Community Engagement

We enable a growing number of agencies and individuals in all sectors and in all countries to participate in a dynamic and mutually supportive digital preservation community.

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Advocacy

We campaign for a political and institutional climate more responsive and better informed about the digital preservation challenge; raising awareness about the new opportunities that resilient digital assets create.

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Workforce Development

We provide opportunities for our members to acquire, develop and retain competent and responsive workforces that are ready to address the challenges of digital preservation.

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Capacity Building

We support and assure our members in the delivery and maintenance of high quality and sustainable digital preservation services through knowledge exchange, technology watch, research and development.

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Good Practice and Standards

We identify and develop good practice and standards that make digital preservation achievable, supporting efforts to ensure services are tightly matched to shifting requirements.

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The 'Bit List' of Digitally Endangered Species

The DPC has published an update to the BitList on World Digital Preservation Day 2020

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Digital Preservation Awards 2020

The search for the very best work in digital preservation across all sectors reached its exciting culmination on World Digital Preservation Day!

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Management and Governance

We ensure the DPC is a sustainable, competent organisation focused on member needs, providing a robust and trusted platform for collaboration within and beyond the Coalition.

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We are building:
  • a dynamic and mutually supportive digital preservation community.
  • a political and institutional climate more responsive and better informed about the digital preservation challenge.
  • workforces that are ready to address the challenges of digital preservation.
  • high quality and sustainable digital preservation services.
  • good practice and standards that make digital preservation achievable.
  • a sustainable, competent organization focussed on member needs.
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Digital Preservation Handbook

The Handbook identifies good practice in creating, managing and preserving digital materials. By providing a strategic overview of the key issues, discussion and guidance on strategies and activities, and pointers to key projects and reports, the Handbook provides guidance for institutions and individuals and a range of tools to help them identify and take appropriate actions.
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DPC Supporter LIBNOVA joins forces with CAE 5 March 2021 CAE Technology Services has selected DPC Supporter LIBNOVA to expand its services by adding LIBSAFE’s digital preservation product range to its catalogue. Read Article
What’s Up, (with Google) Docs? – The Challenge of Native Cloud Formats Paul Young Paul Young Last updated on 4 March 2021 The National Archives has recently been looking at the issue of transferring material from departments with Google Workspace Environments (previously GSuite). Go to Blog
Unbroken records: A briefing day on Digital Preservation and EDRMS | Upcoming Events 20 May 2021 | TBC Task force members and other invited speakers will share their experiences in this area, the work of the task force will be shared and future challenges for the digital preservation community will be discussed. View Event

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