The biennial NDSA Excellence Awards were established in 2012 to recognize and encourage exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation stewardship at a level of national or international importance. Over the years many individuals, projects, and organizations have been honored for their meaningful contributions to the field of digital preservation. The time has come Read More The post NDSA Excellence Awards: Submitting a Notable Nomination appeared first on DLF.| DLF
The biennial NDSA Excellence Awards were established in 2012 to recognize and encourage exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation stewardship at a level of national or international importance. Over the years many individuals, projects, and organizations have been honored for their meaningful contributions to the field of digital preservation. The time has come Read More The post Insights and Inspirations from the 2023 Excellence Award Winners appeared first on DLF.| DLF
The biennial NDSA Excellence Awards were established in 2012 to recognize and encourage exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation stewardship at a level of national or international importance. Over the years many individuals, projects, and organizations have been honored for their meaningful contributions to the field of digital preservation. The time has come Read More The post Now Accepting Nominations for Excellence Awards 2025 appeared first on DLF.| DLF
The NDSA is pleased to announce that Version 2 (2019) of the Levels Matrix has been translated into Ukrainian by Maryna Chernyavska. Links to these documents are found below as well as on the 2019 Levels of Digital Preservation OSF project page: https://osf.io/qgz98/ V2.0 (2019) If you would be interested in translating the Levels of Read More| DLF
As of March 2025, the NDSA Leadership recommended welcoming its two most recent applicants into the membership: Instituto Moreira Salles Amherst College Library The Instituto Moreira Salles has been working for the past two years on the beginning of its digital preservation program, organizing obsolete media and their digital files. They have also been implementing Read More The post NDSA Welcomes Two New Members in Quarter One of 2025 appeared first on DLF.| DLF
The NDSA Levels Steering Group has been diligently keeping tabs on how the Levels get deployed “in the wild” at our monthly meetings. The task is a way to understand the needs of the digital preservation community, and to document the usefulness of the NDSA’s signature digital preservation tool. Levels sightings occur in a variety Read More The post NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation ‘Sightings in the Wild’ appeared first on DLF.| DLF
Last year, a dedicated group of digital stewardship professionals formed the Climate Watch Working Group. Our mission is to raise awareness of the threats that climate change presents to preserving cultural heritage materials, especially those in digital form. We are excited to announce the publication of our Climate Watch Substack. Global warming and climate change Read More| DLF
Continuing the review of 2024, the following summaries the activities of the NDSA Interest and Working Groups activities. Please have a look at NDSA’s accomplishments – and feel free to reach out to NDSA with any questions on how you can get involved! Interest Groups Content Interest Group For the year, the Content Interest Group […] The post NDSA Interest and Working Groups 2024 Year in Review appeared first on DLF.| DLF
Happy New Year! As we begin 2025, we wanted to take a moment to look back at what we’ve done over the past year. Please have a look at NDSA’s accomplishments – and feel free to reach out to NDSA with any questions on how you can get involved! NDSA Leadership NDSA Leadership has achieved […] The post NDSA Leadership 2024 Year in Review appeared first on DLF.| DLF
As of December 6, 2024, the NDSA Leadership unanimously voted to welcome its three most recent applicants into the membership. Webrecorder LLC Museum of Glass George Washington’s Mount Vernon Each new member brings a host of skills and experience to our group. Webrecorder focuses on high-fidelity browser-based archiving, creating highly accurate archives of websites, which Read More The post NDSA Welcomes Three New Members in Quarter Four of 2024 appeared first on DLF.| DLF
Every two years the NDSA celebrates the Excellence Awards in recognition and encouragement of exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation and stewardship. Created in 2012, the awards seek to highlight and commend all forms of creative and meaningful contributions in the field of digital preservation. With 12 months to go until the next Read More The post Countdown to the NDSA Excellence Awards 2025: Insights and Inspirations from Our Winners appeared first on DLF.| DLF
SummaryAnnouncement of the publication of the NDSA Storage Survey report. The NDSA is pleased to announce the release of the 2023 Storage Infrastructure Survey Report, available at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/9QP4W From October 24 to November 22, 2023, the 2023 NDSA Storage Infrastructure Survey Working Group conducted a 51-question survey designed to gather information on the technologies and Read More| DLF
The National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) is an organization with a diverse international membership sharing a commitment to digital stewardship and preservation. Its Excellence Awards Working Group (EAWG) is just as diverse and just as committed. Since 2012 this team has come together to select awardees who have offered their significant engagement with the theory Read More| DLF
For almost a dozen years the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) has been home to the Excellence Awards. From simple beginnings these awards have evolved in response to changes in the field of digital preservation and stewardship, and they will continue to evolve as the field grows and embraces new possibilities. This post offers key Read More| DLF
As of June 2024, the NDSA Coordinating Committee voted to welcome one new applicant into the membership. This member brings a host of skills and experience to our group. Keep an eye out for them on your working and interest group calls and be sure to give them a shout out. Please join me in Read More| DLF
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has recently announced the finalists for the 2024 Digital Preservation Awards. We are very pleased to announce that the Working Group team behind the revision and reimagining of the 2021 NDSA Staffing Survey are finalists for the International Council on Archives Award for Collaboration & Cooperation. You can read our Read More| DLF
As of March 2024, the NDSA Coordinating Committee voted to welcome its three most recent applicants into the membership. Each new member brings a host of skills and experience to our group. Keep an eye out for them on your working and interest group calls and be sure to give them a shout out. Please […]| DLF