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Preserving Geospatial Data: new DPC Technology Watch Report now on general release
Added on 23 January 2024
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to announce the general release of a new Technology Watch Report on Preserving Geospatial Data today.
First released to DPC Members in July 2023, Preserving Geospatial Data has been authored by Meagan Snow, Geospatial Data Visualization Librarian at the Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress. Published by the DPC in association with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the report is the second edition of an earlier report by Guy McGarva, Steve Morris and Greg Janée, published by the DPC in 2009. Though much of the information in this original report was still relevant, there were many updates necessary given the pace of change in the complex landscape of tools and file formats for geospatial data.
Digital Preservation Handbook Community Needs Survey Open
Added on 22 January 2024
Would you like to help shape a new edition of an important, free digital preservation resource? If so, please read on!
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is currently undertaking a project, funded by the Welsh Government Culture Division, to scope requirements for developing a new, revised 3rd Edition of the Digital Preservation Handbook (the Handbook).
Vacancy for Senior Archivist (Standards and Workflow) at The National Archives (UK)
28 January 2024
London, UK
£36,515 per annum
Full-Time
Vacancy for Archivist at Flickr Foundation
31 January 2024
London, UK (preferred)
£55-65k / US$70-82k commensurate with experience, plus benefits.
Full-Time
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for IS&T Archiving 2024 in Washington, DC
Added on 17 January 2024
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for a DPC member to attend the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving 2024 Conference (#Archiving2024) taking place 9-12 April 2024 in Washington, DC, USA.
This grant will cover 100% of the conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation. More details are provided below. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 30th January 2024.
Vacancy for Digitisation Officer (Hong Kong Project) at University of Bristol
28 January 2024
Bristol, England
£26,444-£29,605 per annum, pro rata
Part-Time
Vacancy for Project Archivist (Hong Kong Project) at University of Bristol
28 January 2024
Bristol, England
£32,982-£37,099 per annum
Full-Time
Vacancy for Executive Director at National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA)
18 January 2024
Australia (Canberra preferred)
$150,000 plus 11% superannuation
Full-Time
Happy New DPC: an invitation to guide the DPC in 2024
Added on 9 January 2024
Happy New Year, and Happy New DPC too …
The DPC is owned by and accountable to its members so each January we invite nominations to the Executive Board which is responsible for corporate oversight, and volunteers for the Sub-Committees who review and guide our work.
Key Dates for 2024
Added on 9 January 2024
DPC has now confirmed the program of meetings for its Executive Board and Representative Council in 2024, as well as the Annual General Meeting.
The Representative Council is the ‘general assembly’ of the Coalition. It is formed by representatives of all our full members and it owns the DPC’s Strategy. In that role it receives the reports of DPC's 5 thematic subcommittees. The Executive Board is a smaller body recruited from the Representative Council and responsible for corporate governance.