Greetings!
The 2023 NDSA Storage Infrastructure Survey Working Group is pleased to announce that the
2023 Storage Survey is live! This survey seeks to gather and share information on practices
that impact digital preservation storage across a wide variety of institutions. We invite--and encourage--your participation.
You may find the survey here:
https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fUJ73aqcHVYnno.
This is the fourth iteration of the survey, the goal of which is not only to collect updated data for comparison with the
2011, 2013, and
2019 surveys, but to gather information on how new technologies and standards have impacted preservation storage. The information
gathered through the previous three surveys has been an invaluable resource, helping those involved in digital preservation programs understand how preservation storage is changing and developing. As with the prior surveys, the aggregated results of the survey
will be openly available.
The survey will run from October 24 through November 22. If you are involved in digital preservation work at your institution, please consider completing the survey; or if you think there is someone
at your institution who can, please share it with them. We welcome responses from all types of organizations engaging in storage of digital content; you do not need to be an NDSA member to respond. This survey will take approximately 30 minutes and will provide
invaluable updated information on how practitioners are approaching digital storage infrastructure. To assist with completing the survey all of the survey questions can be viewed in advance by following the link to this Google
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AWhwvMzs_MiZb7Ot7iFOxipNfCcBAnQ-/view?usp=share_link
Please do not hesitate to reach out to the survey Co-chairs,
Amy Allen
and Sibyl Schaefer with any questions you have about the survey.
Sincerely,
Members of the 2023 NDSA Storage Survey Working Group
to manage your NDSA-ALL subscription, visit ndsa.org/ndsa-all