Added on 22 January 2021
Date: October 5th, 1 pm to October 6th, 1 pm 2021
Workshop mode: in-person, in case of COVID restrictions virtual
Participants: 35 invited persons (IT professionals, archivists, librarians, engineers from academia and business) – apply for participation at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
7 February 2021
York
£40,322 - £49,553 a year
Full-Time
Added on 6 January 2021
DPC Members are invited to take up a series of new opportunities to guide the work of the Coalition. A seat is available to join the DPC’s Executive Board and representatives are sought on four of the Sub-Committees which oversee and steer our work.
The DPC is governed by a small Executive Board comprising 12 directors drawn from the full members which meets quarterly to direct what we do. Directors have significant and immediate influence on the work of the DPC. We renew the Executive Board annually with one or two directors stepping down. Thus in January 2021 we are seeking a new director to join us.
The Executive Board is supported by a series of Sub-Committees which ensure DPC’s plans and activities are tightly coupled to members’ needs. Care is taken to ensure that the Sub-Committees are diverse, and colleagues at all points in their careers, across all the parts of the Coalition and across all the sectors and agencies the DPC represents.
Our Sub-Committee meets quarterly for around two hours, receiving reports about the DPC's work in specific areas, and reviewing plans for upcoming or new initiatives. The Sub-Committees also filter and review grant applications and new or additional activities that arise throughout the year. Each one is facilitated by a DPC staff member.
10 January 2021
Boston Spa or St Pancras
£45,000 - £48,750
Fixed Term
Added on 6 January 2021
Members are advised that key dates for DPC Executive Board and Representative Council meetings are as follows:
16 March – Representative Council and Executive Board
15 June – Representative Council and Executive Board
07 September – Representative Council and Executive Board
07 December – Representative Council and Executive Board followed by AGM
Typically the Council meets in the late morning and is open to all full members; the Executive Board meets after a short lunch break and is intended for directors (though observers are welcome). Times will be confirmed closer to the date of the meetings and we expect that we will be gathering online by video conference for the time being.
Added on 1 January 2021
Finnish non-profit state enterprise CSC ‒ IT Center for Science has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), becoming the Coalition’s newest Associate Member. 
Funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, CSC has produced sustainable national digital preservation services for cultural heritage and research data in Finland since 2015. Services are developed in close collaboration with partner organisations to preserve their digital assets whilst other provisions include maintaining national digital preservation specifications, developing open-source software, maintaining hardware for preservation, and offering support for national organisations on various aspects of digital preservation.
“We believe that international collaboration is the way to successful digital preservation. Being part of the DPC, we look forward to benefitting from the experiences of all members and sharing our own national lessons-learned back to the community” explains Kimmo Koivunen, Development Manager for CSC.
Added on 1 January 2021
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes The Postal Museum this new year, as they become Associate Members of the Coalition.
The Postal Museum, located in London, reveals five centuries of British social and communications history as seen through the eyes of its iconic postal service. The museum cares for the records generated by Royal Mail and Post Office Limited in the UK. These records constitute the business archive of the Post Office since 1637 and hold the status of Public Records under the Public Records Act 1967. The Postal Museum is also developing an archive of records generated by the museum itself. With this remit, The Postal Museum is currently working to develop capacity to transfer and preserve these records in a digital format.
Added on 17 December 2020
Thank you for all your wonderful support throughout this strange year. Despite the challenges 2020 has presented, the DPC and the digital preservation community have proved that we can continue to support each other even though physically disconnected. While we may not have seen you face to face, we have had another tremendously successful year as a Coalition with highlights including the opening of our new DPC Office in Melbourne, we welcomed three new members of staff – Jaye Weatherburn, John McMillan and Amy Currie, we released new resources like Novice to Know-How online digital preservation training, the Digital Preservation Policy Toolkit and the Digital Preservation Procurement Toolkit, as well as contributing to the organisation of #WeMissiPRES, World Digital Preservation Day and the Digital Preservation Awards 2020... not to mention all our new DPC Members and Supporters. We are delighted to have you all as part of our community!
We'll be closing our laptops from 17:00 GMT tomorrow, Friday 18th December and will reopen them again on Monday 4th January 2021. During that period, we will only be checking email intermittently.
We hope you all have a good break, and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2021.
11 January 2021
Grade 7, points 32- 39 (£35,845-£44,045) (Market Supplement Available)
Fixed Term
