NDSA:2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship

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Introduction

The 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship highlights emerging trends, identifies gaps in digital stewardship activity and provides funders and decision-makers with insight into the work needed to ensure that today's valuable digital content remains accessible and comprehensible in the future, supporting a thriving economy, a robust democracy and a rich cultural heritage.

The 2015 Agenda is the result of many months of individual effort and dedicated institutional support from across the NDSA community; and was improved by hundreds of review comments coming not only from NDSA members but also from many reviewers in the national and international preservation community.

Download the full report or the executive summary at http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/nationalagenda/index.html.

Background Information

The National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) is in a unique position to identify and communicate the challenges, opportunities, and priorities for digital preservation activities in the United States. The 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship identifies emerging trends, opportunities, and gaps in national digital stewardship activity. The agenda is intended to be of use to NDSA members and to the digital preservation community as a whole. It is an evaluation of the year’s challenges and emerging issues that would inform digital preservation work across the nation, directed at funders and executive decision makers.

The 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship is authored by the NDSA joint leadership group. This group is made up of the Coordinating Committee members, the Working Group co-chairs, and the NDSA facilitator.

• Micah Altman
• Jefferson Bailey
• Karen Cariani
• Jim Corridan
• Jonathan Crabtree
• Michelle Gallinger
• Andrea Goethals
• Abbie Grotke
• Cathy Hartman
• Butch Lazorchak
• Jane Mandelbaum
• Carol Minton-Morris
• Kate Murray
• Trevor Owens
• Meg Phillips
• Abigail Potter
• Robin Ruggaber
• John Spencer
• Helen Tibbo
• Kate Wittenberg

Promotion and Outreach Materials

Presentation Coordination

• Public Presentations: Schedule and coordinate "road show" presentations for 2015:

Supporting Resources

• Executive Summary of the 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship http://go.usa.gov/v8Hd

• Full Version of the 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship http://go.usa.gov/v8Ah

• National Agenda Press Release

• Presentation Slides (TBD)

• Generic 2015 National Agenda conference proposal abstract

• Poster (TBD)

• Event Calendar for 2015 National Agenda Presentations will be posted to the NDSA Calendar: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/calendar.html#tab2

Sample tweets

It's time for a National Agenda for Digital Stewardship http://go.usa.gov/v8Ah #nationalagenda @NDSA2

"Effective digital stewardship is vital to maintaining the nation’s cultural heritage..." http://go.usa.gov/v8Ah #nationalagenda @NDSA2

160 organizations band together to launch debut National Agenda for Digital Stewardship http://go.usa.gov/v8Ah #nationalagenda @NDSA2

Quotes

"Digital preservation is all about the digital CONTENT, preserving it so people can use it. The National Agenda helps us focus our efforts to preserve the amazingly rich digital content." - Cathy Hartman, XXXXX

"The Agenda identifies our most pressing digital preservation challenges as a nation and gives us the direction to deal with them collaboratively." -Andrea Goethals, XXXXX

(Feel free to add your own!)