NY Digital Archivists Working Group [NYDAWG] provides a centralized listserv and network for digital archivists, electronic records managers, information architects, knowledge professionals, teachers and students to share knowledge, ideas, challenges, perspectives and stories related to organizing, managing and preserving collections of analog, born-digital and digitized materials. We believe archivists are misunderstood and undervalued, and hope that by articulating and discussing these issues, we can find answers, solutions, and best practices that we can help implement and share.