Established in February 2020 as part of the Digital Library Federation’s
Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG), the Exploring Ideal Access
Systems sub-group has spent its inaugural year outlining a framework
envisioning potential ideal access systems for born-digital archival
materials. The sub-group began its work by reviewing relevant
literature--particularly BDAWG’s Access Values statement and Levels of
Born-Digital Access--and developing an annotated bibliography.

Recognizing that users of different born-digital repositories vary
significantly, the sub-group focused on creating a framework that would be
ideal for us--the librarians, archivists, records managers and information
professionals who provide ongoing access for patrons.

Our framework ‘An Exploration of Ideal Access Systems’ complements the
Levels of Born-Digital Access--not by acting as a ‘Level 4’ but rather by
thinking through how Levels 1, 2 and in particular, Level 3 can be created
by us and for us.

After sharing a first draft with BDAWG, we now are pleased to share an
updated draft with our wider communities. You may access version two of the
draft here: bit.ly/3cF5o7c We would welcome any questions or comments about
the framework that you may have. Please submit any feedback you may have by
using this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hqQEaUvEIey35dMCzG4Kpgv0hijHh8DvIyzvV4IcI-Q>
.

Please share with your networks. Thank you in advance for reviewing and
offering your feedback.

DLF BDAWG membership is open to anyone, and we encourage those who are
interested in getting involved or hearing updates on our work to join our
Google Group (https://tinyurl.com/bdawggg).

Best wishes,

Alison Clemens, for the DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group

Authors and contributors: Danielle Butler, Alison Clemens, Steven Gentry,
Jen Wachtel, Claire Williams (chair)