NDSA:2014 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship

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Introduction

The 2014 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 Agenda is sponsored by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance. The NDSA, a voluntary membership organization of leading government, academic and private sector organizations with digital stewardship responsibilities, establishes, maintains, and advances the capacity to preserve our nation's digital resources for the benefit of present and future generations.

With its national focus, the NDSA is in a unique position to identify and communicate the challenges, opportunities, and priorities for digital stewardship activities in the United States. The NDSA joint leadership group, experts in digital stewardship in libraries, archives, technology, and the commercial sector, authored this strategy agenda.

It is meant to inform, rather than replace, individual organizational efforts, planning, goals, or opinions. It offers inspiration and guidance and suggests potential directions and areas of inquiry for research and future work in digital stewardship.

In March, the Joint Leadership Team met to discuss and draft the strategy document, with a rollout scheduled to coincide with the summer Digital Preservation 2013 meeting. See notes from a Content WG meeting: http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=January_2013

Rollout Plan

The Outreach Group will work over the next few months to draft an overall rollout plan for the release of the 2014 National Strategy Document.

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 2014 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. This agenda is not focused on assigning activities for the NDSA working groups. Rather, the agenda it is an evaluation of the year’s challenges and emerging issues that would inform digital preservation work across the nation.

The 2014 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. The 2014 Agenda will be authored by:

• Micah Altman
• Jefferson Bailey
• Karen Cariani
• Jim Corridan
• Blane Dessy
• Michelle Gallinger
• Andrea Goethals
• Abbie Grotke
• Cathy Hartman
• Butch Lazorchak
• Jane Mandelbaum
• Carol Minton-Morris
• Trevor Owens
• Meg Phillips
• Amy Rudersdorf
• John Spencer
• Helen Tibbo
• Tyler Walters
• Kate Wittenberg
• Kate Zwaard

This is not intended to be an extensive report out on a research activity; it is a succinct communication piece (approximately 5 pages). The agenda is an executive-level list of the challenges and opportunities in the digital preservation space for the year ahead. Short paragraphs may add further detail and substance.

Logistics:

• Co-chairs will request ideas to be nominated by the working groups
• Michelle Gallinger will act as document compiler and editor.
• Topics detailed in the document may be repeated year to year or may change entirely.

Text of background document is below and available at this link, with related meeting minutes: www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/images/c/c0/2014NationalAgendaforDigitalStewardship.doc

New Media Consortium’s Horizon report: http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project/horizon-reports

CNI program plan: http://www.cni.org/program/program-plan-archive/2011-2012/

NASCIO: http://www.nascio.org/publications/documents/NASCIO-Call-to-Action-The-Necessity-for-Maturing-Identity-and-Access-Management-in-State-Government.pdf

DPC Prospectus: http://www.dpconline.org/newsroom/not-so-new/898-dpc-prospectus-2012-13-a-full-programme-of-events-and-publications

Draft Outline

1. Introduction
   1. Description the National Agenda for Digital Stewardship
      1. What the document is
         1. inspiration for the planning of digital preservation work
         2. observations of the joint leadership group
         3. evaluation of the state of digital preservation activity and key emerging issues for the year
      2. What the document is not intended to be
         1. a directive to working groups
         2. prescriptive
         3. Not intended to replace any organizational efforts, planning, goals or opinions.
      3. Hoped for impact
   2. Description of the NDSA and its goals
      1. How the Agenda furthers NDSA goals
   3. Intended audience
      1. NDSA members
         1. inform and inspire individual, working group, and organizational work plans
      2. Wider digital preservation community
   4. Authored by the joint leadership group
2. Sections topics
   1. Trends in Digital Content
   2. Research Priorities
   3. Infrastructure Development
   4. Organizational Roles, Policies, and Practices
3. Conclusion
   1. Possible ways to engage with the topics and issues detailed in the agenda
   2. Opportunity to comment via ndsa@loc.gov
   3. Join the conversation about key issues and topics via the www.digitalpreservation.gov blog, The Signal

Timeline

January 2013

• Request for ideas, topics, and issues goes out to NDSA_ALL
• Working Groups discuss possible ideas to include

March 26-27, 2013

• Determine topics and trends for inclusion
• Assign writing of sections

May 2013

• Complete draft of document
• Circulate draft to NDSA_ALL for comment

June 2013

• Incorporate comments into final version

July 23-25, 2013

• Present at Digital Preservation 2013 conference

July 2013

• Circulate via www.digitalpreservation.gov and newsletter