NDIIPP The Next Phase

NDIIPP The Next Phase

Meg WilliamsAssociate General Counsel

The Library of Congress

Moving to a New Phase

• Successfully taken the program from a $100M windfall to a working network of over 130 engaged partners– Survey landscape, plan, explain plan, defend plan,

pilot, consensus, invest, adjust, expand, repeat– Measured, incremental progress

• Now – The NDIIPP project agreements are ending – The Library needs to report to Congress– There needs to be a next step

Sustainable Network

• Sustainability– Scale – big dream, realistic increments– Cost – realities are different now– Flexibility – Inclusiveness– Responsibility

• Need an entity of some kind – Needs to be some there there

Where the Lawyers Come In

• Help you create some kind of formal sustainable organization

• Reviewed models; cribbed from them all– Just do it – Contractual – Corporate– Statutory

• Charter

National Digital Stewardship Alliance

June 2009

• National – whole country’s involved; not international

• Digital – born digital or born-again digital; electronic

• Stewardship – caring for heritage assets that belong to other institutions and to other generations

• Alliance – advancing common interests and cause (sounds like there’s movement)

Library of Congress

Members Associates


DRAFT June 2009

Members

• Organizations that commit to making a sustained contribution to national digital stewardship in one or more stewardship roles

• Current NDIIPP partners • New Members added by invitation• Vote

Associates

• Stakeholders that cannot commit to making sustained contributions, but share an interest in digital preservation, support the Alliance's mission, and are willing to provide advice or expertise

• Smaller institutions, foreign institutions, individuals, …

• Added by invitation• No vote

Eligibility

• Organizations from all sectors– Government agencies - Federal, state, local, municipal– Educational institutions– Libraries, archives– Non-profit organizations, associations, standards

bodies– Business entities

• Individuals

• By invitation

Library of Congress

Members Associates


DRAFT June 2009

Content

Stds & Practices

Infrastructure

Innovation

Outreach & Education

New Roles …

Stewardship Roles

• Members commit to making sustained contribution in one or more roles– Content– Standards & Practices– Infrastructure– Innovation– Outreach & Education

• Add, change as new roles develop …

• There’s a standing committee for each role

Content

• Contributing significant materials to the national collection to be preserved and made available to current and future generations

• Annual additions to the national collection • Content creators looking for a steward • Libraries, archives & traditional stewardship

organizations

Standards & Practices

• Developing, following and promoting effective methods for selecting, organizing, preserving, and serving digital content

• Perhaps developing certification paths

• Education and training

Infrastructure

• Developing and maintaining tools for curation and preservation

• Providing storage, hosting, migration, or similar services for the long-term preservation of digital content

• Building a collection of open source tools • Services suited to different requirements

– Different types, scopes and scales

Innovation

• Encouraging and conducting research in digital preservation science and technologies

• Periodically describing a research agenda

• Taking up research challenges identified by the Alliance

• Disseminating research findings


• Building relationships with stakeholder communities and preparing and sharing training resources and guides.

New & Changing Roles

• The structure can change as familiar roles change and new roles develop

• Establish or retire standing committees, as needed

Library of Congress

Members Associates


NDSAChair

DRAFT June 2009

Content

Stds & Practices

Infrastructure

Innovation


New Roles …

NDSASecretariat

The Library As Chair

• Invite Members and Associates to join – Designate committee chairs

– Establish ad hoc committees

• Consider & adopt recommendations

• Serve as the Alliance Secretariat– Meetings, communications, paperwork,

digital paperwork, Govt paperwork

The Library

• Maintain a clearinghouse & registry – Content, standards, practices & procedures,

tools, services, training resources

• Facilitate connections – Among Members & Associates with like

interests – Developing relationships based on excellence

and expertise

The Library

• Convene stakeholders – To develop shared understanding of digital

stewardship responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges

• Coordinate educational & information sharing initiatives – To foster effective preservation of digital

heritage materials

The Library

• Report periodically on digital stewardship – State of the national collection and infrastructure– Benefits preserving digital heritage– Challenges and opportunities

• Sponsor work – To advance the practice, science, & technology

of digital stewardship – To the extent funding is available

Library of Congress

Members Associates


NDSAChair

Council Librarian of Congress AL Strategic Initiatives

Member at large Member at large

Chair – Content Chair – Stds & Prac Chair – Infrastruct Chair – Innovation Chair – Outreach Chair – Other …

AssociateDRAFT June 2009

Content

Stds & Practices

Infrastructure

Innovation


New Roles …

NDSASecretariat

Alliance Council

• Makeup– 11 members– Chaired by Librarian of Congress – Vice Chair is Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives– Chairs of standing committees – Members at large– Associate

• Council is made up of institutions – Institutions designate individual representatives

Alliance Council

• De facto Membership committee– Develop membership criteria, practices– Recommend Members & Associates to the

Librarian

• Represent interest and concerns

• Coordinate periodic report on digital stewardship

Next Steps

• Think about all of this and get your input

• Define “success” (and “failure”) for a National Digital Stewardship Alliance

• Identify benefits of participation– For institutions– For others

• Develop charter by end of 2009

Questions or Comments?

• Ask Laura, Martha, Abbey, Michelle, Bill, or your other favorite NDIIPP contact

• Meg WilliamsAssociate General CounselThe Library of [email protected]

Aditya McDuffyAssistant General [email protected]

Documents

NDIIPP The Next Phase