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The next set finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards 2026 are revealed today, with three exceptional initiatives which demonstrate digital preservation excellence in agencies that would not traditionally consider themselves to be ‘memory institutions.’

Finalists for the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Award for the Most Outstanding Digital Preservation Initiative in Commerce, Industry and the Third sector are (in no particular order):

LDF Recollection: Innovating a Civil Rights Archive	Diageo Archive AI Cataloguing Assistant Application	GOG Preservation Program

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The next set of finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards 2026 is revealed today, with three more creative initiatives being recognized for their achievements.

Finalists for the Award for Teaching and Communications, sponsored by the KB National Library of the Netherlands are (in no particular order):

Brazilian Training Program in Digital Preservation	Digital Archives Program Workshop	Digital Ghosts - Visualising Scotland's Web Archives

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Our next set of finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards 2026 is revealed today, with three innovative and impressive initiatives being recognized for their achievements.

Finalists for the National Library Board Singapore Award for Research and Innovation are (in no particular order):

EOSC EDEN Core Preservation Processes (CPPs)	An OAIS-Compliant Archiving Platform with DNA Connector within OLOS	Transcripción y difusión de la documentación manuscrita del archivo municipal de La Nucía mediante el uso de inteligencia artificial

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The first set of finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards 2026 is revealed today, with three exceptional projects being recognized for their collaborative achievements.

Finalists for the International Council on Archives (ICA) Award for Collaboration and Co-operation are (in no particular order): 

From Basement to Citizen An Integrated Approach to the Digitisation, Preservation and Access to Environmental Permits	Future Nostalgia Safeguarding the knowledge of floppy disks	IIM Africa Digital Preservation Capacity Building and Collaboration Initiative

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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) will today begin announcing the finalists for the Digital Preservation Awards 2026, revealing the projects, initiatives, and collaborations shortlisted across seven award categories. Discover the projects, teams, and individuals shortlisted for their outstanding contributions to digital preservation around the world!

On 24 June, you can attend a hands-on workshop led by Dr. Tim Sherratt and inspired by State Library Victoria’s Code Club at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. In this session, the browser and scraping tools will be demystified and you will learn how to treat the web not just as a static resource, but as a living archive that you can explore, customize, and actively preserve. 

We are excited to send out a final reminder that this is the last few days to submit for Ad Hoc Sessions at iPRES 2026  — the more informal part of the programme perfect for experimental ideas, networking, and rapid‑fire knowledge sharing. It is a great way to get involved in iPres, whether it is your first time attending a conference or presenting or your 100th.

Celebrating International Archives Week 2026: Preserving Archives for Justice

Next week, between 8th–12th June 2026, the global archival community will come together to mark International Archives Week (IAW2026), led by the International Council on Archives (ICA). This year’s theme ‘Archives for Justice: Rights, Memory & Futures’ highlights the vital role archives, and digital preservation, play in supporting accountability, preserving memory and enabling a more equitable future for all.

The Call for Submissions for the 21st International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC27) is open, inviting contributions from researchers and practitioners across the digital curation community.