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Registration is now open for an exciting DPC Member and Supporter event on ‘The Future of Storage.’

Taking place on 25th - 26th May over two time zones, this event will discuss a topic which effects both DPC Members and Supporters in different ways and will seek to identify requirements for emerging storage solutions.

Beginning with an introduction to DNA storage as one emerging technology in this discussion space, we will hear from DPC Members Yale University as they present their project to test storage options for digital preservation, before opening the floor for conversation between DPC Members and Supporters to explore requirements for effective digital preservation.

The digital preservation community around the world wakes this week to alarming news of a catastrophic fire at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Library, as well as university residences and campus buildings.

This shocking incident brings us together with an immediate outpouring of solidarity and concern for the team at the University of Cape Town Libraries.  We join Director Satgoor in thanking authorities for their prompt and co-ordinated efforts which have prevented loss of life.

UCT is a member of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC): distress for one of our members is distress for all of us.  Therefore the DPC, a global community focussed on preservation, offers unconditional support to staff, students and friends of the University as they face this trauma.  We stand with them as they assess the damage and losses to the library, archives and special collections; and our members around the world are ready with help and assistance to aid recovery.

There are only five days left to apply for Career Development Fund scholarship grants for the Society for Imaging Science and Technology Archiving 2021 Conference, 8-24 June. These grants, detailed below, are open to all DPC members and the application deadline is 17:00 UTC on 21st April 2021.

Submit your contributions to iPRES2021, Oct. 19-22, 2021.

iPRES, or the International Conference on Digital Preservation, is the premier conference series on digital preservation. Since 2004 there have been annual iPRES conferences around the globe for the international digital preservation community to share their recent research, development projects, implementation efforts, and other practical experiences, and to enhance collaborations within the field and across the related domains.

Registration is now open for our annual ‘Digital Preservation Futures’ members-only webinar series.

Starting on Tuesday 4th May 2021, this series will showcase the current product and service offerings of each of our DPC Supporters and will accompany our associated event ‘Future of Storage’ Event for Members and Supporters on Wednesday 26th May.

The DPC is pleased to offer two Career Development Fund scholarship grants for members to attend the Society for Imaging Science and Technology Archiving 2021 Conference, 8-24 June 2021. These grants, detailed below, are open to all DPC members.