A monthly round-up of news, upcoming working group meetings and events, and CLIR program updates from the Digital Library Federation. See all past Digests here.
Hi DLF Community! I’m excited to share that we are officially planning a virtual 2026 DLF Forum, scheduled for October 14-15. The Forum is a practitioner-centered event made possible by the care, creativity, and collaboration of our community, and we’re now inviting volunteers to join the 2026 DLF Forum Planning Committee. You do not need to attend the Forum to serve on the committee. If you’re interested, please complete the Planning Committee Volunteer Form. We are looking forward to planning alongside you!
— Shaneé from Team DLF
This month’s news:
- Volunteer Opportunity: Help shape the 2026 Virtual DLF Forum by joining the Planning Committee. Volunteer by Tuesday, February 10.
- CLIR Call For Proposals: CLIR is accepting applications for the thirteenth cycle of Recordings at Risk until February 24, 2025. See details here.
- Fellow Reflections: All reflections from the 2025 DLF Forum fellows have now been posted on the DLF blog. Read them here.
- Office closure: CLIR’s offices are closed on Monday, February 16, for Presidents’ Day.
This month’s open DLF group meetings:
For the most up-to-date schedule of DLF group meetings and events (plus conferences and more), bookmark the DLF Community Calendar. Meeting dates are subject to change. Can’t find the meeting call-in information? Email us at info@diglib.org. Reminder: Team DLF working days are Monday through Thursday.
- DAWG IT & Development: Monday, 2/2, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Tuesday, 2/3, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG): Tuesday, 2/3, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- DLF AIG Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 2/9, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- AIG Metadata Assessment Group: Wednesday, 2/18, 4pm ET/ 1pm PT.
- AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 2/20, 11am ET / 8am PT
- AIG Metadata Assessment Group: Friday, 2/20, 2pm ET/ 11am PT.
- DLF Digitization Interest Group: Monday, 2/23, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- DLF Committee for Equity & Inclusion: Monday, 2/22, 3pm ET / 12pm PT.
- DLF Climate Justice Working Group: Tuesday, 2/24, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- DLF Open Source Capacity Group: Wednesday, 2/25, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- DLF AIG Metadata Assessment: Thursday, 2/26, 1:15 pm ET / 10:15 am PT.
- DLF Digital Accessibility Policy & Workflows subgroup: Friday, 2/27, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
DLF groups are open to ALL, regardless of whether or not you’re affiliated with a DLF member organization. Learn more about our working groups on our website. Interested in scheduling an upcoming working group call or reviving a past group? Check out the DLF Organizer’s Toolkit. As always, feel free to get in touch at info@diglib.org.
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- Subscribe to the DLF Forum newsletter.
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- Bookmark our Community Calendar.
- Learn more about becoming a DLF member organization.
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