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! As the new year continues on, we have many opportunities to connect with our working groups coming up this month. Read on below to learn when and where to join. And, if you haven’t yet, be sure to subscribe to the DLF Forum Newsletter, as some information will drop there soon about this year’s events.
— Team DLF
This month’s news:
- Discuss: We invite folks to join the Climate Circle discussion coming up on Friday, February 7, a discussion component to the fourth session on Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Collaboration in our Climate Resiliency Action Series. Learn more and register here.
- Take Note: CLIR will be closed Monday, February 17, in observance of Presidents’ Day.
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 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, 2/4, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Wednesday, 2/5, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Assessment Interest Group (AIG) Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 2/10, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- Digital Accessibility Working Group — IT Subgroup: Monday, 2/17, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT
- DLF AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 2/21, 11am ET / 8am PT
- DLF Committee for Equity & Inclusion: Monday, 2/24, 3pm ET / 12pm PT
- DLF AIG Metadata Assessment Working Group: Thursday, 2/27, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Policy & Workflows Subgroup: Friday, 2/28, 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.
- 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.
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Contact us at info@diglib.org.