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.
Greetings, DLF community! August can seem like a quiet, slow-going month, but it’s also the time when so much behind-the-scenes work is being done to prepare for the busy events, meetings, and schedules in the months ahead. If you’re like much of our community, quietly working hard now with an eye toward the fall, just remember to take a beat and soak up a few sunny warm moments here and there – you deserve rest too.
— Aliya from Team DLF
This month’s news:
- DLF Forum early bird registration ends August 15: Register at the earlybird rate to join us in Denver in November, and view the program for the 2025 DLF Forum and Learn@DLF.
- Call for Proposals: The CFP for the IIPC 2026 Web Archiving Conference is open now through October 15, 2025. Learn more and submit.
- Sponsorship opportunities available: Support the community and the DLF Forum by becoming a partner for this year’s events.
- Office closure: CLIR offices will be closed September 1st for Labor Day.
This month’s DLF group events:
Arts and Cultural Heritage Working Group Special Session: Reimagining Digital Library Software for Arts & Cultural Heritage Collections
Thursday, August 28 2025 at 1pm ET / 10am PT; https://clirdlf.zoom.us/meeting/register/BcLPpWNkQQubOtFBKN2oLg
Join the Arts and Cultural Heritage Working Group for a special session presented by Kendra Bouda.
Metavus (https://metavus.net) is a free, open source digital collections platform developed by Internet Scout Research Group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Originally designed to support STEM repositories with no physical holdings, Scout is now exploring how the platform might be adapted for small to mid-sized libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives that manage both digital and physical collections.
Join presenter Kendra Bouda for this one-hour session introducing the Metavus for Museums project—a customized installation of Metavus tailored to the needs of arts and cultural heritage institutions. Kendra will share project goals, demo the software and its features, and discuss key challenges encountered in adapting the platform.
Participants will be invited to share their own experiences and expectations—whether by discussing functionality they value in a digital collections platform or reflecting on challenges they’ve encountered in their own environments. This session aims to spark conversation, surface shared needs, and explore ideas that may lead to more adaptable and user-informed tools. Participants of all backgrounds and levels of expertise are welcome to attend.
Register to attend this session: https://clirdlf.zoom.us/meeting/register/BcLPpWNkQQubOtFBKN2oLg
This month’s open DLF group meetings:
For the most up-to-date schedule of DLF group meetings and events (plus NDSA meetings, 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.
- DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG): Tuesday, 8/5, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Tuesday, 8/5, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF AIG Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 8/11, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- DLF AIG Metadata Assessment Working Group: Thursday, 8/14, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT
- DLF AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 8/15, 11am ET / 8am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility IT Subgroup (DAWG-IT): Monday, 8/25, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- DLF Digitization Interest Group: Monday, 8/25, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Committee for Equity and Inclusion: Monday, 8/25, 3pm ET / 12pm PT
- DLF Climate Justice Group: Tuesday, 8/26, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group Policy & Workflows Subgroup: Friday 8/29, 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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