Community Engagement

We enable a growing number of agencies and individuals in all sectors and in all countries to participate in a dynamic and mutually supportive digital preservation community.

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Advocacy

We campaign for a political and institutional climate more responsive and better informed about the digital preservation challenge; raising awareness about the new opportunities that resilient digital assets create.

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Workforce Development

We provide opportunities for our members to acquire, develop and retain competent and responsive workforces that are ready to address the challenges of digital preservation.

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Capacity Building

We support and assure our members in the delivery and maintenance of high quality and sustainable digital preservation services through knowledge exchange, technology watch, research and development.

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Good Practice and Standards

We identify and develop good practice and standards that make digital preservation achievable, supporting efforts to ensure services are tightly matched to shifting requirements.

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Management and Governance

We ensure the DPC is a sustainable, competent organisation focused on member needs, providing a robust and trusted platform for collaboration within and beyond the Coalition.

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We are building:
  • a dynamic and mutually supportive digital preservation community.
  • a political and institutional climate more responsive and better informed about the digital preservation challenge.
  • workforces that are ready to address the challenges of digital preservation.
  • high quality and sustainable digital preservation services.
  • good practice and standards that make digital preservation achievable.
  • a sustainable, competent organization focussed on member needs.
Join us
Digital Preservation Handbook

The Handbook identifies good practice in creating, managing and preserving digital materials. By providing a strategic overview of the key issues, discussion and guidance on strategies and activities, and pointers to key projects and reports, the Handbook provides guidance for institutions and individuals and a range of tools to help them identify and take appropriate actions.
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Vacancy for Software Developer at the National Library of Ireland 23 April 2019 The National Library of Ireland is hiring a software developer, offering an excellent opportunity to solve interesting problems and gaining experience in industry-standard technologies within the digital library domain Read Article
The 'Capstone' email appraisal approach Alexander Roberts Alexander Roberts Last updated on 2 April 2019 Post 1 of 2 from DPC Leadership Programme scholarship recipient Alexander Roberts who attended iPRES2018 in Boston at the end of last year...these are his observations on the the history and implications of Capstone Go to Blog
Counting on Reproducibility: Tangible Efforts and Intangible Assets | Co-Sponsored Event (All Welcome, Registration Essential) 29 May 2019 | 10:00 - 16:00 This workshop will introduce and examine the state of the art in financial planning for digital archives.  View Event

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