Institutions all over the world are organizing events on Thursday 6 November 2025 in honour of World Digital Preservation Day. Scroll down to see if there are any events in your region to join!
If you would like your event listed here as well, please submit details to angela.puggioni@dpconline.org.
HSBC marks WDPD2025 with an exhibition for thousands of colleagues
To mark this year’s World Digital Preservation Day, HSBC is hosting a hands-on event at their headquarters in Canary Wharf, London. They will be stationed just outside the main staff restaurant, reaching out to the thousands of colleagues working in the building. HSBC will be hosting a pop-up stand and small exhibition offering:
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Practical tips for colleagues to safeguard their own digital footprint and personal memories.
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Insights into how the digital archives team protects HSBC’s vast digital archives for the long term.
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A dose of nostalgia! They’ll be showing some retro tech and classic games to remind all how far technology has come - and how important it is to preserve the journey.
Ranking search results on Arquivo.pt on World Digital Preservation Day
Arquivo.pt (Portuguese Web Archive, a digital service provided by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through its FCCN unit) is holding a webinar dedicated to annotation of results as a way of celebrating World Digital Preservation Day 2025..
The topics of this session are as follows: i) Access as a priority - text search as a search engine for the past ii) How archived content is processed iii) Annotating results to improve access - practical part with participants. The event will take place on November 6 at 3 p.m. (GMT) (in Portuguese). All are welcome to this free online event.
Rede Cariniana Celebrates WDPD 2025: Digital Preservation Services in Brazil
As every year, the Rede Cariniana team will be celebrating World Digital Preservation Day with a series of activities, all of which will be published on the Network's YouTube Channel!
The Brazilian Network of Digital Preservation Services Cariniana collaborates with external partners to provide its members with tools and services. Works with the broader community to align its efforts with emerging national and international efforts. It also provides training and support for preservation platforms and services, seeking to integrate platforms and new service offerings. This year, their celebration focuses on digital preservation services in Brazil.
Who Cares for Amiga Artworks?
New video series launched on World Digital Preservation Day
On 6 November 2025, World Digital Preservation Day, LI-MA launches Who Cares for Amiga Artworks? – a practical how-to video series by LI-MA, created in collaboration with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE). Aimed at media art professionals, creators, conservators, and the like, this series guides you step-by-step through the process of preserving, accessing, and reformatting artworks created with the legendary Commodore Amiga computer. The launch takes place during the World Digital Preservation Day event hosted by NDE, marking the public debut of the series.
What's New in Apache Tika
As a late addition to the World Digital Preservation Day celebrations, Tim Allison will host a virtual session on Thursday 13 November, expanding on his presentation from the Digital Preservation Bake Off (Tools Demonstration) at the iPRES 2025 conference.
Tim will offer an overview of the latest developments in Apache Tika - from command-line updates to a new experimental GUI - and will leave plenty of time for questions and discussion. The session is open to anyone interested in files: from search and digital preservation to file forensics and reverse engineering.
Virtual Talks Hosted by Penn State (USA)
To mark World Digital Preservation Day, Penn State University will host two online talks exploring the challenges and opportunities of preserving digital games and historical software systems!
At 10:00–11:00 AM (ET), Colin Post (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) will present a Community Session: “Welcome to the Video Game Dark Ages: Why You Won’t Be Able to Play Your Favorite Game in 2055.” This session examines how shifts in game production and distribution are complicating preservation, and what new strategies are emerging to safeguard this part of our cultural heritage.
At 3:00–4:00 PM (ET), Eleanor Young (University of Alberta) will introduce an Industry Session: “The Medley Interlisp Project: Reviving a Historical Software System,” an ongoing effort to preserve and restore the influential Medley Interlisp environment and highlight the importance of software preservation.
IIBI–UNAM Shares Archivists’ Perspectives for WDPD 2025
The Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información (IIBI) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will celebrate World Digital Preservation Day by publishing a series of interviews with archivists answering the question “Why Preserve?” Stay tuned for the link to the recordings!
University of Sheffield Marks WDPD 2025 with DigiPres North Meeting
The University of Sheffield will mark World Digital Preservation Day 2025 by hosting an online DigiPres North meeting at 11:00 (UTC 00). This community of practice for the north of England will feature a member presentation on using Teracopy to support digital preservation workflows.
Further details available by emailing digitalpreservation@sheffield.ac.uk
AIP organizes 'Digital Preservation in the Cloud' Debate in Québec
L'Alliance pour l'Information Pérenne (AIP) du Québec organisera le 6 novembre prochain un débat sur le thème de la préservation numérique dans le nuage. Les personnes qui participeront discuteront des avantages et des inconvénients de la préservation numérique dans le nuage. À la fin du débat, il y aura une période de questions et un partage d’expériences. Le débat se déroulera en français.
The Alliance pour l'Information Pérenne (AIP) of Québec will be hosting a debate on November 6th on the topic of digital preservation in the cloud. Speakers will discuss the pros and cons of doing digital preservation in the cloud. At the end of the debate, the floor will be open to attendees to ask questions and share their experiences. The debate will be in French.
4º Encuentro de Preservación Digital 2025 – Celebrating World Digital Preservation Day with the Biblioteca Nacional de México
4to Encuentro de Preservación Digital 2025 La Biblioteca Nacional de México (BNM), a través del Grupo de Preservación Digital (GPD), se suma a la celebración del Día Mundial de la Preservación Digital 2025.
El 4º Encuentro tiene como propósito difundir conocimientos y fortalecer capacidades en torno a la preservación digital, ofreciendo herramientas y experiencias para apoyar al público interesado.
Fecha: 6 de noviembre, de 10 a 18hrs, en línea Tendremos ponencia magistral, mesa redonda y dos cursos sobre preservación digital. Actividad gratuita en línea. ¡Acompáñanos!
“Data? I Hardly Know Her!” - Preserving Film and AV at Lancaster University
Lancaster University (UK) is marking World Digital Preservation Day with a special event in collaboration between the Library and the Centre for Digital Humanities. Abbie Brennan from the North West Film Archive (Manchester Metropolitan University) will present “Data? I Hardly Know Her!” - an in-person talk on preserving film and other audiovisual materials, from 14:00 to 15:00 in the Library’s Event Space.
An accompanying exhibition will feature displays on digital preservation, including the Endangered Hardware List and recent project case studies. The event is open to all.
A special retrospective by the National Archives of Malta
The National Archives of Malta is hosting a special retrospective to honour Cecil Satariano (1930–1996), a pioneering Maltese filmmaker, critic, and author. Between 1969 and 1978, Satariano directed five award-winning films and two travelogues, all of which were shot on small-gauge film. His second film, the acclaimed Giuseppi (1971), won 20 international awards. His final film, Katarin (1978), marked a landmark achievement as the first Maltese film to be acquired by a major foreign film distributor.
In a historic milestone for Malta’s cinematic heritage, Satariano's five films have now been digitised and meticulously restored by the 'The Cecil Satariano Film Restoration Project' led by Veronica Galea. This will allow a new generation to experience his work, now forming part of the National Archives of Malta, as never before. This special event will feature screenings of these newly restored films and, through panel discussions and presentations, offer a detailed insight into Satariano’s enduring influence.
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At UChicago Library, it’s game on!
The University of Chicago Library is celebrating World Digital Preservation Day on November 6, 2025 by playing digital preservation games. Aligned with our library’s Year of Games, library colleagues will gather to play a variety of board, card, and computer games related to digital preservation such as Preservia, The Human Stack, and File Format Fling. We will enjoy treats, win prizes, and enhance our understanding of digital preservation activities and goals at our library. The event will promote awareness in our library of basic digital preservation concepts (it’s not just about storage!), good digital preservation practices, the current state of digital preservation in our library, and the resources required – technical and human – to do digital preservation well.
Webinar: DRI in Conversation with Jefferson Bailey (Internet Archive)
As part of the Digital Repository of Ireland’s series of events for World Digital Preservation Day, DRI is delighted to present a webinar In Conversation with Jefferson Bailey from the Internet Archive. Please join them at 3PM (Irish time) on 28 October 2025 as they talk with Jefferson about digital preservation, the work of the Internet Archive as well as recent successes in terms of digital archiving in a sometimes precarious environment.
Coffee Morning at Dublin City Library and Archives
The Digital Repository of Ireland are delighted to co-host an in-person coffee morning at Dublin City Library and Archives on Thursday 6 November from 10.30-12.00pm to celebrate World Digital Preservation Day 2025! At this coffee morning your hosts will reflect on some of the unique DCLA and other digital collections preserved in the Repository. This event also includes a tour of some of DCLA’s archival treasures. Please RSVP to this event – all are welcome to attend!
Tune in to iPRES Radio on #WDPD2025!
Whether you're attending iPRES 2025 virtually, or simply curious about the latest in digital preservation, iPRES Radio brings the global conversation straight to your screen. Running daily from 3–7 November, these relaxed, one-hour Zoom sessions are timed for Australasia, Europe/Africa and the Americas, so there is a chance for everyone to participate. Tune in to discuss highlights from Wellington, watch exclusive content, connect with peers and share your own reflections. These sessions are open to everyone to attend - you don’t need to be officially registered for the conference to join in.
REGISTER NOW TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION!
Listen to Express Radio FM - digital preservation on the Breakfast Show!
Radio host Ian James of the Breakfast Show on Southampton Express Radio FM will interview Dr Panagiotis Papageorgiou, Early Career Researcher into Virtual Heritage Preservation, on digital preservation at 9.30am (UK time) on World Digital Preservation Day. What an amazing way to start the British #WDPD2025!
Online workshops in Nigeria for information professionals
The Nigerian Library Association FCT branch is hosting two online workshops for World Digital Preservation Day 2025, in collaboration with the Nigeria Library and Information Science Students Association (N-LISSA).
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Preservation of Cultural Heritage Using Low-Cost Technology
Dates
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Thursday 6 November 2025
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Friday 7 November 2025
Who Can Attend?
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Thursday 6 November: Designed for archivists, librarians, records managers, and curators.
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Friday 7 November: A workshop for students in memory institutions at higher education institutions in Nigeria and other African countries.
Celebrating World Digital Preservation Day with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network
DDHN is organizing a festive event in on the 6th of November! Join them in Utrecht for a day exploring hot topics like AI and cybersecurity, and discover how to preserve multimedia content including podcasts, VR, 3D files, and social media.
Start2Preserve Webinar at the Dutch Digital Heritage Network
From documents on servers to photo collections on CDs, organizations store digital data in many different places. But how can you ensure it stays accessible in the future? To mark World Digital Preservation Day 2025, the Start2Preserve practice network - a Flemish-Dutch initiative - is hosting a webinar from Utrecht in the Netherlands designed to help beginners take their first steps in digital preservation. You can join the topics that are most relevant to you.
Start2Preserve Meeting at meemoo
At the same time as the Dutch webinar, the Belgian group of the Start2Preserve practice network will host a meeting at Ghent University, where beginners will learn about the first steps in digital preservation. Following the meeting, you can join the evening programme where they will connect with the iPRES conference in Wellington, New Zealand.