivalence and Significance Policy Research and Trust Frameworks Preservation at Scale Strengthening the Evidence Base Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

21. What can I do with the Agenda? Policy driver –Suggest collaborative opportunities Funding driver –Makes the case for stewardship to decision- makers Communication tool that catalyzes digital stewardship activity –Useful tool to start conversation Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

22. Get Involved Join the NDSA –No membership fees –Ask for your participation Contribute to NDSA Open Calls for Participation! Let us know what you need ndsa@loc.gov www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners, March 14, 2014

23. Thanks! The Signal blog blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/ Abigail Potter abpo@loc.gov @ndiipp www.facebook/digitalpreservation @NDSA2