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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 > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA infrastructure working group list [mailto:NDSA- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bailey, > Jefferson > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:18 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > write to: mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA- > INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1