NDSA:Tech Community Engagement

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Anil Dash mentioned at the digital preservation 2012 meeting (wrap-up blog post now at http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/07/record-crowd-participates-in-digitalpreservation-2012/) that the "Tech Community" has little understanding of what the digital preservation community is trying to accomplish.

Building on that, the NDSA Outreach group is looking to put together a list of "Asks" and "Offers" for the Tech community.

That is, when we have an opportunity to engage with the Tech community, what 5 things would we ask of them?

And at the same time, what 5 things does our community have to offer to the Tech Community?

What Would We "Ask" of the Tech Community?

• Make it easy for LAMs to preserve the content produced by your users – enable preservation through your API.
• Build functionality into popular handheld devices, like smart phones and digital cameras, that supports creation of preservation-ready digital objects
• Don't push off all the costs of preservation to libraries, archives and museums
• Make sure you have a broad group of the community at the table when you discuss future IT strategy.

What Do We Have to "Offer" the Tech Community?

• resources to educate the Tech Community about digital preservation and long term data viability
• guidelines for entering into digital preservation partnerships with libraries and archives
• collaborative opportunities to look at how to include digital preservation partnerships into terms & conditions
• forums for discussion, scholarship, and industry best practices for digital preservation
• The prestige of collaborating with memory institutions.