World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD2025) is just around the corner! Songs, video clips, hackathons, global events and institutions opening their doors showcasing what digital preservation is all about: That’s World Digital Preservation Day in a nutshell.
This year’s theme, Why Preserve?, invites digital preservation practitioners everywhere to reflect on their organization’s motivations for preserving unique digital collections, to share their stories, and to transform those insights into compelling advocacy messages. Together, we’ll highlight the current digital preservation landscape, outline a path forward, and unite in answering a powerful question: Why Preserve?
Whether you’re part of a library, archive, museum, university, or commercial organization: everyone can take part! Plan an event, publish a blog, crochet a file format, post on social media, or showcase your team’s digital preservation work.
Check out our WDPD 2025 Event Pack with everything in it to make your World Digital Preservation Day event a success. In it, you’ll find:
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WDPD backgrounds to use on Zoom or Teams when holding your online event
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Digital preservation BINGO as an icebreaker to warm up your event attendees
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Lots of useful resources on digital preservation to share with your event attendees
And do't forget the WDPD 2025 logo, freely available to all and in 45-languages. Download and use the logo on your website, in your email signature or on social media to promote World Digital Preservation Day 2025 in your country! On the day itself, you’ll see a flurry of blog posts from DPC Members and the wider community, alongside news, campaigns, and new resources, all shining a spotlight on digital preservation.
Highlight the collections you are working on by sharing photos, videos, and updates about your own digital preservation day using the social media platform of your choice OR take over the corporate social media account for the day to let others outside our community know about digital preservation. Find us on Mastodon and LinkedIn, where we will be sharing blog posts, vlogs and news stories. Remember to use the hashtag #WDPD2025!
If you’re organizing an event, please let us know, and we’ll feature it on the global events page to share your celebration with the community.
Join us on Thursday 6 November to celebrate digital preservation and tell the world why you preserve!
World Digital Preservation Day is organized by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and supported by digital preservation networks around the globe. It’s open to participation across all sectors, from anyone interested in securing a sustainable future for our digital assets. Follow the festivities on social media by using the hashtag #WDPD2025, on the DPC website or by subscribing to the digital-preservation@jiscmail.ac.uk mailing list.