Hi all,

Karen, Trevor and Jefferson - thanks for getting the project scope started. I looked at the scoping the project section and made a few purely syntactic edits. When I got to the third point I started to word-smith the description but then realized I was confused and left it half done. I wasn't sure what the decision support tool was going to cover. Is it the key decision points when deciding whether to build, buy or adopt open source solutions; or is it the key decision points when deciding whether to build, buy or adopt open source or non-open source solutions? In other words, is the decision whether to build, buy or adopt, and the decision that it be open-source is assumed?

Thanks,
Andrea

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> Subject: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] Notes from the 1/31 Working Group Call
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We have posted draft notes from Tuesday's call on the wiki. There are
> available at this link and are pasted full-text at the bottom of this
> email:
> 
> http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Tuesday
> ,_January_31,_2012
> 
> Feel free to tweak or make edits to the notes on the wiki page.
> 
> Also, we have posted a first-draft towards scoping out a baseline
> description of our OSS project. Please take a look and edit or append
> the wiki or discuss over the listserv. The current text can be found in
> the "Scoping the Project" section on project wiki page:
> 
> http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Open_So
> urce_Software
> 
> Lastly, our next call will be Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 2pm EST.
> 
> Thanks,
> Karen, Trevor, & Jefferson
> _____
> 
> Infrastructure Working Group Call, January 31, 2012, 2pm-3pm
> 
> ==Attending==
> 
> *Trevor Owens, Library of Congress
> *Karen Cariani, WGBH
> *Dave MacCarn, WGBH
> *Jefferson Bailey, Library of Congress
> *Aaron Trehub, Auburn University
> *Mitch Brodsky, NY Philharmonic
> *John Spenser, BMS Chase
> *Martin Jacobson, NARA
> *Michael Sterling, Academy of Motion Pictures
> *Corey Snavely, University of Michigan
> *Micah Altman, Harvard University (soon to be MIT)
> *Nicole Scalessa, Library Company of Philadelphia
> *Dean Farrell, UNC
> *Elizabeth Perkes, Utah State Archives
> *Bob Downs, Columbia University
> *Joe Pawletko, NYU
> *Dan Dodge, Thompson Reuters
> *Priscilla Caplan, FCLA
> *Andrea Goethels, Harvard University
> *Linda Tadic, Audiovisual Archive Network
> *Shaun Nicholson, Michigan State
> *Martin Halbert, UNT
> 
> ==Agenda==
> *Update on Storage Report activities
> *Discussion of our OSS project
> *Update on other NDSA WG activities
> 
> ==Storage Report==
> *Two posts have been published on the NDIIPP blog highlighting and
> analyzing results from the NDSA storage survey.
> *Access: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/diversity-of-
> access-to-digital-preservation-collections-first-results-from-the-ndsa-
> storage-survey/
> *Cloud: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/partly-cloudy-
> trends-in-distributed-and-remote-preservation-storage-more-results-
> from-the-ndsa-storage-survey/
> *Three more are planned: one (in draft form now) on fixity, one on
> administrative/managerial complexities, and one summary post that will
> also included any stats/results that didn't fall into the previous four
> posts.
> *We are still tossing around ideas for the form of a final product from
> this project, so ping the list if you have ideas or would like to be
> involved in that effort.
> 
> ==OSS Project==
> Discussion:
> *We are continuing to brainstorm on potential questions and who exactly
> to pose them to as far as decision-making around open-source software
> use for digital preservation.
> *There is still a lack of clarity on who we want to invite to comment
> and how we proceed developing question.
> *One idea is to develop questions for ourselves first (meaning the
> working group), then refine the question, then post to the NDSA
> membership (much like the storage survey).
> *Would also be useful to talk to folks who are experts or have
> experience in this area to tease out issues before writing questions.
> *Are our questions around decision-making for using, or for
> participating in and contributing to projects?
> *One potential approach is to look at thinks like Lyasis' FLOSS project
> and other the other resources on the wiki. Then we can comment on what
> features or formats we like from those materials materials.
> *We need to figure out the scope of the questions -- should we make
> distinctions between types of software (there's a difference between
> file-renaming software and a full repository) - what's our focus?
> *One use-case: enterprise tools for long-term access/preservation. That
> is a decision that involves a different time horizon (for long-term
> preservation in memory institutions) than a commercial, enterprise-wide
> solution.
> *Also the case of OSS on top of commercial piece (combination of build,
> buy, and adopt).
> *Also the case of "commercial open source" which is increasingly
> prevalent, underlying OSS but with pay-for features or support or
> implementation on top of it.
> *It would work best to hone the focus before we begin thinking of
> questions and/or communities/institutions to query.
> 
> ==Other NDSA news==
> 
> ==Innovation news==
> * Innovation members are planning on participating in the Google Summer
> of Code project. If any Infrastructure members would like to take part
> (which involves mentoring a student developer/programmer who will write
> code for an open-source software project), contact Jefferson or Trevor
> and we will provide more info on the project & requirements.
> *Innovation Awards: the annual awards program will be announced soon
> and more information will be disseminated NDSA-wide. Please submit, and
> encourage others to submit, nominations for people, projects,
> institutions, or students/educators demonstrating innovation in the
> field of digital preservation and stewardship.
> 
> ==Standards==
> *There is a "wiki project" in development to document digital
> preservation standards and guidelines on Wikipedia.
> *Another project is to conduct a staffing survey to see how
> institutions have staffed themselves for digital preservation: numbers
> of employees, organizational structure, skills expected of
> employees/job applications, their ideal staffing levels, their
> projected staffing levels, etc. The survey will be of both the NDSA
> community and external institutions.
> *Another project is to conduct a survey of what standards are currently
> in use around digital preservation tasks at NDSA institution and then
> track this information over time to determine trends, etc.
> 
> ==Outreach==
> *Creating "digital preservation in a box," a collection of resources
> for digital preservation.
> *Storytellers series, which collects unique or evocative stories about
> digital preservation.
> 
> ==Content==
> *Working with WordPress to develop an "opt-in" plug-in which blog
> creators can activate to note their content is available/allowable for
> harvesting.
> 
> ==Action items==
> *Trevor/Micah will write a short, one paragraph statement scoping out a
> baseline description for considering OSS when building digital
> preservation infrastructure for long-term access & preservation [done]
> http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Open_So
> urce_Software
> *The group will review text posted to the wiki and comment over the
> listserv.
> *The group will continue reviewing, commenting on, and adding to the
> OSS resources currently posted to the wiki, especially anything that
> provides a good example or model of what we hope to provide.
> *Related: The Digital Dilemma 2 paper is now available for download
> *Next call will be Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 2pm EST
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