DLF Forum 2016

Presentation 1
What Works and What Doesn’t? Developing Guidelines for Incoming Digital Content
The complex challenges presented by born-digital materials can be a difficult puzzle. To identify what works and what doesn’t in the areas of intake, selection, processing and access, we performed a survey in 2016. We will share our findings and ask participants to share their own experiences.
Presenters: Jody DeRidder, Alissa Helms

Presentation 2
Beyond Floppy Disks — Collecting Digital Content For Libraries and Archives Today
AVPreserve, working with the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center, built a tool for the acquisition of contemporary digital content. This demonstration will highlight the requirements, use, and output of a free, open-source tool institutions are beginning to use to acquire files from a variety of born-digital sources.
Presenter: Bertram Lyons

Presentation 3
An Environmental Scan of Software Repositories
We discuss the results of an environmental scan characterizing the current landscape of software repositories, hubs, and publication venues that are used in research and scholarships.
Presenter: Micah Altman