About World Digital Preservation Day
World Digital Preservation Day is held on the first Thursday of every November. This year, on 7th November 2019, the digital preservation community will come together to celebrate their work - the collections they have preserved, the access they have maintained and the understanding they have fostered by preserving digital materials.
Pervasive, changing and ubiquitous, digital technologies are a defining feature of our age. Digital materials are a core commodity for industry, commerce and government. They are fundamental for research, the law and medicine. The creative industries, cultural heritage and the media depend on reliable access to digital materials while families and friends extend and sustain their relationships through digital interactions. What better reason to celebrate the opportunities created by digital preservation?!
The aim of Wprld Digital Preservation Day is to create greater awareness of digital preservation that will translate into a wider understanding which permeates all aspects of society – business, policy making, personal good practice.
Participation in World Digital Preservation Day
Organised by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and supported by digital preservation networks across the globe, World Digital Preservation Day is open to participation from anyone interested in securing our digital legacy. World Digital Preservation Day is a window into the daily activities of those involved with or contemplating digital preservation. And, in order to create a full a picture as possible, we showcase a wide range of experiences, activities, projects, collections and challenges.
Data creators, curators and consumers from around the world, DPC members and non-members alike, are invited to get involved and share stories of their own 'digital preservation day.'
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BLOG
Read the digital preservation stories shared with us on World Digital Preservation Day 2018.
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PICTURES
See what a 'digital preservation day' looks like around the world.
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VIDEOS
See how digital preservationists around the world celebrated World Digital Preservation Day 2018:
Watch videos on vimeo:
All the Corrupt Files (Single Ladies [Put a Ring on it] parody)
Digital Preservation: What & Why Leads to Who & How - Teresa Soleau
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EVENTS
Digital preservation themed events, webinars, seminars, launches and informal gatherings took place around the world on World Digital Preservation Day in 2018.
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RESOURCES
The DPC's 'Bit List' of Digitally Endangered Species was updated for World Digital Preservation Day 2018.
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LOGO
The World Digital Preservation Day logo is available in languages from around the world.
New WDPD2019 logos coming soon...
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Check out some of the #WDPD2018 tweets to see what the digital preservation got up to on World Digital Preservation Day.
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SUPPORT
World Digital Preservation Day is supported by specialist networks around the world including: Dutch Digital Heritage Network (DHN),
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR), nestor and Open Preservation
Foundation (OPF).