NDSA Working Group Scope Statement
Content 

Statement of Purpose

The Content Working Group will focus on identifying content already preserved, investigating guidelines for the selection of significant content, discovery of at-risk digital content or collections, and matching orphan content with NDSA partners who will acquire the content, preserve it, and provide access to it.

Practices

The group will work and collaborate using the following tools and mechanisms: 
•	Listserv
•	Regular conference calls/Webex
•	Wiki
•	IdeaScale

Participation 

Participation in the Content Working Group is restricted to NDSA member organizations. Contact co-chairs Cathy Hartman and Abbie Grotke to join the working group. 

Participants in the working group will engage in the activities of the working group by a number of mechanisms: 
•	Regularly attend and participate in Webex meetings, conference calls and other in-person meetings as scheduling permits.
•	Provide feedback as needed via the communication tools available to the Working Group in developing the scope of work and on specific defined Working Group activities.
•	Participate in Action Teams, which may be created around specific tasks. These Action Teams may be self organized by members of the working group and may include non-NDSA members as the work requires. Non-NDSA members will not be participants in the Working Group but may contribute to the activities of any Action Team. Action Teams will update the Working Group about their accomplishments and progress.

Current Scope of Work

The Content Working Group’s current scope of work is to:

A) Develop or contribute to a registry of content already preserved by NDSA members.

B) Develop a clearinghouse that will enable a variety of stakeholders (content producers, archives and libraries and other potential preservationists) to:
•	Determine what specific types of content or collections are at risk.
•	Identify at-risk content or collections for preservation.
•	Match orphan collections with appropriate trusted partner for access and preservation.

Current Membership

Alaska State Library - Daniel Cornwall - daniel.cornwall@ALASKA.GOV

Alaska State Library - Glenn Cook - glenn.cook@ALASKA.GOV
 
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records - Pete Watters - pwatters@LIB.AZ.US  
  
BMS Chace - John Spencer - jspencer@BMSCHACE.COM

California Digital Library - Patricia Cruse - patricia.cruse@UCOP.EDU

California State Library - Kris Ogilvie - kogilvie@LIBRARY.CA.GOV
    
Division of Libraries and Information Services, Florida Department of State - Jody Norman - jnorman@DOS.STATE.FL.US

Harvard University - Micah Altman - micah_altman@HARVARD.EDU

Idaho Historical Society - Elizabeth Falk - elizabeth.falk@ISHS.IDAHO.GOV, 

Internet Archive - Kris Carpenter - kcarpenter@ARCHIVE.ORG

Internet Archive - Kristine Hanna - kristine@ARCHIVE.ORG

Ithaka - Eileen Fenton - eileen.fenton@ITHAKA.ORG

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - Barbara Teague -barbara.teague@KY.GOV

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives – Glen McAninch - Glen.McAninch@ky.gov 

Library of Congress - Abbey Potter - abpo@LOC.GOV
       
Library of Congress - Abbie Grotke - abgr@LOC.GOV

Library of Congress - Martha Anderson - mande@LOC.GOV

Library of Congress – Trevor Owens – trow@loc.gov

Library of Congress/NDIIPP – Abby Smith Rumsey – abby@arumsey.com

Maryland State Archives - Kevin Swanson - kevins@MDARCHIVES.STATE.MD.US

Maryland State Archives - Timothy D. Baker - timb@MDSA.NET

MetaArchive Alliance - Martin Halbert - martin.halbert@UNT.EDU

Minnesota Historical Society - Robert Horton - robert.horton@MNHS.ORG

Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes - Michele Timmons - michele.timmons@REVISOR.MN.GOV

New York University - Michael Stoller - Michael.stoller@NYU.EDU

Oregon State Library - Arlene Weible - arlene.weible@STATE.OR.US

Roper Center - Mark Abrahamson - m.abrahamson@COX.NET

SCOLA - Deborah Rossum - drossum@SCOLA.ORG 

University of Connecticut - Lois Timms-Ferrara - lois.timmsferrara@UCONN.EDU

University of Connecticut - Marc Maynard - marc.maynard@UCONN.EDU
 
University of Louisville - Rachel Howard - rachel.howard@LOUISVILLE.EDU

University of Maryland - Jennie Knies levjen@UMD.EDU    

University of Maryland – Patricia Steele  pasteele@umd.edu

University of Maryland - Mathew Kirschenbaum - mkirschenbaum@GMAIL.COM

University of Maryland - Mike Smorul   -  toaster@umiacs.umd.edu

University of Maryland - Joseph JaJa  josephj@UMD.EDU

University of Michigan – Data-PASS - Amy Pienta (apienta@umich.edu) and John Weise - jweise@UMICH.EDU   

University of North Carolina - Gary Marchionini - gary@ILS.UNC.EDU

University of North Carolina - Johnathan Crabtree - jonathan_crabtree@UNC.EDU

University of North Texas - Cathy Hartman - cathy.hartman@UNT.EDU

WGHB - Karen Cariani - karen_cariani@WGBH.ORG
       
Wisconsin Department of Administration - Curtis Pulford - curtis.pulford@WISCONSIN.GOV

Current Meeting Schedule

The initial meetings of the Working Group were held:

November 5, 2010 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET 
December 8, 2010 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET 

In 2011, regular Webex meetings will be from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET the first Wednesday of each month:

January 5, 2011 
February 2, 2011 
March 2, 2011 
April 6, 2011
May 4, 2011
June 1, 2011
July 7, 2011
August 3, 2011
September 7, 2011
October 5, 2011
November 2, 2011
December 7, 2011

Webex instructions will be sent prior to each meeting.