The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it has been selected as one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) programme, launched by the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The NDSR programme will enable ten recent graduates of master's degree programmes in relevant fields to complete a nine-month residency at various institutions in the Washington, DC, area.
Beginning in September 2013, accepted residents will attend an intensive two-week digital stewardship workshop at the Library of Congress. Thereafter, residents will begin their experience at a host institution to work on significant digital stewardship projects. Their projects will allow them to acquire hands-on knowledge and skills involving the collection, selection, management, long-term preservation, and accessibility of digital assets.
The resident selected to work with ARL will develop and promote policies and services to make digital assets of research libraries accessible. This person will strengthen and expand a new initiative on digital accessibility in research libraries by incorporating a universal design approach to library collections and services. A suite of solutions, organisational models, and best practices for the research library community will be compiled so that the research library community may collect, produce, curate, preserve, and make available their digital assets in a fully inclusive and accessible way.
