The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to give members an exclusive one-month preview of its latest Technology Watch Guidance Note: Digital Disaster Risk Management for Repositories and Archives, authored by Annette Mills, Collection Development Leader, City of Charles Sturt and Dr Heather Brown, Librarian, Education and Sector Standards, Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
"Be prepared!”, says Michael Popham, Digital Preservation Specialist at the DPC, who guided the Guidance Note through its development and publication. “Whilst some disasters affecting your digital preservation infrastructure may be unavoidable, this brief Guidance Note helps you identify potential risks and explains how preparation and planning can mitigate their impact when disaster strikes."
The new Guidance Note is aimed at digital repositories and archives of all sizes. It explores the growing risks and challenges posed by climate change, electrical outages, ongoing infrastructure maintenance and other disruptive events, and highlights the importance of proactive disaster risk management before, during and after an incident.
DPC members can now access this Guidance Note on the DPC website (login required). The resource will be released to the general public on October 13rd, 2026, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
The Technology Watch publication series is just one of the ways the DPC supports the digital preservation community. An international charitable foundation and advocate for digital preservation, the Coalition helps its members around the world to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services through community engagement, targeted advocacy work, training and workforce development, capacity building, good practice and standards, tailored support and consultancy, and through good management and governance. Its vision is a secure digital legacy.
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