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.
Hello DLF community – it’s March! Last month we had the pleasure of opening and receiving a lot of proposals for our in-person DLF Forum happening in Michigan in July. Keep your eye out for community voting opening early next week, where you can see submitted proposals and vote for your favorites. DLF working groups were also busy last month and made some great plans for the future. Make sure to stay up to date on group meetings by reviewing the DLF Community Calendar.
-Team DLF
This month’s news:
- Applications Open: CLIR invites applications from collecting organizations for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials for the Recordings at Risk grant program now through April 17, 2024.
- Learn IIIF Basics: An upcoming 5-day workshop (March 18-22) will teach attendees the basics about the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF). No prior knowledge of IIIF is required. Learn more about the workshop and register.
- Register: Registration is now open for the IIIF Annual Conference, to be held in Los Angeles, June 4-7.
- Training Opportunities Available: IIIF is hosting a series of free online training sessions throughout March and April. Learn more about the World Training Events and register.
- Register: Registration is now open for the International Internet Preservation Consortium’s (IIPC) General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference in Paris, April 24-26.
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.
- Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG): Tuesday, March 5, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Wednesday, March 6, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
- Assessment Interest Group (AIG) Cultural Assessment Working Group (CAWG): Monday, March 11, 2pm ET/11am PT.
- AIG Cost Assessment Working Group: Monday, March 11, 3pm ET/12pm PT.
- AIG Metadata Assessment Working Group: Thursday, March 14, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT.
- AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, March 15, 11am ET / 8am PT.
- Committee for Equity and Inclusion (CEI): Monday, March 25, 3pm ET / 12pm PT.
- Climate Justice Working Group: Wednesday, March 27, 12pm ET / 9am PT.
- AIG Metadata Working Group: Thursday, March 28, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT.
- DAWG Policy & Workflows subgroup: Friday, March 29, 1pm ET / 11am 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.
