DPC Consultancy - Digital Preservation Coalition

The Digital Preservation Coalition provides expert digital preservation consulting services for both members and non-members. Our team offers guidance and support across key areas of digital preservation, including:

Maturity modeling
Policy and strategy development
Forward planning
Bespoke digital preservation advice

How We Can Help

We offer personalized digital preservation consultancy services tailored to specific needs. From strategic planning and policy development to technical assessments, we are here to listen to your challenges and work together to find the best path forward. Our team can provide staff training, build organizational capacity, and support implementation efforts as we assess how our skills and capacity can best support your goals.

Every digital preservation challenge is unique, which is why we encourage you to reach out and discuss your specific situation with us. Whether you are just starting your digital preservation journey or facing complex technical challenges, we're here to help guide you toward the most appropriate approach that best fits your organization.

We deliver our services in alignment with DPC's core values, emphasizing care for our members, resources, people, and environment. We maintain strict neutrality regarding solutions, approaches, sectors, suppliers and vendors.

Client testimonials

"The DPC has been really helpful with our recent funding application. Karyn has been generous with her time, talking through what we need to do to develop digital preservation, providing her thoughts on improving our application, providing written support for our application and will be ready to assist us if and when we are able to start on the digital preservation journey."
Alison Diamond, Argyll Estates

“Thank you very much for your time with us and guidance around our digital preservation goals. Your knowledge, expertise and encouragement has helped us immensely! We found the time really beneficial and feel more confident in our processes and also in our own abilities.”
Victoria Brokenshire, St Helens Archive Service

Meet The Team

Our consultancy services are delivered by a diverse team of digital preservation specialists. Each DPC colleague brings specific expertise in areas such as technical infrastructure, metadata management, policy development, and preservation planning, allowing us to match the right expertise to your organization's specific needs.

	Karyn Williamson Karyn holds a master’s degree in Archives and Records Management from the University of Dundee and a Post Grad Cert in Digital Information Management from University College Dublin. She is a Registered Archivist who has worked in various Archives across Scotland. She is currently a Digital Preservation Analyst with the Digital Preservation Coalition. Her research interests are outreach and advocacy and open-source digital preservation. She specialises in digital preservation planning and policy, benchmarking, evaluation and digital preservation for community archives. Karyn leads the DPC’s consultancy work and is your first point of contact for a free pre-consultation.
	Paul Wheatley Paul has over 20 years of experience working in digital preservation, from the seminal Cedars Project in the late 1990s, through leading the Digital Preservation Team at the British Library, to steering community driven approaches to curation as part of the Spruce Project. He has since worked as an independent consultant advising organisations on their digital preservation activities and currently provides support to members of the Digital Preservation Coalition as the Head of Research and Practice.
	Jenny Mitcham Jenny Mitcham has worked in digital preservation for over 20 years in roles at the Archaeology Data Service and the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York before joining DPC staff. She has skills and experience on a wide range of digital preservation and related topics including policy and strategy, preservation approaches, environmental impact, research data management and digitization. She also has a particular interest in certification and maturity modeling.
	Michael Popham Prior to joining the DPC, Michael spent 25 years working for the University of Oxford, holding senior roles in both IT Services and the Bodleian Libraries, where he was the Head of Digital Collections and Preservation until 2020. Michael was previously Director of the Arts and Humanities Data Service Centre for Literature, Languages, and Linguistics, based at Oxford, and subsequently Head of the Oxford Digital Library. He has led several major digitization and digital preservation projects, and coordinated the Bodleian’s participation in the Google Books Library Programme.

Cost

DPC Consultancy is open to all members and non-members alike. Full Members receive 5 days direct support, included as part of their membership, and can access additional consultancy time at the Members' rates below. Associate Membership ensures the support of the DPC team and members. Where a question requires DPC staff to commit more time and research, or is more urgent, we will charge at-cost based on the following Member rates.

The DPC has set costs for specific services when they are provided to Members:

Service	Time Required	Indicative Cost
½ day RAM workshop and report production	1.5 days equivalent	£750 + VAT
Digital Asset Register Support and Guidance	5 days equivalent	£2500 + VAT
Digital Preservation Policy Support and Guidance	2.5 days equivalent	£1250 + VAT
Bespoke digital preservation advice and guidance	Project dependent	£500 per day + VAT Expenses will be charged where applicable and agreed upon in advance.

Contact Us

If you would like to learn more about our digital preservation consulting services, or if your organisation is not yet a Member of the DPC, please contact Karyn Williamson at karyn.williamson@dpconline.org for a no-obligation, free pre-consultation.