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? Let's be as specific as possible with these!

And at the same time, what 5 things does our community have to offer to the Tech Community? We can be a little more general with these! :)

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.