NDSA:2014 Jul Regular Meeting

Library of Congress, LM-637 July 24, 2014, 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

Agenda

As the NDSA turns three and NDIIPP turns 15 we would like to revisit and discuss the vision, goals, objectives and strategy for NDSA for the next phase.

For reference our current Principles of Collaboration and Memorandum of Understanding can be found here: [1]

Notes

Attendees: Jim Corridan (on phone), Micah Altman, Jane Mandelbaum, Abbey Potter, Christie Moffatt, Abbie Grotke, Jonathan Crabtree, Kate Murray, Robin Ruggaber, Helen Tibbo, Meg Phillips, Michelle Gallinger, John Spencer

Digital Preservation 2014 meeting was a success, attracting more attendees than ever before.

Federal funders meeting on Monday July 21 surfaced a number of positive ways that the 2015 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship can effect action in the digital stewardship community, including the possibility of letting the current agenda stand for several years.

National Agenda for Digital Stewardship on track for release on September 15, 2014.

Future actions include the establishment of a Professional funders action group to follow-up with them on progress and alignments;

NDSA CC will work to help funding agencies find more qualified applicants and work to help workshop proposals.

Fran Berman is interested in working more closely with the NDSA via the Research Data Alliance. Could help fund a position to work on the workshopping of potential future proposals based on the Agenda.

Final version of the ICONC report will be released in mid-August, along with the underlying state government data.

ICONC report will be released in conjunction with a comment from the NDSA, likely on the Signal blog, with the NDSA CC responding to suggestions in the report and noting the items already addressed and those to be addressed by the NDSA in the future.

Potential Future Actions:

Review the original NDIIPP legislation and identify how current NDSA work maps to the original legislative intent, including both the network activities and the Secretariat activities.

More clearly define NDSA secretariat duties, roles and responsibilities, including the key elements of the Secretariat currently handled by the Library and describe how they benefit the network.

Review of the NDSA working group structures along the lines of those under which the RDA and W3C operate.

Review NDSA MOU process and explore possibilities for streamlining.

Explore the opportunities and challenges of a diminished LC role as the NDSA secretariat.

Explore potential transition of NDSA to a 501(3) C.