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.
Hello DLF Community! July is here, bringing longer days, warmer evenings, and (we hope) a bit of breathing room. However you’re spending the season, we’d love to stay connected, join us at a DLF Working Group meeting this month, and keep the conversations going. And as we savor summer, we’re also looking ahead: registration is open, and the full program for the Virtual Forum this October is now available. We’re looking forward to coming together online for a dynamic and engaging week of conversation, collaboration, and shared learning.
With appreciation,
-Shaneé
This month’s news
- Virtual Forum program announced, registration open: The program for the 2026 Virtual DLF Forum is now available. Register at the earlybird rate before August 31 to join us online in October.
- Recordings Available: Check out the recordings from the IIIF Annual Conference held last month.
- Free Event: Join the ORCID US Community on July 23 at 2-3 pm ET for the Understanding ORCID APIs and Custom Integrations webinar. Register for the Zoom event.
- Registration Open: Register for the 12th Annual Digital Pedagogy Institute, held virtually on Teams from August 18–20. The event is open to all, and registration is required by August 7.
- Office closure: CLIR and DLF are closed Thursday, July 2 – Friday, July 3, in observance of the Fourth of July Holiday.
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.
- Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG): Tuesday, 7/7, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Tuesday, 7/7, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- AIG Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 7/13, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- AIG Metadata Assessment Group: Friday, 7/17, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 7/17, 11am ET / 8am PT.
- Open Source Capacity Resources Group: Wednesday, 7/22, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- Digitization Interest Group: Monday, 7/27, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Committee for Equity & Inclusion: Monday, 7/27, 3pm ET / 12pm PT.
- Climate Justice Working Group: Tuesday, 7/28, 3pm ET / 12pm PT.
- DAWG Policy & Workflows: Friday, 7/31, 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.
Get Involved / Connect with Us
Below are some ways to stay connected with the digital library community and us:
- Subscribe to the DLF Forum newsletter.
- Join, start, or revive a working group and browse their work on the DLF Wiki.
- Subscribe to our community listserv, DLF-Announce.
- Bookmark our Community Calendar.
- Learn more about becoming a DLF member organization.
- Follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
- Contact us at info@diglib.org.