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== Statement of Purpose ==
== Statement of Purpose ==


The Content [[NDSA:Terms#Working_Group|Working Group]] will focus on identifying content already preserved, investigating guidelines for the selection of significant content, discovery of at-risk digital content or collections, and matching orphan content with NDSA partners who will acquire the content, preserve it, and provide access to it.
The Content [[NDSA:Terms#Working_Group|Working Group]] will focus on identifying content already preserved, investigating guidelines for the selection of significant content, discovery of at-risk digital content or collections, and matching orphan content with NDSA partners who will acquire the content, preserve it, and provide access to it.


== Members ==
== How to Get Involved ==
A list of current participants is posted here: [[NDSA:Content Working Group Members]].
Contact [[NDSA:Terms#Working_Group_Co-Chairs|co-chairs]] Maureen Harlow (mmharlow@pbs.org) and Lauren Work (lw2cd@eservices.virginia.edu) to join the working group or to learn more about how to get involved.
 
'''A few ways to learn more and get involved:'''
 
*Read this wiki - review the scope of work and information about the Content Teams, to get started
*Check out our public page: http://ndsa.diglib.org/working-groups/content/
*Join our meetings (details below)
*Sign up to do one of our [[NDSA:Member Presentations]]
*Offer to help take meeting minutes (truly appreciated!)
*Join one of our [[NDSA:content teams]]
*Help with small or large tasks to accomplish Content Team goals
*Chat with your fellow members via the listserv - ask questions, tell us about your projects, introduce yourself!
*Have an idea for a project or activity? Action teams may also be formed outside of (or within) the Content Teams, to perform specific tasks or accomplish goals. Start one up!
*Get your co-workers involved - if there are others in your organization that you'd like to get more involved, contact Abbie to get them signed up.
 
And finally, 
*Don't be afraid to change Working Groups. If Content isn't a good fit, and you're more interested in [[NDSA:Infrastructure Working Group|Infrastructure]], [[NDSA:Innovation Working Group|Innovation]], [[NDSA:Outreach Working Group|Outreach]], or [[NDSA:Standards and Best Practices Working Group|Standards]] after all, our feelings won't be hurt. We realize that as the work evolves, new members may find themselves in the "wrong" group. Contact your co-chairs if you have questions about switching working groups.
 
== Scope of Work ==


The Content Working Group is developing case studies and models to share compelling stories that demonstrate the value of digital preservation in our communities. The case studies will be shared with all stakeholders, from content producers to cultural heritage organizations, with goals of:


== How to Get Involved ==
*engaging all members of the community in the preservation of content,
Contact [[NDSA:Terms#Working_Group_Co-Chairs|co-chairs]] Cathy Hartman (Cathy.Hartman@unt.edu) and Abbie Grotke (abgr@loc.gov) to join the working group or to learn more about how to get involved.


Every member is encouraged to join one or more [[NDSA:content teams]]. We encourage all members to participate in the working group in some capacity: whether by calling into a meeting, joining an
*encouraging the cultivation of relationships that could enable preservation, and,  
[[NDSA:Terms#Action_Team|Action Team]] and helping with small or large tasks to accomplish Action Team goals, helping take minutes for our meetings, or contributing ideas via the listserv or phone calls. Any contributions are welcome! New members or existing members interested in getting more involved in the Content Working Group should review the current scope of work and action team information below. Contact your co-chairs Cathy or Abbie, or any of the Action Team leads, for more information or to jump right in and participate.


If you have a new idea for an action team or something that the Content Working Group might take on, please offer it up to the group! We want to be doing things of interest to the entire working group.
*in conjunction with other working groups in the NDSA, identifying actionable next steps to ensure important content is preserved.  


== Current Scope of Work ==
An earlier version of our [[NDSA:scope of work]] is available here.
The Content Working Group’s current scope of work is to:


'''A)''' Develop or contribute to a registry of content already preserved by NDSA members.  
===Current Activities and Initiatives===
==== 2015 Planning ====
Presentation topics and project ideas
*Working with Content Creators
**Refer to CWG [[NDSA:Meeting Minutes 9/3/14]] and [[NDSA:Meeting minutes 10/1/14]]
*[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/documents/2015NationalAgenda.pdf 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship] (taken from "Actionable Recommendations")
**Section 2.1 Overarching Issues with Digital Content
***Develop content scans in each area of interest to the community that identify important collections and the efforts to ensure durable access to them
***Continue to build systematic longitudinal evidence on the practice and context of preservation
***Extend systematic surveys and scans on organizational capacity and preservation storage practices to guide selection
**Section 2.2.2 Connection to Creator Community
***Support the ongoing evaluation of digital collections and their impacts
****'''Project idea: 2015 Web Archiving Survey?''' (following on 2011 and 2013 surveys)
***Communicate and coordinate collection priority statements at national, regional, and institutional levels
****'''Project idea: Create template? Develop survey?  How might the CWG support this?'''
***Explore privacy issues in born-digital collecting
****'''Suggested Speaker: Jean E. Dryden, who  teaches Society of American Archivists Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) course on this topic'''
***Develop further understanding and proficiency in the tools researchers want to interact with digital collections
***Connect with the communities across commercial, nonprofit, private, and public sectors that create digital content to leverage their incentives to preserve
****'''Suggested Speaker: More from [http://rjionline.org/events/memoryhole Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving Born-digital News Content] and [http://educopia.org/events/dmh Dodging the Memory Hole II: An Action Assembly]'''
**Section 2.3 Content-Specific Challenges
***2.3.1 Scientific Data Sets
****CWG Project Ideas
*****
****Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
*****'''Virginia Commonwealth University data manager'''
*****'''GIS data'''
*****'''Workflows for ongoing collection of scientific data and software/code to preserve in institutional repositories'''


'''B)''' Develop a clearinghouse that will enable a variety of stakeholders (content producers, archives and libraries and other potential preservationists) to:
***2.3.2 Web and Social Media
*Determine what specific types of content or collections are at risk.
****CWG Project Ideas
*Identify at-risk content or collections for preservation.
*****'''Guidance for web site creators''' (a one-page guidance document for creators is in the works)
*Match orphan collections with appropriate trusted partner for access and preservation.
*****'''Content Case study on web archiving rapidly changing events'''
****Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
*****'''Martin Klein, UCLA, on collecting social media around the Arab Spring, including from researchers who captured content'''
*****'''Ben Welsh on extending the functionality of Story Tracker (looking for input from web archive community)'''
*****'''[http://timetravel.mementoweb.org/ Memento project]'''


=== Message from the Co-Chairs about Restructuring in 2012 ===
***2.3.3 Software Preservation
See the [[NDSA:Plan for 2012]] page for the message sent to the list January 18, 2012 about restructuring to break into content teams.
****CWG Project Ideas
*****
****Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
*****'''Speaker from Society of American Archivists 2014 session on [http://archives2014.sched.org/event/574e45dcc74762fc7e6c6e6d871d2ef3#.VQAmM1X3-iw software preservation networks]'''
*****'''Matthew Kirschenbaum, MITH (on new Track Changes book?)'''
*****'''Review [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/meetings/preservingsoftware2013.html Preserving.exe: Toward a National Strategy for Preserving Software]


=== Content Teams ===
***2.3.4 Moving Image and Recorded Sound
****CWG Project Ideas
*****
****Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
*****
***2.3.5 Electronic Records (of businesses, organizations, and government)
****CWG Project Ideas
*****
****Planned Speakers, April 1, 2015
*****'''Glen McAninch, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives'''
*****'''Kevin De Vorsey, National Archives and Records Administration'''


Content teams are a new concept - these pages are a work in progress:
*[[NDSA:Web Archiving Survey]]
**support collaborative web archiving projects
**policy development for archiving social media


[[NDSA:About the Content Teams]]
*[[NDSA:Content Case Studies]]


See a list of [[NDSA:content teams]] and sign up to join one!
*Other suggestions/ideas
**'''"Older-data-rescue" outreach'''
**'''Furthering work to understand stakeholders (creative and visual artists mentioned specifically)'''
**'''Cross Content Team projects related to born-digital news preservation'''


[[NDSA:Content Team To-Dos]]
*Content Interview Series
**See previous posts at http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/category/content-matters-interview/


=== Content Registry Action Team ===
*Other suggestions/ideas
Visit the [[NDSA:Content Registry Action Team]] (Group A) page for information about work plans, meetings, and participants.
**'''Continue/Restart member presentations'''


If you have a collection that you have commited to preserving, please enter the collection in our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dHAwVE9odEVpTzZYdDJqcDJuZzdqRXc6MQ#gid=0 preservation registry].
==== Content Teams ====


=== Clearinghouse Action Team ===
Content Working Group [[NDSA:content teams]] have been formed around various content areas to better organize our large working group. By motivating smaller teams to work together on projects of interest to them, we hope to accomplish more and raise awareness about the risk and value of digital content. Ideally everyone in the content WG will sign up for at least one that fits their organizations content area of interest. Read more [[NDSA:About the Content Teams]] here.  
Visit the [[NDSA:Clearinghouse Action Team]] (Group B) page for information about work plans, meetings, and participants.


=== Appraisal of Local Government Information Action Team ===
NOTE: The content teams have their own meeting schedules; please contact the facilitators for each group to learn more about meeting times.


An outcome of the CWG workshop, a need was determined for guidance on appraisal for local government information. This group has since been absorbed into the Government Content Team. http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Content_teams
*[[NDSA:Big Picture Group]]
*[[NDSA:Government Content Team]]
*[[NDSA:Geospatial]]
*[[NDSA:News, Media, and Journalism]]
*[[NDSA:Science, Mathematics, Technology and Medicine]]
*[[NDSA:Social Sciences]]
*[[NDSA:Cultural Heritage]] -- as of June 2013, merged [[NDSA:Arts & Humanities]] with this group.


=== Blog Preservation Action Team ===
====[[NDSA:Content Case Studies]]====


An outcome of the CWG workshop, an action team was formed to explore the idea of a blog preservation plugin. Visit the [[NDSA:Blog Preservation]] page for more information.  
The Content Teams of the Content Working Group will develop case studies around a variety of types of content to share compelling stories that demonstrate the value of digital preservation in our communities.  


=== Web Archiving Survey ===
'''Quick links to Case Studies in Development'''
LC took the lead on developing a survey of Web Archiving organizations in the U.S. to see what the scope of collecting is. The survey was out in October 2011 and some CWG members are analyzing results now. Here's a page [[NDSA:Web Archiving Survey]] where the draft survey questions were worked on. For more information, contact Abbie (abgr@loc.gov).


== Meeting Schedule and Minutes ==
*[[NDSA:Community and Hyperlocal News]](draft)
**FINAL VERSION: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/documents/NDSA_CaseStudy_CommunityNews.pdf
*[[NDSA:Citizen Journalism]](draft)
**FINAL VERSION: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/documents/NDSA_CaseStudy_CitizenJournalism.pdf
*[[NDSA:Digital E-Prints of Newspapers]](draft)
**FINAL VERSION: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/documents/NDSA_CaseStudy_NewspaperEPrints.pdf
*Science, Medicine, Math, and Technology Blogs [[NDSA:Draft Case Study]]
**FINAL VERSION: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/documents/ScienceBlogs_CaseStudy_public_v2.pdf
*[[NDSA:Science Forums Case Study]]
**FINAL VERSION: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/documents/ScienceForums_CaseStudy_public_v2.pdf


'''2012 Meetings'''
Others in progress: The Government team is working on a case study on land records, including Maryland land records and geospacial records, with a focus on issues of cooperation between local and state people and groups. Anne Harrison from FEDLINK is also working on a case study on trying to preserve history of legislation: hearings, publications, etc. A description of this content and needs will be drafted in case study format.


*January 2012 - No meeting - Happy New Year!
====Content Interview Series====
*February 1, 2012 - [[NDSA:Content WG February 1, 2012 Meeting Minutes]]
Working Groups members are interviewing and being interviewed for the Signal Blog [[NDSA:Content Interview Series]]. If you are interested in participating, contact Abbie abgr@loc.gov.
*March 7, 2012 - 11:00AM - 12:00PM ET - [[NDSA:Content WG March 7, 2012 Meeting Minutes]]
*April 4, 2012 - 11:00AM - 12:00 PM EDT -[[NDSA:Content WG April 4, 2012 Meeting Minutes]]
*June 6, 2012 - 11:00AM - 12:00 PM EDT -


Will move to bi-monthly meetings after the April meeting.
====Member Presentations====
We want to learn more about you! Sign up on our [[NDSA:Member Presentations]] page to present about your organization, what content you are preserving, and your challenges and success stories.  


====2013 [[NDSA:Web Archiving Survey]]====
A survey of Web Archiving organizations in the U.S. was open through November 30, 2013 and analysis is now under way. More information is at [[NDSA:Web Archiving Survey]].


'''2011 Meetings'''
===Prior Activities===
For more information about prior activities undertaken by the CWG, visit our [[NDSA:Prior Activities]] page.


In 2011, regular Webex meetings were from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET the first Wednesday of each month.
== Meeting Schedule and Minutes ==


*January 5, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG January 5, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
'''See our new CWG [[NDSA:Calendar]]! Add upcoming events or sign up to give one of our brief [[NDSA:Member Presentations]].'''
*February 2, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG February 2, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*4/6/2016: Focus on Social Media Preservation, with guest speakers Sara Day Thomson and Bergis Jules. Audio available now! [https://www.uberconference.com/getmp3/AMIfv96KPzEMGhAVB8SPgIDXVx5viYykf4Sl2iDwWTrOCx_DDVJRvNqvZEZYNzymCH_21tPzFaaYCtgrvZhAuWSEFJF9mZ0J2pkNCho4XOmdkN9ux6UznUtNVg1zdQVX1fux836m_VtpknwiWdUUE6SAYzP0IkS2Iw.mp3 '''Listen online here'''.]
*March 2, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG March 2, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*April 6, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG April 6, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*May 4, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG May 4, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*June 1, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG June 1, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*July 7, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG July 6, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*July 19, 2011 (in person, in DC) - [[NDSA:Content WG July 19, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*August 3, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG August 3, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*September 7, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG September 7, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*October 5, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG October 5, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]
*November 2, 2011 - No general meeting this month; Blog Preservation meeting instead (minutes here: [[NDSA:November_2_Blog_Preservation_Meeting_Minutes]])
*December 7, 2011 - [[NDSA:Content WG Decembr 7, 2011 Meeting Minutes]]


'''2010 Meetings'''
*6/1/2016: Content Working Group monthly call. [https://www.uberconference.com/getmp3/AMIfv97RPxxecEDxrjsPTW3uGpTj_WhFa1YJ9-P_EFSO6wcqo66yvcbDeMZCw8HjtqWktEt1I3gfCdm8dTKi_hHa3I5jeQ3wRveWpgEh5bcsomQyDRFtmyd6EP7CVUUA0NU3L_DWpDNdop3Gcb7GTLfkDH_NLybNOA.mp3'''Listen online here'''.]


Two meetings were held in 2010 to kick-off the Working Group and to develop the charter:


*November 5, 2010 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET - [[NDSA:Content WG November 5, 2010 Meeting Minutes]]
[[NDSA:Prior CWG Meetings]] (2010-2013)
*December 8, 2010 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET  - [[NDSA:Content WG December 8, 2010 Meeting Minutes]]


==Practices==
==Practices==


The group will work and collaborate using the following tools and mechanisms:  
The group will work and collaborate using the following tools and mechanisms:  
*Listserv: contact Abbie (abgr@loc.gov) to be added or removed. The [http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?A0=NDSA-CONTENT&X=0EA593253F4C274AA2&Y=abgr%40loc.gov  list archives] are available to members (requires login).
*Listserv: visit [http://lists.clir.org/scripts/wa-CLIR.exe?SUBED1=NDSA-CONTENT&X=3A97C39D370C9B11DA&Y this page] to subscribe or unsubscribe.
*Regular conference calls/Webex: see meetings section below.
*Regular conference calls: see meetings section above.
*Annual conference
*Annual conference
*Wiki: you're here!
*Wiki: you're here!
*IdeaScale: http://ndsa.ideascale.com/

Latest revision as of 16:51, 29 November 2016

Statement of Purpose

The Content Working Group will focus on identifying content already preserved, investigating guidelines for the selection of significant content, discovery of at-risk digital content or collections, and matching orphan content with NDSA partners who will acquire the content, preserve it, and provide access to it.

How to Get Involved

Contact co-chairs Maureen Harlow (mmharlow@pbs.org) and Lauren Work (lw2cd@eservices.virginia.edu) to join the working group or to learn more about how to get involved.

A few ways to learn more and get involved:

  • Read this wiki - review the scope of work and information about the Content Teams, to get started
  • Check out our public page: http://ndsa.diglib.org/working-groups/content/
  • Join our meetings (details below)
  • Sign up to do one of our NDSA:Member Presentations
  • Offer to help take meeting minutes (truly appreciated!)
  • Join one of our NDSA:content teams
  • Help with small or large tasks to accomplish Content Team goals
  • Chat with your fellow members via the listserv - ask questions, tell us about your projects, introduce yourself!
  • Have an idea for a project or activity? Action teams may also be formed outside of (or within) the Content Teams, to perform specific tasks or accomplish goals. Start one up!
  • Get your co-workers involved - if there are others in your organization that you'd like to get more involved, contact Abbie to get them signed up.

And finally,

  • Don't be afraid to change Working Groups. If Content isn't a good fit, and you're more interested in Infrastructure, Innovation, Outreach, or Standards after all, our feelings won't be hurt. We realize that as the work evolves, new members may find themselves in the "wrong" group. Contact your co-chairs if you have questions about switching working groups.

Scope of Work

The Content Working Group is developing case studies and models to share compelling stories that demonstrate the value of digital preservation in our communities. The case studies will be shared with all stakeholders, from content producers to cultural heritage organizations, with goals of:

  • engaging all members of the community in the preservation of content,
  • encouraging the cultivation of relationships that could enable preservation, and,
  • in conjunction with other working groups in the NDSA, identifying actionable next steps to ensure important content is preserved.

An earlier version of our NDSA:scope of work is available here.

Current Activities and Initiatives

2015 Planning

Presentation topics and project ideas

  • Working with Content Creators
  • 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship (taken from "Actionable Recommendations")
    • Section 2.1 Overarching Issues with Digital Content
      • Develop content scans in each area of interest to the community that identify important collections and the efforts to ensure durable access to them
      • Continue to build systematic longitudinal evidence on the practice and context of preservation
      • Extend systematic surveys and scans on organizational capacity and preservation storage practices to guide selection
    • Section 2.2.2 Connection to Creator Community
      • Support the ongoing evaluation of digital collections and their impacts
        • Project idea: 2015 Web Archiving Survey? (following on 2011 and 2013 surveys)
      • Communicate and coordinate collection priority statements at national, regional, and institutional levels
        • Project idea: Create template? Develop survey? How might the CWG support this?
      • Explore privacy issues in born-digital collecting
        • Suggested Speaker: Jean E. Dryden, who teaches Society of American Archivists Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) course on this topic
      • Develop further understanding and proficiency in the tools researchers want to interact with digital collections
      • Connect with the communities across commercial, nonprofit, private, and public sectors that create digital content to leverage their incentives to preserve
    • Section 2.3 Content-Specific Challenges
      • 2.3.1 Scientific Data Sets
        • CWG Project Ideas
        • Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
          • Virginia Commonwealth University data manager
          • GIS data
          • Workflows for ongoing collection of scientific data and software/code to preserve in institutional repositories
      • 2.3.2 Web and Social Media
        • CWG Project Ideas
          • Guidance for web site creators (a one-page guidance document for creators is in the works)
          • Content Case study on web archiving rapidly changing events
        • Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
          • Martin Klein, UCLA, on collecting social media around the Arab Spring, including from researchers who captured content
          • Ben Welsh on extending the functionality of Story Tracker (looking for input from web archive community)
          • Memento project
      • 2.3.4 Moving Image and Recorded Sound
        • CWG Project Ideas
        • Suggested Speakers/Topics for Presentations
      • 2.3.5 Electronic Records (of businesses, organizations, and government)
        • CWG Project Ideas
        • Planned Speakers, April 1, 2015
          • Glen McAninch, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
          • Kevin De Vorsey, National Archives and Records Administration
  • Other suggestions/ideas
    • "Older-data-rescue" outreach
    • Furthering work to understand stakeholders (creative and visual artists mentioned specifically)
    • Cross Content Team projects related to born-digital news preservation
  • Other suggestions/ideas
    • Continue/Restart member presentations

Content Teams

Content Working Group NDSA:content teams have been formed around various content areas to better organize our large working group. By motivating smaller teams to work together on projects of interest to them, we hope to accomplish more and raise awareness about the risk and value of digital content. Ideally everyone in the content WG will sign up for at least one that fits their organizations content area of interest. Read more NDSA:About the Content Teams here.

NOTE: The content teams have their own meeting schedules; please contact the facilitators for each group to learn more about meeting times.

NDSA:Content Case Studies

The Content Teams of the Content Working Group will develop case studies around a variety of types of content to share compelling stories that demonstrate the value of digital preservation in our communities.

Quick links to Case Studies in Development

Others in progress: The Government team is working on a case study on land records, including Maryland land records and geospacial records, with a focus on issues of cooperation between local and state people and groups. Anne Harrison from FEDLINK is also working on a case study on trying to preserve history of legislation: hearings, publications, etc. A description of this content and needs will be drafted in case study format.

Content Interview Series

Working Groups members are interviewing and being interviewed for the Signal Blog NDSA:Content Interview Series. If you are interested in participating, contact Abbie abgr@loc.gov.

Member Presentations

We want to learn more about you! Sign up on our NDSA:Member Presentations page to present about your organization, what content you are preserving, and your challenges and success stories.

2013 NDSA:Web Archiving Survey

A survey of Web Archiving organizations in the U.S. was open through November 30, 2013 and analysis is now under way. More information is at NDSA:Web Archiving Survey.

Prior Activities

For more information about prior activities undertaken by the CWG, visit our NDSA:Prior Activities page.

Meeting Schedule and Minutes

See our new CWG NDSA:Calendar! Add upcoming events or sign up to give one of our brief NDSA:Member Presentations.

  • 4/6/2016: Focus on Social Media Preservation, with guest speakers Sara Day Thomson and Bergis Jules. Audio available now! Listen online here.


NDSA:Prior CWG Meetings (2010-2013)

Practices

The group will work and collaborate using the following tools and mechanisms:

  • Listserv: visit this page to subscribe or unsubscribe.
  • Regular conference calls: see meetings section above.
  • Annual conference
  • Wiki: you're here!