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CWG Meeting notes
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
==Activity charters for work group activity==
o News Media and Journalism team
 
have started drafts of case studies:
*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
• Community / local news
*Abbie has started a draft for CWG Content Teams
• Citizen Journalism
*does not need to be for large/formal projects necessarily, can be for smaller activities that folks are gathering around
• Digital e-prints of newspapers
*Sections of the draft that need work:
o Government Content Team
**work on statements
had conference call last friday and discussed case studies
**strategic value
• discussed the type of preservation scenarios they face
 
• collecting database information = easy
Thoughts on developing the Activity Charter:
• GIS = hard
**Will need to be generic / high level
have an interest in the case studies including different institutions defining their unique or specific preservation challenges.
**We do not define the problems/goals of the case studies
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?
Thoughts on the case studies
o Geospatial team
**Value is in the knowledge sharing and the clarity yielded by the writing process
No “official” members were on the call, but a non-member was present at their last meeting, and relayed the following.
**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.
One of the co-facilitators had to step down, looking for a new one
**We must think about how we are going to educate our stakeholders.
There was talk about outreach to ESRI and the private sector
 
o Science Mathematics, Technology and Medicine
Volunteered to help:
Have a meeting scheduled to discuss potential case studies
**Michael Stoller and Margie Maes (sent an email to Abbie after the call)
o Social Sciences
 
Still having high-level conversations / have a google doc in progress
==Report from content teams==
 … had trouble hearing Shawn
 
o Cultural Heritage
'''News Media and Journalism team'''
 … could not hear Erik Rau
*have started drafts of case studies:
Have been working on the case studies in relation to oral histories and IP / privacy
**Community / local news
o Arts & Humanities
**Citizen Journalism
 John McGlone
**Digital e-prints of newspapers
Have recruited 9 new members
 
Erik Rau asked what is keeping cultural heritage and Arts & Humanities apart? Discussion to occur offline
Meet to be held in a few weeks to continue to work on these.
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
'''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?
 
'''Geospatial team'''
 
*No facilitators were on the call, but a Glen 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
 
'''Science Mathematics, Technology and Medicine'''
 
Have a meeting scheduled to discuss potential case studies.
 
'''Social Sciences'''
 
*Still having high-level conversations / have a google doc in progress  
*Are thinking about how to approach the case studies, may be more specific than general
 
'''Cultural Heritage'''
 
*Have been working on the case studies in relation to oral histories and IP / privacy
*After today's discussion, thinking these might be too narrow a focus - they will revisit their approach to case studies and speak to other formats.
 
'''Arts & Humanities'''
 
*Have recruited 9 new members via NDSA_ALL list. Will be setting up meeting soon.
*Erik Rau asked what is keeping cultural heritage and Arts & Humanities apart? Discussion to occur offline between Jonathan and Erik.
*Ben will be reaching out to NDSA-all to gauge interest in the Tumblr preservation project Rhizome is working on
 
==Next Call==
 
November 7th, 11am ET (Webex details will be sent out prior to the meeting with the agenda.

Revision as of 15:41, 7 September 2012

CWG Meeting notes

Activity charters for work group activity

  • 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
  • Abbie has started a draft for CWG Content Teams
  • does not need to be for large/formal projects necessarily, can be for smaller activities that folks are gathering around
  • Sections of the draft that need work:
    • work on statements
    • strategic value

Thoughts on developing the Activity Charter:

    • Will need to be generic / high level
    • We do not define the problems/goals of the case studies

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.

Volunteered to help:

    • Michael Stoller and Margie Maes (sent an email to Abbie after the call)

Report from content teams

News Media and Journalism team

  • have started drafts of case studies:
    • Community / local news
    • Citizen Journalism
    • Digital e-prints of newspapers

Meet to be held in a few weeks to continue to work on these.

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?

Geospatial team

  • No facilitators were on the call, but a Glen 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

Science Mathematics, Technology and Medicine

Have a meeting scheduled to discuss potential case studies.

Social Sciences

  • Still having high-level conversations / have a google doc in progress
  • Are thinking about how to approach the case studies, may be more specific than general

Cultural Heritage

  • Have been working on the case studies in relation to oral histories and IP / privacy
  • After today's discussion, thinking these might be too narrow a focus - they will revisit their approach to case studies and speak to other formats.

Arts & Humanities

  • Have recruited 9 new members via NDSA_ALL list. Will be setting up meeting soon.
  • Erik Rau asked what is keeping cultural heritage and Arts & Humanities apart? Discussion to occur offline between Jonathan and Erik.
  • Ben will be reaching out to NDSA-all to gauge interest in the Tumblr preservation project Rhizome is working on

Next Call

November 7th, 11am ET (Webex details will be sent out prior to the meeting with the agenda.

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