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Member Benefits

When an organization becomes a Charter Partner member of the Digital Futures Alliance, it joins a unique community. The DFA brings together companies, institutions, and organizations of all sizes with a common goal: to solve the growing problem of accessing and safeguarding digitally-born materials across corporations, universities, research institutions, and both public and private entities.

As a member of the Digital Futures Alliance, you and your organization will participate in the definition and direction of the Alliance and get early access to the results of the work.

Real benefits for Members:

Help set the priorities and determine the specific activities of the Alliance as a member of the Advisory Board

Gain access to select resources

Gain first access to results and successful best practices through preprints and seminars available only to Alliance members.
Obtain borrowing privileges at the one of the top university libraries in North America.

Tap expertise and facilitate projects

Participate in specific research and development projects that include experts from the University of Washington, other Alliance members and selected nationally recognized experts with specific domain knowledge.

Influence the work

Get early reports from the working groups and have the ability to share your thoughts and comments to help inform the ongoing work.
Ensure that the work of the DFA is targeted to your organization's specific needs and charter.

Maximize the impact within your organization and your organization's impact among its peers

Accessing and safeguarding digitally-born materials is a problem that is larger than any single organization and a successful solution will require collaboration to develop standards, common approaches and shared knowledge.

Most importantly, you and your organization will be taking a leadership role in addressing this urgent and far-reaching issue of preserving digital information.

Join Us!

We invite you to join the University of Washington Libraries Digital Futures Alliance (DFA) to forge a vital and sustainable future for digital preservation by becoming a DFA Charter Partner with a gift of $10,000.

None of us can solve this challenging problem alone. We look forward to working with you to create solutions to preserve essential corporate records and research data for future generations.