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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Become a DPC Commercial Supporter

The DPC's Commercial Supporter Programme is good news for vendors, who already contribute much needed perspectives into the DPC’s discussions on an ad hoc basis; and for members, with the programme enabling much greater insight into their needs and requirements.

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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.
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Digital Preservation Handbook

The Handbook aims to identify 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 aims to provide guidance for institutions and individuals and a range of tools to help them identify and take appropriate actions.
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The Digital Preservation Coalition and Dutch Digital Heritage Network sign new Friendship Agreement 24 April 2018 The DPC and the Dutch DHN have signed a new friendship agreement today to confirm their commitment to international exchange and cooperation in the field of digital preservation. Read Article
What's Going On... Sharon McMeekin Sharon McMeekin Last updated on 23 April 2018 I love maturity modelling and I'm not afraid to show it! A short blog post on why I think it's important and how you can contribute to a survey on digital preservation maturity across organisations. Go to Blog
Future-proofing Digital Preservation for Research Data | Co-Sponsored Event (All Welcome, Registration Essential) 31 May 2018 | 10:00 - 16:00 This free event will look at a five-year horizon for research data preservation; exploring how emerging themes challenge or endorse assumptions which underpin the Research Data Shared Service. View Event

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