A second prototype service is now available from the Registries of Good Practice project, following on from the release of the Digital Preservation Publications Index in May. The Digital Preservation Workbench brings together a suite of different experimental interfaces and tools, aiming to help improve the practice of digital preservation and to understand what kinds of information systems we really need.
The official launch is today at the iPRES 2024 workshop “Digital Preservation Registries: What We Have & What We Need”, and we’ll also be demonstrating some aspects of the workbench as part of the iPRES Bake Off.
But don’t worry if you can’t be there. You can still try out the Digital Preservation Workbench (and even join in the workshop activities!) just using your web browser.
Click here to visit the Digital Preservation Workbench!
https://www.digipres.org/workbench/
For DPC members, we’ll also be running a #DPClinic introducing the Digital Preservation Workbench on the 27th of September. We’d love to see you and hear what you think about what we’ve built so far.
Finally, we’d like to thank all the individuals and organisations that have already got involved in the development of the Digital Preservation Workbench through the Preservation Registries Special Interest Group. We’d particularly like to thank the institutions that have contributed format profiles, helping us all learn more about the rich and varied collections we hold:
- Archives New Zealand
- Bibliothèque et Archives Canada/Library and Archives Canada
- Cambridge University Library
- Digital Research Alliance of Canada
- Harvard Library
- Library of Congress
- Royal Danish Library
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- Yale University Library
Thanks all!
Andy Jackson and Paul Wheatley