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 June, DLF community! Thanks to everyone who participated in Community Voting for the 2026 Virtual DLF Forum. We appreciate your input as we work with the Forum Planning Committee to build this year’s program.
Look out for updates this month: the program release, registration opening, and Digital Storytelling Fellows applications. We’re excited to share what’s next!
Warmly,
-Shaneé
This month’s news
- Recording Available: A recording of D Krahmer’s, DAWG IT & Development subgroup organizer, presentation on the DLF DAWG Accessibility Auditing Shortlist is available for rewatch.
- Early Bird Registration Open: Early bird registration for iPRES 2026 is open until July 13. The conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from September 21-25. A call for Ad Hoc sessions is
- Free Virtual Workshop: The ORCiD US Community is hosting ORCID 101: The ORCID iD and Record, a free online workshop on June 9 at 3 pm ET. Register to attend the event.
- Call for Proposals: NSDA is seeking proposals for Digital Preservation 2026, which will be held virtually on November 4-5. Submit a proposal for DigiPres by the July 1 deadline.
- Office closure: CLIR and DLF are closed on Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.
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.
- DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG): Tuesday, 6/2, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Tuesday, 6/2, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- DLF AIG Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 6/8, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- AIG Metadata Assessment Group: Friday, 6/12, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 6/19, 11am ET / 8am PT.
- Digitization Interest Group: Monday, 6/22, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Committee for Equity & Inclusion: Monday, 6/22 3pm ET / 12pm PT.
- DLF Open Source Capacity Resources Group: Wednesday, 6/24, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- DAWG Policy & Workflows: Friday, 6/26, 1pm ET / 10am PT.
- DAWG IT & Development: Monday, 6/29, 1pm ET/ 10am PT.
- DLF Climate Justice Working Group: Tuesday, 6/30, 3pm ET / 12pm 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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- Bookmark our Community Calendar.
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