Alice Prael, Beinecke Library, (chair)

Meg Rinn, Yale Center for British Art, (vice-chair) 2023-2025

Claire Fox, Digital Preservation, 2022-2025

Eric Sonnenberg, Gilmore Music Library, 2019-2026

Trip Kirkpatrick, Library IT, 2020-2026

David Cirella, Digital Preservation, 2018-2025

Summer Shetenhelm, Beinecke Library, 2023-2025

Kolbe Resnick, Beinecke Library, 2024-2026

Ethan Gates, Digital Preservation, 2024-2026

Adrienne Pruitt, Haas Arts Library, 2024-2026

Quin DeLaRosa, Beinecke Library, (secretary) 2024-2025

Advisory Group Charge

Facilitate a community of practice in Yale University Libraries and Museums (YUL/M) special collections to develop competencies, share solutions, and grow a network of users and practitioners acquiring, managing, preserving, and providing access to born-digital archival materials. Advocate for needs prioritized by the community of practice. Advise product owners on user stories for recommended enhancement of pertinent tools and systems.

•     Build and facilitate a community of practice to develop competencies, share solutions, and grow a network of users and practitioners working with born-digital archives. May include activities such as:
  • Office hours, trainings, and events  
  •     Communication plans (listserv, forum)
  •     Resource compiling
•     Advise product owners on user stories for recommended enhancements.  
•     Advocate for enhancements identified and prioritized by the community of practice
•     May sponsor interest groups to research a defined topic, develop a specialized workflow or technology-based solution, or facilitate space for work focused on a specific area and within the scope specified in this document. The sponsorship role of BDAAG may include maintaining documentation, communicating expectations and liaising with other groups, and maintaining an interest group application process.
•     If needed, provide suggestions to Library IT regarding infrastructure, architecture, and security
•     Review BDAAG’s charge to continue defining the scope of roles and responsibilities among advisory groups and operational units.

Sponsors

The sponsor(s) are senior members of the YUL with strategic responsibility for the advisory group’s activities.

•     AUL for Yale Special Collections and Director of Beinecke Library
•     Senior Director of Library IT (For IT related activities)

Advisory To

•     Director, Special Collections Technical Services
•     Associate Director, Preservation Digital Strategies

See Yale Resources for reports and resources produced by BDAWG on specific topics related to born-digital archives.

Annual Reports