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DPC Global ‘Bit List’ of Endangered Digital Species 2023 remains open for nominations
Added on 19 May 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is inviting the digital preservation community to submit nominations of at-risk digital materials to its 2023 edition of the ‘Bit List’ by Friday 30th June.
A free-to-access and open resource for digital preservation advocacy, the DPC's Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Species (or Bit List for short) is a community-sourced list of at-risk digital materials which is revised every two years. Entries to the list are nominated by the community, who are at the forefront of digital preservation efforts, and reviewed by international organizations which represent global expertise in the preservation of the listed digital species.
Vacancy for Digitisation Technician Trainee at Imperial War Museums
9 June 2023
Duxford, UK
Circa £22,098 per annum
Fixed Term
Celebratory launch of N2KH Email Preservation Course
Added on 17 May 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and The National Archives (UK) invite members of the archives and digital preservation communities to join them on 29th June for a celebratory launch of the Novice to Know-How Email Preservation course. The online training is the latest in the digital preservation learning pathway “Novice to Know-How” (N2KH) and will enable information professionals to gain both knowledge and practical experience of how to preserve email. 
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for ASA 2023 National Conference in Melbourne
Added on 16 May 2023
The DPC is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for the hybrid 2023 Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) Rising to our Challenges Conference, taking place 4 - 7 September in Melbourne, Australia.
This grant will cover 100% of conference registration as well as provide a contribution towards travel for those attending in person. Applications are welcomed from DPC members until the grant application deadline of 7:00 UTC on 30th May.
Vacancy for Change Manager - Library Technology Services at Harvard University
15 June 2023
Hybrid/Cambridge, MA
$96,800 USD
Fixed Term
Vacancy for Digital Archive Assistant (Trainee) at Parliamentary Archives
30 May 2023
London, UK
£26,750
Fixed Term
Vacancy for Senior Digital Archivist at National Archives of Ireland
30 May 2023
Ireland
€68,491.00
Fixed Term
The Digital Preservation Coalition welcomes the Irish Traditional Music Archive as its newest member
Added on 10 May 2023
The Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann (ITMA) has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) this month, becoming the Coalition’s newest Associate Member.
Based in Dublin, ITMA is the national public archive and resource centre for Irish traditional music, song and dance, with a mission to be the globally recognised specialist advisory agency to advance appreciation, knowledge, and the practice of Irish traditional music. ITMA was born into the digital age and digitisation has been a core activity since inception. ITMA holds born-digital collections through both field recording and donations and has also amassed large volumes of digital surrogates from over 30 years of digitisation work carried out on analogue audio, audio-visual, photograph and print collections.
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for ARA 2023 Conference in Belfast
Added on 10 May 2023
The DPC is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for the 2023 Annual Conference of the Archives and Records Association (#ARA2023), taking place from 30th August to 1st September in Belfast, UK.
This grant will cover 100% of the Full Conference registration fees including two nights' accommodation. Applications are welcomed from DPC Members until the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 23rd May 2023.