NDSA:2014 NDSA San Francisco Regional

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Preliminary Call to discuss potential NDSA regional meetings 1/9/14, 1:00pm ET

Participants: Drew Vandecreek (Northern Illinois U.), Lynne Thomas (Northern Illinois U.), Stacy Erdman (Northern Illinois U.), Erin Engle (Library of Congress), Jaime Schumacher (Northern Illinois U.), Carol Minton Morris (Duraspace), Butch Lazorchak (Library of Congress)

The group discussed the possible of a similar set of activities in San Francisco in the May/June 2014 timeframe in conjunction with NDSA partners in the regional, most specifically the Internet Archive. POWRR has been utilizing free IA resources in its training with local Illinois memory organizations, and an event that partners with IA could build on that training.

Reminder: June 9-13 is Open Repositories conference which has strong participation for NDSA members.

Jan. 31, 2014, 4:00pm

Attendees: Jaime Schumacher (Northern Illinois), Scott Reed (Internet Archive), Henry Lowood (Stanford), Erin Engle (Library of Congress), Drew Vandecrekk (Northern Illinois), Julie Sweetkind-Singer (Stanford)

IA in Inner Richmond neighborhood, not great for parking or public transit. Possible locations: California Historical Society, California Pioneer History Museum, possibly flying in. BART accessibility is key. IA not accessible by BART. Downtown SF good by BART. Oakland would be good. Oakland Museum. Oakland Public library? San Francisco public library? Need to contact CDL.

Showing off: Stanford Digital Repository, "Deposit a-thons," "software carpentry," "PASIG channels," Fedora/Hydra,

Society of California Archivists meeting is May 8-10.

POWRR workshop June 19 in Las Vegas, pre-conference in conjunction with ALA.