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The Digital Repository of Ireland is delighted to announce that registration is now open for DPASSH 2022, the biennial ‘Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities’ conference. This year’s conference will be on the topic of ‘Digital Preservation of Religious Collections: Conversations and Collaborations’. 

This will combine online practical workshops on 27 June with a hybrid-format conference on 29 and 30 June.

Workshop topics will include: digitisation; collection appraisal; copyright and licensing; and a case study of converting the analogue to digital as part of a research project.

The Digital Preservation Coalition is building a welcoming and inclusive global community, which works together to bring about a sustainable future for our digital assets. We are making progress towards a new strategic plan which encapsulates this vision, for adoption in August 2022. 

Having been endorsed by the DPC Council and Subcommittees over the last twelve months, a draft document is now available for review by all DPC Members. The draft will be taken to the next DPC Council Meeting in its current form, including any comments added by DPC Members up to Friday 10^th June.

DPC Members, please login to provide comment on the draft DPC Strategic Plan

The Digital Preservation Coalition is excited to introduce our newest member of staff who takes up her post as Head of Australasia and Asia-Pacific from today - Robin Wright.

Based in our Melbourne Office, Robin will be arranging meetings and calls with all our members in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore over the next few weeks but DPC Members are also invited to meet Robin as part of an informal drop-in.

If you are a DPC Member and you are free Thursday 19^th at 3pm AEST (5pm Wellington / 1pm Singapore / 6am Glasgow) come along to meet Robin and say hello!

If you'd like to attend, please contact: Robin DOT Wright AT dpconline DOT org.

The National Library Singapore and National Archives of Singapore in collaboration with Digital Preservation Coalition are organising the following talks on 27 and 28 July 2022.

Join us as we hear from digital preservation experts on two exciting topics!  REGISTER NOW

The PASIG Steering Committee is pleased to announce that registration is open for PASIG in Denver, Colorado, on June 10, 2022 (right after Open Repositories 2022)!

This IN-PERSON EVENT will provide an opportunity for the PASIG (Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group) community to come together to share and discuss current digital preservation efforts. Content will continue PASIG’s focus on practical work happening at institutions across the world.