This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of the end of February 2023. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: Next Up:…
February 2023 Project Update
DRS Futures Focus Groups Topics
Overview Following the introductory meetings and the stakeholder survey, several remote focus groups are being offered in which community members will be invited to have facilitated discussions about DRS Futures. It is a priority to engage underrepresented communities as well as already engaged participants. The timeline for focus groups is during the months of March…
DRS Futures Focus Groups Invitation
Dear colleagues, Following the introductory meetings and the DRS Futures Stakeholder Survey, Harvard University Library Technology Services and Harvard Library invite you to participate in the Digital Repository Services (DRS) Futures Remote Focus Groups that are meeting during the months of March and April 2023. More information about Focus Groups topics and discussion questions Goals…
January 2023 Project Update
This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of January 2023. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: Next Up:…
December 2022 Project Update
This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of December 2022. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: Project Executive Committee had a successful kick-off meeting in December 2022. The Committee engaged in a Headline exercise developed by the Digital Preservation Consultant. The headline exercise resulted…
Save the date! DRS Futures: Ensuring the Future of Harvard’s Digital Collections – 1/25/2023
Harvard University Library Technology Services and Harvard Library invite you to the Digital Repository Services (DRS) Futures Open Meeting to learn more about the work to modernize the infrastructure and programmatic services preserving the University’s digital scholarly resources and institutional records. WHAT: The Digital Repository Services (DRS) Futures Open Meeting – this meeting will be…
November 2022 Project Update
This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of November 2022. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: • The membership of the project executive committee has been finalized and the committee kick-off meeting has been scheduled for mid-December 2022. • The team technical architect, Stefano Cossu,…
More October 2022 Project Updates!
The team has already accomplished a lot in October, since the last project update. Here is a recap of our current status and upcoming activities: Current project status: The project team has finalized recruitment for previously posted project positions and is now engaging in the final stages of recruitment of a digital preservation consultant, who…
October 2022 Project Update
This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of October 2022. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: We have onboarded the Senior BA position as of 9/27. Additionally, we have hired the project technical architect, who will be starting on 10/24. After initial review of…
August 2022 Update
At the end of June 2022, Harvard Library and Library Technology Services announced the official kick-off of the DRS Modernization (“DRS Futures”) project, an ITCRB-funded effort to modernize the Digital Repository Service. This 3-year effort began with an initial Discovery phase in July 2022, which will be followed by a Planning phase in Summer 2023 and will conclude with…