Hi Micah,

I'll be at the workshop and would be willing to participate in exposing some of our group's work. We could probably come up with something concrete including participants during tomorrow's call but I think the proposals are due today. Anyone know if that's a hard deadline?

Andrea 

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> Subject: Re: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] FW: [NDSA-ALL] Last call: Deadline
> for DigitalPreservation 2012 proposals is April 23
> 
> We should put in something...
> 
> How about:
> 
> ---
> Panel: Assessing and Mitigating Bit-Level Preservation Risks
> 
> Curators who are responsible for ensuring long-term access to digital
> material must understand and confront a broad spectrum of risks.
> Advances in technology and infrastructure for digital storage offer
> new opportunities -- but complicate evaluation and management of
> bit-level preservation risk: Digital assets can be replicated by a
> variety of third-party 'cloud' providers; assets can be compressed
> and/or encrypted; and  the integrity of assets can be audited at
> varying frequencies using a variety of procedures. How do these
> options affect preservation risk and cost? What is the most
> cost-effective set of storage choices to achieve a desired level of
> risk from bit-level loss?
> 
> This panel explores these questions -- highlighting known trade-offs,
> current practices, and areas of uncertainty that require additional
> research.  The panel will draw on work by the NDSA Infrastructure
> group and its members, including interviews of cloud providers, a
> survey of storage practices, expert discussions, and  ongoing
> research.
> ---
> 
> We could organize the panel around 3 mid-length presentations and
> discussion, have a round-table discussion (with a short intro/summary)
> or a set of lightning talks followed by discussion/round table. I
> think the last would be more fun... but we'd more people from the
> group to volunteer...
> 
> I'll step up to chair and present 1 mid/lightning talk if desired. Any
> other volunteers? Karen? Andrea? Mark (# of copies?)? Trevor (survey
> results?)? Others?
> 
> What do y'all think?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Micah
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Bailey, Jefferson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > I think the storage report, our "topics" conversations, and maybe our
> OSS work (admittedly, still developing) are all candidates for a poster
> or lightening talk. I'd help put something together if people are
> interested.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jefferson
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The NDSA infrastructure working group list [mailto:NDSA-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Cariani
> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:01 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] FW: [NDSA-ALL] Last call: Deadline for
> DigitalPreservation 2012 proposals is April 23
> >
> > Does our group want to propose anything?
> >
> > On 4/19/12 1:17 PM, "Lefurgy, William" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >>For the first time we have opened the call for proposals for broad
> >>participation.  Any organization with an interest in digital
> >>preservation can propose ideas for potential inclusion in the
> meeting.
> >>We are specifically seeking proposals for posters, 5-minute
> "lightening talks"
> >>and tool demonstrations.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>DigitalPreservation 2012 is scheduled for July 24-26, and will be
> held
> >>in the Washington, DC, area. The theme is access to digital content
> >>under stewardship. We are lining up exciting keynote speakers and
> >>looking forward to a lively exchange of ideas.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Our annual summer meeting of NDIIPP partners, National Digital
> >>Stewardship Alliance members and interested individuals brings
> together
> >>an extensive community to share achievements in the areas of
> technical
> >>infrastructure, innovation, content collection, standards and
> outreach
> >>efforts.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>**Challenges, successes and lessons learned within and between
> >>stewarding institutions
> >>
> >>**Digital preservation tools, services and other resources
> >>
> >>**Best practices for digital preservation practices in smaller
> >>institutions
> >>
> >>**Educational needs and opportunities for emerging and practicing
> >>professionals
> >>
> >>**Personal digital archiving
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Please send 300 words or less describing what you would like to
> present
> >>to [log in to unmask] by April 23. Accepted proposals will be notified by
> >>May 1.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Bill
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>William G. LeFurgy
> >>
> >>Digital Initiatives Program Manager
> >>
> >>National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
> >>
> >>202-707-8618
> >>
> >>www.digitalpreservation.gov<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov>
> >>
> >>@ndiipp
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