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Registration is now open for the 20th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference^th20th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC26) organised by the Digital Curation Centre, taking place in Zagreb, Croatia between 16-18 February 2026. The theme of IDCC26 is AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation. 

In just five weeks, on Thursday 6 November 2025, the global digital preservation community will come together to celebrate World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2025)!

This year’s theme, “Why Preserve?”, invites digital preservation practitioners to reflect on their organization’s motivations for preserving their unique digital collections. Whether it’s safeguarding evidence and accountability, ensuring access to culture and knowledge, reducing risks and costs, or passing today’s stories on to tomorrow’s communities - your “why” matters.

Each year, DPC Members are encouraged to carry out a self-assessment using the DPC Rapid Assessment Model (RAM) and to share their results with us so that they can be collated, summarized, and shared back across the membership. Members can complete an assessment at any point in the year to fit their own schedule.

The DPC RAM, a maturity model for digital preservation, helps organizations of all sizes assess and improve their capacity to preserve digital content.

This year’s report provides a valuable snapshot of digital preservation capacity across the Coalition, showing strengths, trends, and gaps. 

We are pleased to announce that v.121 of PRONOM has now been released. Version 121 features 29 new PUIDs, 29 new signatures and 18 updates.

The countdown is on: In just six weeks, on Thursday 6 November, we’ll be celebrating World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2025)!

This global day is our chance to raise awareness of digital preservation and connect with colleagues and organizations around the world. Every year, on the first Thursday of November, the digital preservation community celebrates all things digital preservation, and in 2025 we’re asking the powerful question: “Why Preserve?”

This year’s theme encourages organizations and individuals to share their motivations for digital preservation. What drives your work? What stories are you planning to tell on World Digital Preservation Day?