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Please add my name to the fixity distribution list. Thank you, Carol On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Collie, Aaron <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Hope you are all are enjoying these summer days. I have good news to share > — > > In short: > > * July 18th call — cancel? > * August 15th call — be there! > * Fixity conversation — new distribution list. > > The agenda for our August 15th call is shaping up nicely. As discussed at > our last call, we’ve reached out to learn more about the OAIS Community > Forum and the review of ISO14721. A big thanks to Andrea Goethals for > taking the lead in proposing this topic for conversation, and for reaching > out for more information. In fact, I think our conversation will be very > interesting -- Paul Wheatley from DPC will join us to talk about the OAIS > Community Forum effort, and Dr. Bob Downs from Columbia University (and a > member of the CCSDS-DAI WG) will talk about the review of ISO14721. > > I have not heard any proposals for Agenda items for our July 18th call, > and it’s reminded me that quite likely some of you are on vacation anyway. > I’m not, but I will be away at IU and would welcome a recess from this > months call. So, I propose to cancel the July 18th call unless someone else > would like to coordinate an agenda or discussion. You might keep this time > set aside to review the OAIS Community Forum< > http://wiki.dpconline.org/index.php?title=About_the_OAIS_Community_Forum> > wiki. > > Finally, we’ve made good progress with the joint NDSA Standards & > Practices + Infrastructure reconstitution of the past Fixity conversations. > A joint-call with members from both groups took place on 5/31/16 and we had > excellent conversation on taking additional steps to advance the Checking > Your Digital Content< > http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/documents/NDSA-Fixity-Guidance-Report-final100214.pdf> > report (the result of a prior collaboration). At the present a survey is > proposed in order to gather more details on the actual practices that > organizations are employing to monitor fixity. The delay, which I apologize > for as that fell on me, surrounded “how should we coordinate” and on that > matter we’ve had good conversation about the new NDSA structure which > proposes distinguishing Working Groups from Interest Groups. Therefore, > this topic will advance as the first NDSA Working Group and we have set up > a distribution list to support this coordinated effort. We’ll be sure to > report back to both the S&P and Infrastructure interest groups, keeping > everyone in the loop. Therefore, if you would like to join the new FIXITY > distribution list with the intent of participating in some of the work > involved with creating a survey around implementation of Fixity, please > drop me a line and I will send your name along to our contact at DLF. > > Best!! > > -Aaron > -- Carol Kussmann Digital Preservation Analyst Digital Preservation and Repository Technologies | University of Minnesota Libraries 499 Wilson Library, 309 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel: 612.626.0099 Email: [log in to unmask]