NDSA:Content Working Group

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Statement of Purpose

The Content Working Group will focus on identifying content already preserved, investigating guidelines for the selection of significant content, discovery of at-risk digital content or collections, and matching orphan content with NDSA partners who will acquire the content, preserve it, and provide access to it.

Members

A list of current participants is posted here: NDSA:Content Working Group Members.

How to Get Involved

Contact co-chairs Cathy Hartman (Cathy.Hartman@unt.edu) and Abbie Grotke (abgr@loc.gov) to join the working group or to learn more about how to get involved.

Ways to get involved:

  • Read this wiki - review the scope of work and information about the Content Teams, to get started
  • Join our CWG meetings, held every other month (details below)
  • Offer to help take meeting minutes (truly appreciated!)
  • Join a NDSA:Content Teams
  • Help with small or large tasks to accomplish Content Team goals
  • Chat with your fellow members via the listserv - ask questions, tell us about your projects, introduce yourself!
  • Have an idea for a project or activity? Action teams may also be formed outside of (or within) the Content Teams, to perform specific tasks or accomplish goals. Start one up!
  • Get your co-workers involved - if there are others in your organization that you'd like to get more involved, contact Abbie to get them signed up.

And finally,

  • Don't be afraid to change Working Groups. If Content isn't a good fit, and you're more interested in Infrastructure, Innovation, Outreach, and Standards after all, our feelings won't be hurt. We realize that as the work evolves, new members may find themselves in the "wrong" group. Contact your co-chairs if you have questions about switching working groups.

Scope of Work

NOTE: This, our original scope statement from 2010, is under revision. A NDSA:draft scope is available for discussion at the July 2012 partner meeting.

The Content Working Group’s current scope of work is to:

A) Develop or contribute to a registry of content already preserved by NDSA members.

B) Develop a clearinghouse that will enable a variety of stakeholders (content producers, archives and libraries and other potential preservationists) to:

  • Determine what specific types of content or collections are at risk.
  • Identify at-risk content or collections for preservation.
  • Match orphan collections with appropriate trusted partner for access and preservation.

Content Teams

In early 2012, the Co-Chairs proposed a NDSA:Plan for 2012, that talks about ideas for restructuring our larger group to break into content teams. Read more NDSA:About the Content Teams here. Learn more about our NDSA:Content Team To-Dos, and more about developing Content Case Studies. See a list of all NDSA:content teams and sign up to join one!

Or jump to the Content Team pages directly:

Prior Activities

Here are links to some prior activities undertaken by the CWG.

Content Registry Action Team

Visit the NDSA:Content Registry Action Team (Group A) page for information. Work on the registry is now on hold, although some related work is being done on the NDSA:Levels of preservation with other working groups.

Clearinghouse Action Team

Visit the NDSA:Clearinghouse Action Team (Group B) page for information. The thinking behind the clearinghouse let us to break up into the Content Teams; work continues there related to the identification of at-risk content and pairing with institutions who might preserve.

Appraisal of Local Government Information Action Team

An outcome of the CWG workshop, a need was determined for guidance on appraisal for local government information. This group has since been absorbed into the Government Content Team. http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Content_teams

Blog Preservation Action Team

An outcome of the CWG workshop, an action team was formed to explore the idea of a blog preservation plugin. Visit the NDSA:Blog Preservation page for more information. This project is currently on hold while we explore options other than working directly with Wordpress (that didn't pan out). One option we're investigating is a funded project via IIPC (netpreserve.org).

Web Archiving Survey

A survey of Web Archiving organizations in the U.S. was conduced in October 2011 and results were compiled and published in July 2012. NDSA:Web Archiving Survey links to the report and an addendum with further information for NDSA members.

Meeting Schedule and Minutes

2012 Meetings of the full Content WG Note: Other more regular meetings of the Content Teams will take place; see the NDSA:content teams page for more details.

NOTE: Next two were changed during June call, since we're meeting at end of July in person, pushing next call to September.

  • September 5, 2012 - 11:00AM - 12:00 PM EDT -
  • November 7, 2012 - 11:00AM - 12:00 PM EDT -


2011 Meetings

In 2011, regular Webex meetings were from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET the first Wednesday of each month.

2010 Meetings

Two meetings were held in 2010 to kick-off the Working Group and to develop the charter:

Practices

The group will work and collaborate using the following tools and mechanisms:

  • Listserv: contact Abbie (abgr@loc.gov) to be added or removed. The list archives are available to members (requires login).
  • Regular conference calls/Webex: see meetings section below.
  • Annual conference
  • Wiki: you're here!
  • IdeaScale: http://ndsa.ideascale.com/
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