hometown 4.6.9+hometown-1.3.0The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is building a welcoming and inclusive global community, working together to bring about a sustainable future for our digital assets.
Three new resources are now available in the DPC’s Digital Preservation Toolkit for Community Archives:
📷 A Basic Digitisation Guide
🗂️ Adding Digitised Records to a Catalogue
🤖 Thinking About Using AI?
Practical guidance to help community archives care for their digital collections.
Explore them here: https://www.dpconline.org/news/new-resources-in-community-archives-toolkit
What can digital repositories do to prepare for disruption before it happens?
Our latest Technology Watch publication, Digital Disaster Risk Management for Repositories and Archives, explores risks including climate change, electrical outages, infrastructure maintenance and other disruptive events, and how preparation can help reduce their impact.
🔐 DPC Members can access it now:
https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-disaster-risk-management-twgn-member-preview
Public release: 13 October 2026, International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Great news 🎉🎉 The complete #iPRES2025 proceedings are now available, together with presentations and session recordings from the conference!
A great opportunity to revisit the iPRES 2025 conference and explore the contributions in more detail before the #digitalpreservation community comes together in Copenhagen for #ipres2026!
Ngā mihi to the iPRES 2025 organisers and everyone involved in bringing these resources together.
Find out more: https://lnkd.in/epESRVsX
Four weeks until #DPA2026! 🏆🎉
On the evening of 15 October, we’ll celebrate some of the very best work in digital preservation and reveal this year’s winners live from #FINA in Warsaw.
The ceremony will be livestreamed, so audiences around the world can join us. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing more about our amaaazing finalists!
Meet them now: https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards
📢 We’re pleased to share that the J. Paul Getty Trust is now a Full Member of the Digital Preservation Coalition.
An Associate #DPC Member since 2021, Getty brings significant experience in #digitalpreservation across the cultural heritage sector. Full Membership will enable even deeper engagement with the DPC community, extending access to training and resources across its staff and creating further opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
🌍 Call for speakers!
The #DPC is launching Around the World, an exciting online event series designed to share #digitalpreservation knowledge and expertise across time zones, with live regional sessions in Australasia and Asia-Pacific, Europe and Africa, and the Americas.
Our first event, 17–19 November 2026, will explore Risk Management, and we’re inviting speakers from across the international community to contribute.
Share your thoughts by 23:59 AOE on 30 September:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/854/-/around-the-world-risk-management
📻 Have you registered for iPRES Radio yet?
From 22–25 September, we’ll be bringing some of the conversations, ideas and atmosphere of #iPRES2026 in Copenhagen to the wider digital preservation community online.
All are welcome to join us. #iPRESRadio is free and you don’t need to be registered for the main conference.
👉 Register to receive the joining details: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/819/-/ipres-radio-2026
We are delighted to announce that the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition, becoming DPC’s newest Full Member.
By joining the #DPC, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives becomes part of an international community of organizations committed to securing long-term access to digital content and ensuring that digital materials remain accessible and usable for future generations.
Find out more: https://www.dpconline.org/news/new-members-of-the-dpc/smithsonian-joins-dpc
📚 #DPC Members: who’s joining us for September Reading Club?
On Wednesday 16 September, we’ll be discussing the idea of the ‘Designated Community’, drawing on Nathan Moles’ recent paper, An Analysis of Revisions to OAIS and the “Designated Community”.
Come along, share your thoughts and join the conversation.
👉 https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/825/-/dpc-reading-club-designated-community
📣 New DPC blog on the block!
"Cyber security and resilience for digital preservation: a big job, a shared responsibility and a collective mission"
DPC's Head of Good Practice Garth Stewart reflects on why collaboration matters and introduces the DPC’s new three-part Technology Watch Guidance Note series, on general release from today.
Read the blog right here 👇
https://www.dpconline.org/blog/cyber-security-blog-garth-stewart
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #digipres #cybersecurity #resilience #techwatch #DPC #community #JoinUs
📻 #iPRES2026 kicks off next week! And so does iPRES Radio!
If you’d like to join us online during #iPRES2026, make sure you’re registered for iPRES Radio (free and open to all).
From Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 Sept, we’ll be catching up on conference highlights, hearing from correspondents in Copenhagen and bringing colleagues together for informal chats.
👉 Register now to receive the Zoom details: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/819/-/ipres-radio-2026
See you next week!!
🎉 We’re super happy to be celebrating our colleague Karyn Williamson, who has been named Record Keeper of the Year 2026 at the #ARA Excellence Awards! 🎉
It’s wonderful to see Karyn’s contribution to digital preservation and the wider recordkeeping community recognized in this way.
Huge congratulations from all of us at the DPC, Karyn! 👏
🔗 https://www.dpconline.org/news/karyn-williamson-record-keeper-of-the-year-2026
Photo credit: Simon O’Connor for ARA
🌍 Copenhagen isn’t the only place to connect with the #iPRES2026 community this September.
iPRES Radio will be running online alongside the conference from 22–25 Sept, with daily online sessions designed to help colleagues around the world join the #digipres conversation.
Expect conference highlights, on-site updates, selected content and informal discussion with fellow digital preservation practitioners.
📻 Free and open to everyone - but please register to join us:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/819/-/ipres-radio-2026
What happened at #iPRES2026 today? What stood out? And what does the digital preservation community make of it?
That’s the conversation we’ll be having on 📻 #iPRES Radio.
From 22–25 September, our daily online sessions will bring together conference highlights, reports from Copenhagen, selected recordings and plenty of opportunity to share your own reflections.
Everyone is welcome, wherever you are in the world.
👉 Registration is required, so sign up now: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/819/-/ipres-radio-2026
📻 iPRES Radio is back for 2026 - and (free) registration is now open!
Not travelling to Copenhagen for the #iPRES2026 conference? You can still be part of the #digitalpreservation conversation.
From 22–25 September, iPRES Radio will bring #digipres colleagues together online to catch up on conference highlights, hear from Copenhagen and exchange reflections with peers around the world.
👉 Sign up on the DPC website to get your iPRES Radio joining details: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/819/-/ipres-radio-2026
Want to follow #iPRES2026 without being in Copenhagen? 📻 Register for iPRES Radio and join us online from 22–25 September.
Across four days, we’ll be catching up on conference highlights, hearing from correspondents in Copenhagen, sharing selected content and discussing the ideas coming out of iPRES with #digipres colleagues around the world.
#iPRESRadio is free and open to everyone - no iPRES conference registration required.
👉 Sign up on the #DPC website: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/819/-/ipres-radio-2026
🤖 What does generative AI mean for #digitalpreservation?
Join #DPCAmericas at #AI4LAM Fantastic Futures 2026 on 15 September for an informal hybrid session on AI, authenticity, trust and preservation practice.
Open to all registered Fantastic Futures attendees, with #DPC Members also welcome to join virtually ☺️
A warm welcome to our newest Associate Member: the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)!🍁 🎉
As Canada’s national public broadcaster, CBC has promoted culture and supported democratic life for almost 90 years.
We’re looking forward to working together and sharing knowledge across our global community 🌍🤝
Read more:
https://www.dpconline.org/news/new-members-of-the-dpc/cbc-joins-dpc
🔐 How can we build more resilient digital preservation in a world of cyber risk?
Join our Zero Trust Thinking Watch Party on 26 August, 06:00–07:00 UTC, timed for Australasia/Asia-Pacific (and early risers in Europe!)
Hear from Heather Lowrie & Garth Stewart, co-authors of the DPC’s new Technology Watch Guidance Notes on cybersecurity and watch highlights from our recent cybersecurity event.
✅ Free for DPC Members & Supporters
🌍 Others welcome too (paid places available)
🔗 bit.ly/3UHVBXp
面向中文用户的DPC RAM介绍会
Discover the DPC Rapid Assessment Model (RAM) in our upcoming session for Chinese speakers.
本次会议将介绍数字保存联盟（DPC）及其快速评估模型（RAM），并分享亚洲地区机构使用DPC RAM开展数字保存工作的案例。🔗 https://bit.ly/RAMchinese
Join our free online session for Chinese speakers on 3 September to discover DPC RAM and hear examples of how organizations in Asia are using it to get started with digital preservation.
🌏 Session for Chinese speakers
💻 Online
📅 3 September 2026
Sign up now: https://bit.ly/RAMchinese
🌍️ Out now: the draft #DPC Carbon Footprint Toolkit for community comment and testing!
Help us test it🔧 , share feedback, or join the support group by 10 April: https://www.dpconline.org/news/draft-carbon-footprint-toolkit-released-for-community-testing
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #community #digipres #carbonfootprint
📢 New #DPClinic!
🌍 How can humanitarian organisations create sustainable digital archives?
Join Flora Chatt (University of Manchester) and the #DPC on 23 July, 14:00–15:00 UTC for an introduction to the new Digital Humanitarian Archives Toolkit.
💬 Explore the toolkit, hear why it was developed, and help shape it with your feedback.
🎟️ Free registration:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/815/-/dpclinic-july-digital-humanitarian-archives-toolkit
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #Archives #Humanitarian #DPClinic #digipres #community #JoinUs
🏆️ The Digital Preservation Awards are back for 2026🏆️! #DPA2026 celebrates great #digitalpreservation work from every corner of the world and from every sector.
Nominate the project or initiative you believe should win an award👇🏽https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#DigitalPreservation #Awards #launch #nominations #digipres #DPC
The web never stands still 🌐 ... and neither do the challenges of preserving it.
The #DPC is preparing for the return of its Web Archiving Special Interest Group (WA-SIG), bringing DPC Members together in a welcoming and transparent space where Members can exchange ideas, surface challenges, and learn from one another’s approaches.
The renewed WA-SIG gets together on 7 July.
Read more & join us 😊: https://www.dpconline.org/news/dpc-prepares-return-of-web-archiving-special-interest-group
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #WebArchiving #Archives
📢 New course launch!
We’ve added #N2KH: Advocacy to our learning pathway - supporting digital preservation practitioners to advocate for #DigitalPreservation, communicate its value, and build support within their organizations.
Learn how to make your case, influence decision-making, and develop a practical Advocacy Action Plan👉🏾 https://dpc.getlearnworlds.com/course/n2kh-advocacy
Conceived and funded by The National Archives UK and delivered by the Digital Preservation Coalition #DPC
Our #DPA2026 category spotlight series continues 👇
The Award for Safeguarding the Digital Legacy recognizes the practical use of preservation tools to protect at-risk digital objects.
2024 Winner DDLD – living archive said: “Receiving this Award has been a truly fundamental milestone for the project... It has brought greater visibility, legitimacy, and wider recognition for our work.”
Nominations are now open. Submit by 5 May: https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
Just a few days left to enter the Digital Preservation Awards #DPA2026 , celebrating outstanding digital preservation work from across the globe 🌍
We are inviting nominations for:
✨ impactful initiatives
🤝 cooperation & collaboration
💡 research & innovation
📣 teaching & communications
🛠 resilience & continuity
📜 digital legacy
🎓 distinguished student work!
🗓 Deadline: Tuesday 5 May, 09:00 UTC
Explore the Nomination Pack and nominate now:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards
How do we preserve software and keep digital content accessible? 💾
Join our Software Preservation & Emulation Showcase for lightning talks and discussion exploring real-world approaches, from floppy files to virtual worlds.
🗓️ 28 April 14:00–16:00 (UTC)
💻 Online
🎤 Case studies + panel discussion
🔗 Register here: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/770/-/every-object-an-orchestra-a-software-preservation-emulation-showcase
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #SoftwarePreservation #Emulation #digipres #community #JoinUs
Help shape the DPC’s new Carbon Footprint Toolkit 🌍️
We’re looking for participants to join our Carbon Calculation Support Group and help test the draft toolkit over the coming months. No prior experience is needed, and non-members are very welcome too.
If this sounds like something for you, we’d love to hear from you. The call closes on 10 April.
Find out more in our news post and apply here: https://www.dpconline.org/news/draft-carbon-footprint-toolkit-released-for-community-testing
Our #DPA2026 category spotlight series continues 👇
The Award for the Most Distinguished Student Work in Digital Preservation celebrates outstanding student research and projects in #digitalpreservation and recognizes the next generation of professionals in the field.
Hear more from Claudia Muñoz, winner of this Award in 2024, in this short video: https://youtu.be/4pBQ5z5lBxA
Nominations for the Digital Preservation Awards 2026 are open — submit your nomination by 5 May: https://lnkd.in/egD3kuUa
What difference can a Digital Preservation Award make?
The Digital Preservation Awards is the most prominent celebration of achievement in #digitalpreservation. Previous winners have shared how the #DPAwards raised the profile of their work, built confidence, and supported future development.
Over the coming days, we’ll spotlight the DPA 2026 categories and share reflections from winners in previous Awards.
Find out more & submit your nomination for #DPA2026 by 5 May:
https://dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards
The search for the very best work in #DigitalPreservation has begun again this year, with the launch of the Digital Preservation Awards 2026!
🏆Submit your nomination for #DPA2026 before Tuesday 5 May 🏆
👉 https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards
#DPA2026 #DigitalPreservation #Awards #launch #nominations #digipres #DPC
🏆️ Les Digital Preservation Awards sont de retour pour 2026🏆️ Le #DPA2026 célèbre les grands travaux de #PréservationNumérique de tous les coins du monde et de tous les secteurs.
Nommez le projet ou l'initiative qui, selon vous, devrait gagner un award👇🏽https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#DigitalPreservation #Awards #lancement #nominations #digipres #DPC
DPC Members 👋
Looking for support assessing your digital preservation capabilities or skills?
Join our one-to-one RAM-bulance 🚑 and CAT Scan 🐱 sessions this May - quick, confidential, and tailored to you.
🗓️ 7 & 12 May
⏰ 06:00–22:00 UTC
For more information and to book your 30-minute slot 👉🔗 https://www.dpconline.org/news/book-dpc-staff-for-ram-and-cat-support
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #community #membersupport #JoinUs #digipres #support
🏆️ Het is weer tijd voor de Digital Preservation Awards! 🏆️ #DPA2026 zet het beste #digitalpreservation werk van de wereld in het zonnetje.
Nomineer het project of initiatief dat volgens jou een onderscheiding verdient 👇🏽https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#DigitalPreservation #Awards #launch #nominations #digipres #DPC #duurzametoegankelijkheid #digitaalmateriaal
¡ Los Premios de Preservación Digital vuelven en 2026! #DPA2026 celebra el gran trabajo de #PreservaciónDigital de todo el mundo y de todos los sectores.
Nomina el proyecto o iniciativa que crees que debería ganar un premio award👇🏽
https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#DigitalPreservation #Awards #lanzamiento #nominations #digipres #DPC
We warmly welcome Docbyte to the DPC Supporter Program 🎉🎉
Based in Ghent, Belgium, Docbyte specialises in compliant long-term digital archiving and preservation. We are delighted to have them join the DPC community!
Find out more: https://www.dpconline.org/news/docbyte-joins-dpc-supporter-program
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #SupporterProgram #digipres #community #JoinUs
Hi #digipres folks 👋🏽 This Thursday afternoon, it's #DPConnect time again! Please join our guest host Teagan Zoldolske (#UKRI UK Research and Innovation) and the #DPC team to discuss all things #digitalpreservation. Sign up to receive the joining details 👉🏽 https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/605/-/dpconnect-europe
デジタル・プリザベーション・アワードが2026年に復活！#DPA2026は、世界のあらゆる地域、あらゆるセクターの優れたデジタル保存活動を称えるものです。
あなたが受賞すべきだと思うプロジェクトやイニシアチブを推薦してください👇🏽
https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#アワード #DPA2026 #DigitalPreservation #Awards #launch #nominations #digipres #DPC
Our #DPA2026 category spotlight series starts here 👇
What difference can a #DigitalPreservation Award make? This is what the Bits and Bots Study Group, 2024 winner of the Award for Teaching and Communications, said:
"Winning this award gave us more confidence and motivation to continue the project and also gave the project a lot of publicity. The number of participants almost tripled the year after winning the award."
数字遗产保护奖（Digital Preservation Awards）将于 2026 年再次颁发！#DPA2026旨在表彰来自世界各个角落和各个领域的优秀#数字保存工作。
提名您认为应该获奖的项目或倡议👇🏽。
https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#DPA2026 #DigitalPreservation #Awards #launch #nominations #digipres #DPC
Join #DPConnect Aus this Friday for an informal catch-up with the community in Australasia & Asia-Pacific🎉No agenda, no slides, just #digipres conversation!
💬 Share what you’re working on
🧩 Talk through challenges
👋 Or simply drop in and say hello
📅 Friday 17 April
🕐 1:00pm AEST / 3:00pm NZDT / 11:00am SGT
All are welcome 😊
🔗 Get the joining details: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/709/-/dpconnect-aus
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #digipres #community #JoinUs
Hi 👋 #DPCMembers! Our Audio Visual group meets this Wednesday 🎧🎞️ and you are invited.
Join us for a case study and community discussion.
Register here:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/698/-/audio-visual-special-interest-group
#DigitalPreservation #DPC #Community #AudioVisual #AVSIG #JoinUs
The Digital Preservation Awards 2026 are now open for nominations! With seven award categories to choose from, now is the time to recognize the people, projects, and organizations making a real impact in digital preservation.
Explore the categories and submit your nomination here: https://dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards
#DigitalPreservation #Awards #celebrations #BestWork #DPA2026 #nominations
📢 The Digital Preservation Coalition is delighted to welcome the Archives of the Council of the European Union as its newest member!
The Council Archives preserve the institutional memory of both the Council of the European Union and the European Council, providing access to records dating back to the first Council meeting in 1952.
We look forward to working together with the team and support long-term access to records of enduring value!
Our #DPA2026 category spotlight series continues 👇
The Digital Preservation Awards celebrate great #digitalpreservation work — and can help raise visibility and support future funding bids.
As 2024 winner PARADISEC said:
“Winning the Award for Research and Innovation validates the work that we do in an international context.”
Nominations are now open for the Digital Preservation Awards 2026. Submit by 5 May:
https://lnkd.in/egD3kuUa
تحتفل #DPA2026 بأعمال #الحفظ_الرقمي الرائعة من كل ركن من أركان العالم ومن كل قطاع.
رشح المشروع أو المبادرة التي تعتقد أنها يجب أن تفوز بجائزة award👇🏽
https://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-awards-launched-for-2026
#Digipres #جوائز #DPA2026 #DigitalPreservation #Awards #launch #nominations #digipres #DPC
