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.
Happy February, DLF community! January was jam-packed with 2024 Forum work, and one major task was accomplished today: the release of the Call for Proposals for the in-person event at Michigan State University in July! 🎉 We hope you will consider submitting. DLF working groups were also busy last month with six different working group meetings taking place. As always, you can take a look at who is meeting when on the Community Calendar.
Looking forward to this month!
— Team DLF
This month’s news:
- Call for Proposals: The DLF Forum: Call for proposals for our in-person event at Michigan State University is now open.
- CFP Office Hours Event: Join us on 2/15 for our Call for Proposals Office Hours where you can learn more about the DLF Forum session types, ask questions, and more.
- Call for Grant Applications: CLIR’s Recordings at Risk. CLIR invites applications for digitizing at-risk audio and audiovisual materials. Application deadline is April 17th. Prospective applicants can participate in an informal webinar on February 15th.
- Publication Now Available: Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines: A Guide by the Digital Accessibility Working Group.
- DLFTeach chat Now Available for 90 days: “An irreverent chat about Artificial Intelligence and Digital Pedagogy,” is now available for you to respond to directly through the DLF Teach Slack space. The chat (and chance to respond to the questions) will remain open for 90 days.
- Closures: CLIR/DLF offices are closed Monday, February 19th in observance of Presidents’ Day.
This month’s DLF group events:
Assessment Interest Group (AIG) – Social Hour
Thursday, February 22, 12pm ET / 9am PT; Register in advance
This session will introduce participants to the various AIG working groups, review their accomplishments, and provide information about future plans. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of working group leaders as well.
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. Can’t find meeting call-in information? Email us at info@diglib.org. Reminder: Team DLF working days are Monday through Thursday.
- Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Wednesday, February 7, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Assessment Interest Group (AIG) Cultural Assessment Working Group (CAWG): Monday, February 12, 2pm ET/11am PT.
- AIG Cost Assessment Working Group: Monday, February 12, 3pm ET/12pm PT.
- AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, February 16, 11am ET / 8am PT.
- AIG Social Hour: Thursday, February 22, 12pm ET / 9am PT.
- DAWG Policy & Workflows subgroup: Friday, February 23, 1pm ET / 11am PT.
- Committee for Equity and Inclusion (CEI): Monday, February 26, 3pm ET / 12pm PT.
- Technology Strategy for Archives (TS4A): Tuesday, February 27, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Climate Justice Working Group: Wednesday, February 28, 12pm ET / 9am PT.
- AIG Metadata Working Group: Thursday, February 29, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am 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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