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Through it's Career Development Fund (previously known as the Leadership Programme) the DPC offers members access scholarships and support for training and development opportunities.
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The Difficulty with Art: Reflections on the iPRES 2024 session “Preserving Works of Art”
Delaney Sweep is Digital Preservation Technician at the University of Calgary. She attended the iPRES 2024 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. The iPRES 2024 session “Preserving Works of Art” highlighted the many challenges faced when preserving both physical and digital art. In this blog, I reflect on the papers presented.
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for IDCC25 in The Hague
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the 19th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC25) taking place 17-19 February 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands. This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of online or in-person conference registration fees, and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC...
Future Present, Future Past – NTTW8 in Karlsruhe
Elizabeth Thompson-MacRae is Digital Archivist for the University of St Andrews. She attended the NTTW8 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. I'm writing this under a shaded tree in the grounds of the Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe (otherwise known as ZKM). It’s a beautiful, peaceful space, dispersed with planted green spaces, punctuated by outdoor sculpture. A world away from the site’s munition manufacturing...
Sustainable approaches to digital preservation at ARA2024
Rosie Dyson is the Digital Collections Officer at Leeds University Libraries and Galleries (Special Collections). She attended the ARA 2024 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. I was delighted to receive a DPC Career Development Fund Grant to attend the ARA 2024 Conference in Birmingham, UK. As anticipated, it was an excellent opportunity for networking, knowledge-sharing and gaining fresh ideas and perspectives. In this blog, I...
Reflections on my first IIPC WAC, Paris 2024
Ndahambelela Hertha Iipinge is Associate Archivist at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. She attended the IIPC Web Archiving Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. Since August 2023, I have been working as an associate archivist in the digital preservation team at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. My role includes managing the UNHCR Web Archive, where my responsibilities include curating and capturing essential content. I work...
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for Opening the Archives Conference in Ōtautahi | Christchurch
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the Opening the Archives Conference, taking place 22-25 October 2024 in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand. This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person.Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until 07:00 UTC on 17 July 2024,...
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for Opening the Archives Conference in Ōtautahi | Christchurch
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the Opening the Archives Conference, taking place 22-25 October 2024 in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand. This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person.Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until 07:00 UTC on 17 July 2024,...
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for iPRES 2024 in Ghent & Flanders
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a number of Career Development Fund grants to support DPC Members attending the iPRES 2024 Conference in Ghent and Flanders, Belgium, 16-20 September. Each Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of the full conference registration fees, and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC Members until 07:00 UTC on 14th June 2024.
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for iPRES 2024 in Ghent & Flanders
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a number of Career Development Fund grants to support DPC Members attending the iPRES 2024 Conference in Ghent and Flanders, Belgium, 16-20 September. Each Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of the full conference registration fees, and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC Members until 07:00 UTC on 14th June 2024.
Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Preservation: Insights from the NTTW7 Conference in Prague
Mzodidi Tutuka is Principal Library Assistant, Digital Preservation, at University at Cape Town Library. He attended the No Time To Wait 7 conference with support from a travel grant from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. Recently, the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has afforded me the invaluable opportunity to attend a remarkable NTTW7 conference held in the captivating city of Prague. The event was a convergence of minds, a gathering of...
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for IS&T Archiving 2024 in Washington, DC
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...
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for IDCC24 in Edinburgh
The DPC is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for a DPC member to attend the 18th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC24) taking place 19-21 February 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. This grant will cover 100% of the conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person. More details are provided below. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 9th...
Digital Directions – providing direction and reflection
Amy Ibbotson is Collection Management Archivist (Digital), Digital Archive Team, at Queensland State Archives. She attended the NEDCC Digital Directions 2023 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. Thanks to the DPC Career Development Fund I was able to attend the NEDCC online Digital Directions Conference. While the conference was not time-zone friendly for those of us residing ‘Down Under’ (2am wake up thank you very much!), the...
Musings on the iPres 2023 Panel, “Policies, Risks and Strategies: A File Format Debate”
Taryn Ellis is Digital Preservation Technical Analyst at State Library of South Australia, a member of National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA). She attended the iPRES 2023 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. As a relative newcomer to the field of digital preservation (so much to learn, so much to do!) I was keen to attend the iPRES 2023 Panel, “Policies, Risks and Strategies: A File Format Debate” chaired by Sam Alloing from...
iPRES: Contributing to the Digital Preservation Community
Chris Prom is Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is proud to release the iPRES 2023 Proceedings on World Digital Preservation Day. We hope you find them profitable and useful for your work. Doing so is a fitting capstone to the community effort that underpins digital preservation work so evident during the iPRES 2023 meeting, held from September 19 -...
Digital Preservation Soup
Ailie O'Hagan is the Digital Preservation Officer at Queen's University Belfast. She attended the iPRES 2023 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. Starting with Digital Preservation is like making stone soup – the more we come together and pool our resources, the better we can sustain our staff and collections needs.
Rising to our Challenges as a Community - ASA 2023
Joyce Wong is an Archivist (Digital Preservation) at the National Archives of Singapore, National Library Board, Singapore. She attended the ASA 2023 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. The iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground served as the backdrop for a remarkable gathering of professionals convened at the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) 2023 Conference. I had the privilege of receiving the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)...
DCDC 2023 – Radical Reimagining
Emma Burgham is Archivist at the Science and Industry Museum, Science Museum Group. She attended the DCDC 2023 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. I am the Archivist for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, which is one of five institutions making up the Science Museum Group (SMG). In July 2023, I attended the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference, thanks to a DPC Career Development Fund...
Take-aways from NEDCC Digital Directions 2023: Inclusive online training for anyone working with digital collections
Angélique Bonamy is Associate Archivist, Sound & Film, at the National Railway Museum, Science Museum Group. She attended the NEDCC Digital Directions 2023 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. In June I attended the NEDCC’s Digital Directions online training conference thanks to a Career Development Fund grant from the DPC. I am a film and sound archivist working in a group of museums with a wide range of collections. My...
Where long-term preservation and web archives meet - IIPC WAC 2023
Dorota Minkiewicz is Archivist, Long-term Digital and Web Preservation, at the Publications Office of the European Union. She attended the IIPC Web Archiving Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. On a rainy day in May, the Web Archiving community flocked to the Dutch city of Hilversum, where at the stunning home of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision this year’s IIPC Web Archiving Conference took place. It was my...