Digital Preservation Coalition

The Digital Preservation Coalition was established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally to secure our global digital memory and knowledge base. Established as a not-for-profit membership organisation the coalition provides a mechanism by which members can work together to realise the opportunities of long term access.

Our Mission

The aims of the Digital Preservation Coalition are to enable and act as a catalyst to support its members to ensure long term access to and management of their digital assets; to collaborate with our national and international partners to take forward the digital preservation and asset management agenda; and to act as a broker and an agent of knowledge transfer amongst its membership

Strategic Plan

The coalition currently operates under a Strategic Plan which the Board developed and adopted in November 2008, covering the period 2009-2011. This identified five areas of work:

• Leadership, influencing and collaboration
• Sharing and disseminating knowledge
• Enriching the members' experience
• Empowering and developing our members' workforces
• Assuring the sustainability and effectiveness of the Coalition

Our Values

The values which underpin all of the above are that the DPC should:

• Operate as a neutral body.
• Embrace a consultative, innovative and open approach.
• Engage in a collaborative manner with all stakeholders to comprehend and respond to their needs.
• Maintain sound stewardship of the Coalition’s resources.
• Share best practice and knowledge transfer with our members to support their local priorities.
• Maintain vendor neutrality.
• Support developments of standards and generic approaches to digital preservation.