Working with Team DLF

“Reach out to DLF staff and former leaders to find out as much information [as you can]. They are your best resource when first getting started.” —Cristela Garcia-Spitz

“DLF is amazing—don’t hesitate to reach out to them if you have an idea!”—Elizabeth Joan Kelly

“They email back so fast. It’s wild.”—Rachel Appel

The Digital Library Federation is purposefully lightly staffed. This means that we welcome your creative thinking about the best ways to get things done—no process or system is set in stone, and you are not required to use technologies we offer or work to a certain timeline in order to get our support. (We are also allergic to red tape.)

Team DLF is always available to help with:

• Forming new groups and initiatives, and discussing needed levels of DLF support
• Facilitating collaborations with other DLF groups and committees, and making connections beyond the immediate DLF community, including to the NDSA
• Creating editable pages on the DLF website and wiki, or hosting other web resources
• Communications and visual branding, including promoting your group’s activities through DLF’s various social media channels and lists
• Setting up an email list, scheduling a conference call, or facilitating a Twitter chat
• Options for open access publications, both online and print, including through CLIR
• Managing your data, with connections to DLF’s Github and OSF repositories
• Planning and organizing an in-person meet-up at the annual DLF Forum
• Brainstorming next steps and consulting on ways to build and maintain momentum
• Any other questions you may have!

You can always reach individual staff members directly, but we encourage first contacts to the whole team, at info@diglib.org.

Table of Contents

1. About DLF and the Organizers' Toolkit
2. Working with Team DLF
3. General Facilitation and Goal-Setting
4. Facilitating for Diversity and Inclusion
5. Preventing and Managing Burnout
6. Gathering Info/Building Enthusiasm
7. Planning an In-Person Meetup
8. Setting Up Year-Round Meetings
9. Talking and Writing
10. Organizing and Sharing Your Work