NDSA:Content WG September 5, 2012 Meeting Minutes

CWG Meeting notes 1. Activity charters for work group activity o NDSA has developed a template for formally describing the activities and projects of the working groups. Easier for articulating what each group is working on o Abbie has started a draft for CWG o does not need to be for large/formal projects necessarily, can be for smaller activities that folks are gathering around o Sections of the draft that Need work:  work on statements  strategic value o Thoughts on developing the Activity Charter:  Will need to be generic / high level  We do not define the problems/goals of the case studies o Thoughts on the case studies  Value is in the knowledge sharing and the clarity yielded by the writing process  The case studies are not for sharing with the stakeholders per say, but to guide our internal collecting communities on how to work with the stakeholders.  We must think about how we are going to educate our stakeholders. o Volunteered to help:  Michael Stolller

1. Report from content teams o News Media and Journalism team  have started drafts of case studies: • Community / local news • Citizen Journalism • Digital e-prints of newspapers o Government Content Team  had conference call last friday and discussed case studies • discussed the type of preservation scenarios they face • collecting database information = easy • GIS = hard  have an interest in the case studies including different institutions defining their unique or specific preservation challenges.  Talked about addressing the need for more cooperation from stakeholders/creators at the outset - for better metadata, formats.  Is the hope that the case study will be used for educating stakeholders? o Geospatial team  No “official” members were on the call, but a non-member was present at their last meeting, and relayed the following.  One of the co-facilitators had to step down, looking for a new one  There was talk about outreach to ESRI and the private sector o Science Mathematics, Technology and Medicine  Have a meeting scheduled to discuss potential case studies o Social Sciences  Still having high-level conversations / have a google doc in progress  … had trouble hearing Shawn o Cultural Heritage  … could not hear Erik Rau  Have been working on the case studies in relation to oral histories and IP / privacy o Arts & Humanities  John McGlone  Have recruited 9 new members  Erik Rau asked what is keeping cultural heritage and Arts & Humanities apart? Discussion to occur offline  Ben will be reaching out to NDSA-all to gauge interest in the Tumblr preservation project Rhizome is working on o Next Call: November 7t