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Dear NDSA, I hope everyone is staying dry and warm as winter progresses. Here's the latest on what's happening in the NDSA. Updates: Great ideas forming around new projects in the Standards and Practices group. Check out the minutes from their recent call here: http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=January_28,_2013_Standards_Working_Group_Notes Content group is continuing to do great things. Check out their most recent conversation here: http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Content_WG_January_30,2013_Meeting_Minutes Infrastructure group is planning some more great discussions of open source digital preservation tools and software. Check out their call minutes here: The Coordinating Committee and the Working Group co-chairs are planning to co-author a document on emerging topics in digital preservation. If you have comments, suggestions, or ideas, feel free to contact them! New Members: Welcome to the newest members of the NDSA! New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) National Center for Atmospheric Research Library (NCAR) Adler Planetarium Texas Tech University Libraries Upcoming Conferences: If you're going to one of the upcoming conferences, consider a meet up with other NDSA folks or mention of the NDSA work during your presentation. If you'd like to remind others about a conference or meeting you're hosting, please send an announcement to the list. Document Recognition and Retrieval XX (2013), 5 - 7 February 2013, San Francisco, CA Personal Digital Archiving 2013, 21-22 February 2013, College Park, MD iConference 2013, 12 - 15 February 2013, Fort Worth, TX SPRUCE Hackathon Leeds: Unified Characterisation, 11 - 12 March 2013, Leeds, UK Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2013, 17 - 20 March 2013, Austin, TX Have You Read: Send interesting reads that you find to the NDSA-ALL list! When is Open Source Software the Right Choice for Cultural Heritage Organizations? An Interview with Peter Murray http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/01/when-is-open-source-software-the-right-choice-for-cultural-heritage-organizations-an-interview-with-peter-murray/ Public Participation and Stewardship of Science: Arfon Smith of Adler Planetarium and the Zooniverse http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/01/public-participation-and-stewardship-of-science-arfon-smith-of-adler-planetarium-and-the-zooniverse/ Web Archiving Blog Roundup http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/01/web-archiving-blog-roundup/ Best to all! Michelle Michelle Gallinger Digital Programs Coordinator Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20007 202-707-1619 [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-ALL list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA-ALL&A=1