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Vacancy for Non-Executive Director at the DPC (Research and Practice)
Added on 3 September 2021
The DPC’s Executive Board has responsibility for work and wellbeing of the Coalition, its programmes, staff and finances. It is the corporate decision making body, constituted within our Articles of Association. It is formed of twelve members: the Chair and vice Chair elected from the membership; the Executive Director and Finance Director who are appointed ex officio; and eight Non-Executive Directors drawn from the full membership.
Owing to the recent retirement of Stuart Lewis from the Executive Board a position has become available. Expressions of interest are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates. This is an unpaid role with a time commitment of around four meetings per year and ongoing email (approximately one per week). Directors are normally drawn from full members of the DPC in good standing, and with the time and interest to commit to the role. We encourage diversity by limiting participation on the Executive Board to not more than one place per member institution.
Vacancy for Digital Records Technical Specialist at Public Record Office Victoria (PROV)
13 September 2021
North Melbourne
$88,955 - $100,930
Full-Time
Vacancy for Digital Preservation backend developer at the National Library of Luxembourg
28 September 2021
Luxembourg-Kirchberg
Fixed Term
Houses of the Oireachtas joins the Digital Preservation Coalition
Added on 26 August 2021
The Houses of the Oireachtas (the National Parliament of Ireland) has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) this month, becoming the Coalition’s newest Associate Member.
The Oireachtas Library has been serving parliamentarians since 1924 by delivering library and information services that support the work of both Houses of the Oireachtas, Committees and individual Members. The Archive is currently being established to centralise and safeguard the records and archives of the Oireachtas.
Audio, Moving Images and Raster Images: Three DPC Technology Watch Guidance Notes now available on general release
Added on 24 August 2021
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has made the next three Technology Watch Guidance Notes in the new ‘Data Type’ series available on general release today. The topics covered in the set are: audio file formats, moving images and raster images.
Authored by staff at Artefactual Systems in collaboration with the DPC and developed in conjunction with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, each of the Guidance Notes in the Data Type series is designed to provide a primer on the current state of community knowledge about types of data commonly encountered by those seeking to preserve digital holdings.
Vacancy for Digital Preservation Office at State Library of Western Australia
10 September 2021
Perth
Vacancy for Senior Records Manager at the University of Westminster
3 October 2021
London
33,372 per annum (incl. LWA)
Part-Time
Vacancy for a Lead Applications Developer at the Archaeology Data Service
14 September 2021
University of York - King's Manor, York city centre
£40,927 - £50,296 plus additional market supplement, based on experience
Fixed Term
Understanding User Needs: Technology Watch Guidance Note on Access to digital collections available on general release
Added on 13 August 2021
The DPC has released the next in its series of Technology Watch Guidance Notes on Access to digital collections. The new Guidance Note entitled Understanding User Needs by Sharon McMeekin is available to the digital preservation community from today.
Understanding User Needs provides a pragmatic approach to conducting and interpreting a user needs analysis, whilst highlighting the importance and significance of the results.