Author: Carol Kussmann

NDSA Welcomes Two New Members

Today, the NDSA Coordinating Committee unanimously voted to welcome two new members. Each of these members bring a host of skills and experience to our group. Please help us to welcome:

  • University of Wisconsin – Parkside: UW Parkside’s primary mission is to document the history of the University of Wisconsin – Parkside by collecting both analog and digital materials from across campus, including two predecessor institutions (UW-Kenosha and UW-Racine).  Most of their digital content consists of materials which have been digitized, but are receiving more born digital content from the university. They have also begun to work on community-driven digital collections and have worked with the Parkside and local communities to collect materials related to the pandemic, and with professors and students to preserve Community-Based Learning projects.
  • Town of Concord Archives: The mission of the Town Archives is to collect, catalog, preserve, and provide access to the permanent and historically significant records of the Town of Concord Government. The Town Archives supports the Town and its residents by preserving Town records and making these records known and available to researchers, students, genealogists, scholars, authors, and anyone else who may wish to research the workings and history of New England town government. The Town of Concord Archives has recently begun its journey in digital preservation with digitization projects, born-digital record collecting, and digital preservation systems.

Each organization has participants in one or more of the various NDSA interest and working groups, so keep an eye out for them on your calls and be sure to give them a shout out. Please join me in welcoming our new members. A complete list of NDSA members is on our website.

In future, NDSA is moving to a quarterly process for reviewing membership applications. Announcements for new members will be scheduled accordingly.

~ Nathan Tallman, Vice Chair of the NDSA Coordinating Committee

Call for Volunteers: NDSA Task Force on Membership Engagement and Recruitment

The NDSA Leadership group is spinning up a new group around NDSA Membership and invites you to consider volunteering for the Task Force on Membership Engagement and Recruitment. The focus of the Task Force will be to examine membership engagement, benefits/drawbacks of the current model type, and recruitment efforts of the NDSA. Through research and surveying members of the consortium, a primary goal of the Task Force is to provide recommendations that will move the NDSA towards a culture that is more inclusive, collaborative, intentional, and that has well defined metrics around recruitment and engagement. If interested, please complete the form, which can be found here by March 5, 2021.

 ~ Jes Neal

Three New NDSA Members

Since January 2021, the NDSA Coordinating Committee unanimously voted to welcome three new members. Each of these members bring a host of skills and experience to our group. Please help us to welcome:

  • Arkivum: Arkivum is recognized internationally for its expertise in the archiving and digital preservation of valuable data and digitized assets in large volumes and multiple formats.
  • Colorado State University Libraries: Colorado State University Libraries’ digital preservation activities has focused on web archiving, targeted born-digital collecting, along with collection development and preservation guidelines for its digital repository.
  • Vassar College Libraries: Vassar College Libraries are committed to supporting a framework of sustainable access to our digital collections and to participate locally, nationally, and globally with other cultural and professional organizations and institutions in efforts to preserve, augment, and disseminate our collective documentary heritage.

Each organization has participants in one or more of the various NDSA interest and working groups, so keep an eye out for them on your calls and be sure to give them a shout out. Please join me in welcoming our new members. A complete list of NDSA members is on our website.

In future, NDSA is moving to a quarterly process for reviewing membership applications. Announcements for new members will be scheduled accordingly.

~ Nathan Tallman, Vice Chair of the NDSA Coordinating Committee

Virtual 2020 NDSA Digital Preservation recordings available online!

Session recordings from the virtual 2020 NDSA Digital Preservation conference are now available on NDSA’s YouTube channel, as well as on Aviary. The full program from Digital Preservation 2020: Get Active with Digital Preservation, which took place online November 12, 2020, is free and open to the public.

NDSA is an affiliate of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Each year, NDSA’s annual Digital Preservation conference is held alongside the DLF Forum and acts as a crucial venue for intellectual exchange, community-building, development of good practices, and national agenda-setting for digital stewardship.

Enjoy,

Tricia Patterson; DigiPres 2020 Vice-Chair, 2021 Chair

Announcing Finnish Translations of the 2019 Levels of Preservation Matrix and Assessment Tool

The NDSA is pleased to announce that the 2019 Levels of Preservation documents have been translated into Finnish by our colleagues from CSC – IT Center for Science and the Finnish digital preservation collaboration group. 

Translations for the Assessment Tool Template and both versions of the Levels of Digital Preservation Matrix were completed.  

Links to these documents are found on the 2019 Levels of Digital Preservation OSF site (https://osf.io/qgz98/) as well as below.

If you would be interested in translating the Levels of Digital Preservation V2.0 into another language please contact us at ndsa.digipres@gmail.com.  

 

Suomenkieliset käännökset vuoden 2019 pitkäaikaissäilyttämisen tasot dokumentteihin

NDSA:lla on ilo ilmoittaa, että CSC – IT Center for Science ja PAS-yhteistyöryhmä ovat yhteistyössä kääntäneet pitkäaikaissäilyttämisen tasot dokumentit suomeksi.

Käännökset arviointityökaluun ja matriisin ovat valmiita.

Linkit dokumentteihin löytyvät OSF verkkosivustolta (https://osf.io/qgz98/) ja alta.

 

Levels of Digital Preservation Digital Curation Decision Guide Published

It is with great pleasure to announce that the Levels of Digital Preservation work continues to roll out. In these waning days of 2020, the Curatorial Team of the Levels has released its first published edition of the Digital Curation Decision Guide. This guide forms the basis of a series of decision points around collections and the implementation of a preservation strategy. It is not just for the preservation specialist but rather, it attempts to highlight the preservation implications of collections decisions. It is the group’s desire that the Guide will facilitate dialogue between and among stakeholders across a given organization and inculcate a preservation mindset without necessarily having to be a deep expert. It is also not prescriptive. It is a non-linear exploration of multiple vectors that make up curatorial decision-making such as collection development, intellectual and security considerations, and technical capacity. The Guide has both a visual and prose version to explore from different angles the basic factors in complex infrastructure and collections management decisions. 

The Decision Guide will be extended in the future, linking up with other efforts such as actively maintained working definitions, policy frameworks and examples, as well as the revision of the Levels, themselves.

I would like to thank the many people who gave us exceptional feedback along the way. This group started in late 2018 and worked for two years to craft something we hope will form a part of your organizational practice. In particular, I want to spotlight the work of the individuals who stuck it out to the very end:

  • Angela Beking – (co-Chair) Library and Archives Canada
  • Bradley Daigle (co-Chair) – University of Virginia / APTrust
  • Ian Collins – University of Illinois Chicago
  • Tawnya Keller – University of Utah
  • Donald Mennerich – NYU Libraries
  • Rosalyn Metz – Emory University
  • Leah Prescott – Georgetown University Law Library
  • Nathan Tallman – Penn State University
  • Walker Sampson – University of Colorado Boulder
  • David Underdown – The National Archives (UK)
  • Simon Wilson – Independent Archivist
  • Lauren Work – University of Virginia

This group represents a broad spectrum of organizational perspective and creative talent. Thanks to their collective effort, we have something that we hope will be of use to the community. That said, we also understand that the Digital Curation Decision Guide is just the beginning and that with increased use and refinement, we will need to update and improve on what we have started. We hope that you, the preservation community (broadly defined), use this guide to engage your colleagues and provide the clear pathways to preserving our cultural record.

~ Bradley Daigle, Curation Working Group Chair

Calls for Volunteers for 2021 Digital Preservation Conference

The NDSA calls for volunteers to join our Planning Committee for the 2021 Digital Preservation conference.

Digital Preservation (DigiPres) is the NDSA’s annual conference – open to members and non-members alike – focused on stewardship, curation, and preservation of digital information and cultural heritage. The 2021 meeting will take place on November 10-11th 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri, just after the DLF Forum. 

NDSA is an affiliate of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital Library Federation (DLF), and the DigiPres conference is held in concert with the annual DLF Forum. CLIR continues to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and after successfully pivoting to a virtual format for 2020, will be making a call on this for 2021 by early spring 2021. 

Planning Committee responsibilities include:

  • Defining a vision for the conference
  • Crafting and distributing a Call for Proposals
  • Reviewing and selecting proposals
  • Identifying a keynote speaker
  • Determining the conference schedule
  • Moderating sessions
  • Supporting membership through recruitment and mentorship efforts
  • Collaborating with the DLF Forum planning committee on community events, equity and inclusion, and sponsorship opportunities

We expect to have monthly group calls from January-November, and this year’s committee will have an exciting opportunity to creatively sustain some of the conveniences and benefits of our virtual platform as we negotiate meeting in person again. 

Join us by completing this form by Friday, January 15th, and please share widely.

We look forward to working with you!

Tricia Patterson, 2021 Chair

Jes Neal, 2021 Vice Chair/2022 Chair

Announcing a Portuguese Translation of the 2019 Levels of Digital Preservation Matrix 

Portuguese Translations of the 2019 Levels of Digital Preservation Matrix 

The NDSA is pleased to announce that Version 2 (2019) of the Levels Matrix has been translated into Portuguese by Laura Vilela R. Rezende.

This document enriches the scientific studies on Digital Preservation and Research Data Curation developed by the Brazilian research group of which the researcher is part:

The Research Network – DRIADE: Digital Preservation Studies and Practices  

Links to these documents are found below as well as on the 2019 Levels of Digital Preservation OSF project page: https://osf.io/qgz98/

If you would be interested in translating the Levels of Digital Preservation V2.0 into another language please contact us at ndsa.digipres@gmail.com. 

 

Tradução para o Português da Matriz dos Níveis de Preservação Digital de 2019 

A NDSA tem o prazer de anunciar que a versão 2.0 (2019) da Matriz dos Níveis de Preservação Digital foi traduzida para o Português por Laura Vilela R. Rezende.

Este documento enriquece os estudos científicos sobre Preservação Digital e Curadoria de Dados de Pesquisa desenvolvidos pelo grupo de pesquisa brasileiro do qual a pesquisadora faz parte: 

Rede de Pesquisa DRIADE – Estudos e práticas de Preservação Digital

 A seguir os links para acesso a este documentos. É possível acessar também pela página do projeto OSF: https://osf.io/qgz98/

Caso tenha interesse em traduzir os Níveis de Preservação Digital V 2.0 em outro idioma, por favor entre em contato conosco pelo e-mail: ndsa.digipres@gmail.com  

10 Additions to NDSA Membership in Summer and Fall 2020

Since the spring of 2020, the NDSA Leadership unanimously voted to welcome 10 new members. Each of these new members brings a host of skills and experience to our group. Please help us welcome:

  • Arizona State University Library: With many of their materials from local Indigenous and LatinX communities, the Library is working with researchers from these communities to archive and preserve collections and artifacts unique to our region, making them accessible for generations to come.
  • Arkevist: A civil society that specializes in historical and genealogical research
  • discoverygarden: For more than a decade, discoverygarden has been building trusted repositories and digital asset management systems for organizations around the world.
  • Global Connexions: For two decades Federick Zarndt has provided consulting services to cultural heritage organizations and has contributed to NDSA, ALA, IFLA and ALTO.
  • LYRASIS: They are the non-profit organizational home of several open source projects that are focused on collecting, organizing, and ensuring long-term access to digital content including DSpace, ArchivesSpace, CollectionSpace, Islandora, Fedora Repository, and DuraCloud. 
  • Michigan Digital Preservation Network: MDPN is an IMLS-grant funded initiative to build a member-run statewide distributed digital preservation network with members ranging from libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies with the primary purpose of preserving cultural heritage materials
  • Robert L. Bogomolny Library – University of Baltimore: Robert L. Bogomolny Library is in the midst of a five year digital preservation implementation based upon results derived from conducting Institutional Readiness and Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model exercises. Their Special Collections and Archives hold sizable digital collection materials, including 700TBs of digitized local TV news.
  • University of Pennsylvania Libraries: The Penn Libraries are working on many digital preservation activities, including but not limited to the ongoing development of a Samvera repository, web archiving initiatives, conducting a pilot of two preservation storage systems, and developing governance for workflows and policies in order to have robust and programmatic digital preservation practices.
  • University of Victoria Libraries: The UVic Libraries are currently involved in a number of digital preservation-related infrastructure projects, including Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Archivematica-as-a-Service and WestVault (a LOCKSS-based preservation storage network), and serve as infrastructure hosts for the Canadian Government Information Preservation Network (CGI-PN), the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP-PN), and perma.cc. 
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Over the past five years UWM has formed a Digital Preservation Community of Practice whose aim is to identify common digital preservation issues across departments and shared tools and workflows.  UWM also co-founded the Digital Preservation Expertise Group (DPEG), a University of Wisconsin System-wide group that shares digital preservation expertise, develops training, and investigates shared resources across all thirteen UW System Libraries.

Each organization has participants in one or more of the various NDSA interest and working groups – so keep an eye out for them on your calls and be sure to give them a shout out. Please join me in welcoming our new members. To review our list of members, you can see them here.

~ Dan Noonan, Vice Chair of the Coordinating Committee

Announcing Spanish Translations for the 2019 and 2013 Levels Matrix

The NDSA is pleased to announce that both the original (2013) and Version 2 (2019) of the Levels Matrix  have been translated into Spanish by our colleagues from Mexico and Spain, Dr. David Leija (Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas) and Dr. Miquel Térmens (Universitat de Barcelona). Drs. Leija and Térmens are academic researchers and founders of APREDIG (Ibero-American association for digital preservation), a non-profit organization focused on spreading the importance of good practices of digital preservation for the spanish-speaking community.

Links to these documents are found below as well as on the Levels of Digital Preservation OSF project pages: 2019 (https://osf.io/qgz98/) and 2013 (https://osf.io/9ya8c/) as well as below.

In addition, Miquel Térmens and David Leija have written a report analyzing and documenting the use of the NDSA Levels in 8 public and private organizations in Spain, Mexico, Brazil and Switzerland.  The Methodology of digital preservation audits with NDSA Levels, can be found in Spanish here and should be cited as found below.  

  • Térmens, Miquel; Leija, David (2017). “Methodology of digital preservation audits with NDSA Levels”. El profesional de la información, v. 26, n. 3, pp. 447-456. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2017.may.11 | https://fima.ub.edu/pub/termens/docs/EPI-v26n3.pdf 

If you would be interested in translating the Levels of Digital Preservation V2.0 into another language please contact us at ndsa.digipres@gmail.com. 

 

Traducciones al español de la Matriz de Niveles de Preservación Digital 2019 y 2013

La NDSA se complace en anunciar que tanto la versión original como la versión 2 de la Matriz de Niveles de Preservación Digital han sido traducidas al español por nuestros colegas investigadores de México y España, el Dr. David Leija (Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas) y el Dr. Miquel Térmens (Universitat de Barcelona). Térmens y Leija son investigadores académicos fundadores de APREDIG (Asociación Iberoamericana de Preservación Digital), una organización sin ánimo de lucro enfocada en difundir la importancia de las buenas prácticas de preservación digital para la comunidad hispanohablante.

Los enlaces a estos documentos traducidos se encuentran a continuación, así como en las páginas del proyecto OSF de Niveles de Preservación Digital: 2019 ((https://osf.io/qgz98/) y 2013 (https://osf.io/9ya8c/).

Adicionalmente, Miquel Térmens y David Leija han escrito un reporte analizando y documentando el uso de los niveles NDSA en 8 organizaciones públicas y privadas de España, México, Brasil y Suiza. La Auditoría de Preservación Digital con NDSA Levels, se puede encontrar en español aquí y debe citarse como se encuentra a continuación.  

  • Térmens, Miquel; Leija, David (2017). “Auditoría de Preservación Digital con NDSA Levels”. El profesional de la información, v. 26, n. 3, pp. 447-456.      https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2017.may.11 | https://fima.ub.edu/pub/termens/docs/EPI-v26n3.pdf 

Si está interesado en traducir los niveles de Preservación Digital V2.0 en otros idiomas por favor póngase en contacto en ndsa.digipres@gmail.com. 

 

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