NDSA:Content WG January 30,2013 Meeting Minutes

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NDSA Content Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 1-2pm ET

Attendees (18)

• Abrams, Brett | National Records and Archives Administration | Brett.Abrams@nara.gov
• Baker, Timothy D. | Maryland State Archives | tim.baker@maryland.gov
• Caizzi, Carolyn | Northwestern University | carolyn.caizzi@northwestern.edu
• Coates, Midge | Auburn University | coatemi@AUBURN.EDU
• Daigle, Bradley | University of Virginia | bradley@virginia.edu
• Grotke, Abbie | Web Archiving Team Lead, Library of Congress, and Co-Chair of the NDSA Content Working Group | abgr@LOC.GOV | 202-707-2833 | @agrotke
• Hartman, Cathy | Associate Dean of Libraries, University of North Texas/ Co-Chair of the NDSA Content Working Group | cathy.hartman@UNT.EDU
• Howard, Rachel | Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Louisville | rachel.howard@LOUISVILLE.EDU
• Knies, Jennie | Manager, Digital Collections, University of Maryland | levjen@UMD.EDU
• Lazorchak, Butch | Library of Congress | wlaz@loc.gov
• McAninch, Glen | Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | Glen.McAninch@ky.gov
• McMillan, Gail | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | gailmac@vt.edu
• Paranick, Amber | Library of Congress | ampa@loc.gov
• Rau, Erik | Hagley Museum and Library | erau@hagley.org
• Reib, Linda | Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records | lreib@LIB.AZ.US
• Rossum, Deborah |Digital Content Manager| SCOLA |712-566-2202| drossum@SCOLA.ORG
• Stewart, Claire | Northwestern University | claire-stewart@northwestern.edu
• Truman, Gail | Truman Technologies | gail@trumantechnologies.com

National Agenda

NDSA Content WG Notes No one agreed to take notes. Cathy will take notes, so Abbie can type into the brainstorming document on the wiki.

Abbie and Cathy provided an overview of the National Agenda for Digital Stewardship document that NDSA is preparing this year. The working groups are asked to send topics forward to be included. Abbie had prepared a brainstorming space on our CWG wiki and included ideas from the Big Picture Team there. A few additional ideas were suggested by the group and added to the wiki document. Please see those notes at: <add URL> Abbie and Cathy noted that members should log onto the wiki and add ideas. Abbie will send the results on to the NDSA leadership group in mid Feb.

Interviews for blog posts: Abbie reviewed the Activity Charter for the Content Interview Series. The interviews will be posted on the Signal blog. She had several suggestions from CWG member in email for interviwees and topics, and will work on moving this activity forward. More suggestions / ideas are needed and appreciated.

Content teams – <include the announcement from the meeting announcement> GIS work group report on their discussions. They had a presentation from Diane ???? from the state library in Montana on their last call. GIS lives in the library there, which is unusual. They think about collection development and appraisal, which is unusual in the geospatial community. The content team is working on a paper to make available on the NDSA site that offer guidance for organizations related to geospatial information. Montana is preserving multiple file types – following the OAIS model. The Geo group is planning a blog post around the Montana efforts.

Abbey and Cathy stated again that case studies are not mandated for the Content Teams. Teams need to use the process that works for them. We encourage the teams to be active and continue the discussion. For example the Government team finds that they need a broader based approach than to advocate for a particular preservation strategy. Maryland is talking about providing one case study from the Government team on the topic of a specific record group that includes land records (deeds, etc.).

Next Meeting

March 6 at 11 AM EST, then every other month after that for 2013. We hope for an in-person meeting at the July Dig Pres 2013 conference.

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