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 July, DLF Community! We hope you’re having a pleasant summer so far and that you’re staying cool however you can. Between vacations and time to relax, we hope to catch you at a DLF Working Group meeting sometime this month. And, because the fall will be here before we know it, we hope you’re making plans to come to the Forum and Learn@DLF this November – registration is open and all programs have been released for what’s sure to be a wonderful week in colorful Colorado.
See you soon!
— Aliya from Team DLF
This month’s news:
- Forum program announced, registration open: The program for the 2025 DLF Forum is now available. Register at the earlybird rate to join us in Denver in November.
- Recordings now available: Check out the recordings from IIIF Annual Conference and the IIPC Web Archiving Conference, which both took place earlier this year.
- Opportunity: H-NET Spaces invites applications for its Spaces Cohort Program, which supports early-stage projects and/or scholars in need of support and hands-on training in DH methods. Applications due July 1.
- Free virtual event: The Libraries & DH Special Interest Group of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) is co-hosting Libraries & DH: Histories, Perspectives, Prospects Mini-Conference, a free gathering at this summer’s DH2025 Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on July 14.
- Call for climate-conscious bookworms: DLF’s Climate Justice Working Group summer book group is meeting Tuesday, July 29 at 1pm ET. They’ll be discussing chapters 5&6 of After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory by Trevor Owens, which is available open access. All are welcome to join, even if you’re not a regular participant in the working group and/or missed the first discussions. Register here to join.
- Office closure: CLIR offices will be closed July 3-4 in observance of Independence 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 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, 7/1, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Tuesday, 7/1, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF AIG Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 7/14, 1:00pm ET /10am PT
- DLF AIG Metadata Assessment Working Group: Thursday, 7/17, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT
- DLF AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 7/18, 11am ET / 8am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Policy & Workflows Subgroup: Friday, 7/25, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group IT & Development (DAWG-IT) Subgroup: Monday, 7/28, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT
- DLF Digitization Interest Group: Monday, 7/28, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Committee for Equity and Inclusion: Monday, 7/28, 3pm ET / 12pm PT
- DLF Climate Justice Working Group: Tuesday, 7/29, 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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