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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has met for the first time under its new Americas program this week, with events in New York and Washington DC.

Taking place on Tuesday 8^th and Thursday 10^th October, DPC Members in the Americas plus invited guests gathered in both cities for exciting full-day programs of keynote presentations and discussions. The program offering the opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss key themes and begin to shape the DPC Americas program to meet the needs of the region.

The biggest celebration of the year is happening in just four weeks from today: on Thursday 7^th November it’s all about World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2024)! 

World Digital Preservation Day is a great opportunity to raise global awareness for digital preservation and to connect the digital preservation community. Every year, on the first Thursday of November, we celebrate all things digital preservation and in 2024, we’re bringing a special focus on communities!

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has made the next in its series of Technology Watch Guidance Notes, Preserving Digital Art, by Patrícia Falcão of the Tate, available on general release today. 

"Digital Art is an important part of 21st century culture and collecting and preserving it is essential to understanding our world”, says the author. “However, its complexity and variety makes it a challenge to preserve, especially for organizations who have not worked with it before. My hope is that this new Guidance Note will help to demystify the preservation of digital art and empower more institutions to take the first steps to collect and preserve it."

 The Digital Preservation Coalition is pleased to announce the release of their Labour Market Analysis report and accompanying dataset.  

The DPC has completed a study of the digital preservation labour market, analyzing data gathered from 167 online job vacancy postings published between January 2021 and December 2022. The final report and dataset are now available on the Labour Market Analysis page of the DPC website:

Join the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) for ‘Creating Inclusive Digital Collections’, an online training event on Tuesday 26 Nov at 15:00 GMT!

This event is aimed at digital archivists, cultural heritage professionals, community archivists, curators, librarians, and all those interested in learning more about enriching archives through community engagement methodologies, participatory practices, and inclusive strategies.