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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to welcome DAMsmart to its Supporter Program this month.

Based in Canberra, DAMsmart has provided expert audiovisual digitisation and digital preservation services since 2007. Supporting libraries, archives, museums, broadcasters, and cultural institutions across Australia and the Pacific, DAMsmart delivers preservation-grade digitisation of film, video, and audio. Its workflows support BagIt-compliant packages and preservation-ready metadata, and the team is skilled in recovering content from obsolete formats and endangered media. DAMsmart also offers digital preservation and content modernisation to ensure collections remain accessible and usable into the future.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is proud to announce its role as the Tūī Platinum Sponsor for iPRES 2025, the premier international conference on digital preservation, taking place 3-7 November 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has launched a new program of targeted activities through its DPC Supporter Program, designed to strengthen connections and foster ongoing dialogue between DPC Members and the wider community of digital preservation providers.

The refreshed program brings new opportunities for collaboration, visibility and global impact and includes:

• Broader Reach: The dedicated Supporter Showcase webinar series will now be open to the entire digital preservation community, extending visibility and engagement beyond DPC Members.

• Enhanced Events: Alongside the DPC Members Fora, new day-long sessions open to Supporters, will offer opportunities for exhibition, program participation, and regional networking. Confirmed locations include New York (April 2026) and Edinburgh (May 2026).

• Global Impact: Supporter contributions will fund a new Research & Development initiative and a program to support participation from low- and middle-income countries, alongside continued support for the Digital Preservation Awards.

The Digital Preservation 2025 conference - Where We're At (Digital Preservation in Uncertain Times) is organized by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) and will be held virtually October 9th and 10th, 2025 from 11:00 am EDT to 4:45 EDT on both days.