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.
Greetings, DLF Community! We hope spring is springing where you are and that you’re enjoying some longer days and warmer evenings. We’re excited to share our March meetings and events with you and look forward to seeing you around this month.
— Team DLF
This month’s news:
- Mark Your Calendar: The 2025 DLF Forum and Learn@DLF will take place Sunday, November 16 through Wednesday, November 19 in Denver, Colorado.
- Register: Registration is open until March 26 for the 2025 IIPC Web Archiving Conference, taking place April 9-10 in Oslo, Norway. View the program and keynote speakers.
- Register: Registration is also open for IIIF’s annual conference and showcase, taking place June 2-5 in Leeds, UK.
- Attend: The Place-Based Planning Webinar, part of CLIR’s Climate Resiliency Action Series, is happening March 13, 12pm ET/9am PT. Read on for more information about the series and this workshop.
- Discuss: After attending the webinar, join Climate Circle Discussion #5: Place-Based Planning, on March 21, 1pm ET/ 10am PT
- Catch Up: Past Climate Action Webinars are available on the CLIRDLF YouTube channel or the project website’s Resource page.
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, 3/4, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG): Wednesday, 3/5, 2pm ET / 11am PT
- DLF Assessment Interest Group (AIG) Cultural Assessment Working Group: Monday, 3/10, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- DLF AIG User Experience Working Group: Friday, 3/21, 11am ET / 8am PT
- DLF Committee for Equity & Inclusion: Monday, 3/24, 3pm ET / 12pm PT
- DLF AIG Metadata Assessment Working Group: Thursday, 3/27, 1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility Policy & Workflows Subgroup: Friday, 3/28, 1pm ET / 10am PT
- DLF Digital Accessibility IT & Development: Group: Friday, 3/31, 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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- Subscribe to the DLF Forum newsletter.
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- Bookmark our Community Calendar.
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