WDPD2024
Articles
Three Point Perspective on Digital Preservation
Ailie O’Hagan is the Digital Preservation Librarian at Queen’s University Belfast On the surface, the essential goal of digital preservation is simple: to maintain a digital object, its integrity and authenticity, for as long as necessary, while ensuring it remains usable and accessible. However, with the ready availability of digital software and platforms to suit all needs, and with increased complexity and interactivity, concepts of ‘usable’ or ‘authentic’ become harder to define, and...
Releasing an updated guide for installing and using the file characterisation tool 'Brunnhilde'
Niamh Murphy is the Digital Preservation Librarian for the University College Dublin Library. A few years ago, I published a series of blog posts for the DPC, where I outlined the benefits of using Brunnhilde and provided a beginner's guide to its installation and use. Since then, I’ve received feedback from members of the digital preservation community, who have incorporated this resource into their training procedures and workflows. However, significant updates have been made to...
Celebrating Communities on World Digital Preservation Day
Karyn Williamson is a Digital Preservation Analyst at the Digital Preservation Coalition Digital preservation is complex and there is no one size fits all solution. This is especially true for the community archive sector, where many groups operate with limited resources, budget and specialist help. The Our Heritage, Our Stories project, a research project funded by the AHRC Towards a National Collection fund, has worked with a wide range of community groups and archives to research...
Game on for the Study Group Bits and Bots
Francesca Mackenzie works at The National Archives UK; Lotte Wijsman and Susanne van den Eijckel both work at the National Archives of the Netherlands. Flabbergasted, excited and grateful: This was the rollercoaster of emotions that happened when Matthew Burgess announced that the study group Bits and Bots for developing digital skills won the DP Award in the category Teaching and Communications during iPRES2024. We cannot thank the judges enough for the huge acknowledgement they gave our...
iPRES 2024 - Meeting the Digital Preservation Community - Impressions of a first-time attendee
Lukas Hechenblaickner works as an archivist at an international organization based in Vienna. He attended the iPRES 2024 Conference with support from the DPC Career Development Fund, which is funded by DPC Supporters. This year, I was one of the lucky recipients of the DPC’s career development fund grant that allowed me to attend iPRES2024 in the beautiful city of Ghent (and Antwerp). It was an exciting opportunity and rewarding experience for many reasons! Coming from a professional...
Keep calm and Archive on!
Yvonne Tunnat is Preservation Manager at ZBW, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics During the „Oops - If only... “birds of a feather session led by Paul Stokes at this year’s iPRES in Ghent, we were asked to reflect on former mistakes and possible improvements. “I should have been more calm!” was what came to my mind immediately. That’s what I would tell myself, if I had the opportunity (due to a time machine, a TARDIS or Hermione’s time turner) to talk to my younger self when I...
Celebrating the heroes of Indigenous Knowledge in Africa: Honouring Ladi Kwali’s Legacy and the Art of Nigerian Pottery
Folasade Adepoju is Chief Librarian at the National Library of Nigeria Lessons from iPRES 2024 In September, I was one of the first time attendees at iPRES 2024 in Ghent, Belgium from September 16 to September 20. I was able to attend in person, which was a priceless opportunity, all thanks to DPC. The conference brought together brilliant minds, professionals, academics, vendors, and enthusiastic rookies like me and gave me the platform to learn, unlearn, relearn and...
What to expect if we save digital data on hard drives
Elizabeth Day, Assistant University Archivist for Records Management, and Irina Schmid, Instructor and Digital Collections Archivist, both work at the American University in Cairo. THE WHITE DESERT STORY The White Desert is a one-of-a-kind landscape in Egypt, known for its breathtaking rock formations created by wind erosion over millions of years. These formations are made of white chalk and have been sculpted into a variety of shapes and structures,...
Leverage the strengths of community, promote digital S&T literature resources preservation in China
Zhenxin Wu is the deputy director of NDPP (National Digital Preservation Program), and she is also a senior researcher of National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Additionally, she is a professor of school of economics and management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. [本文的中文版如下] We all know that we are in a world where "born digital material" has become the mainstream mode of academic communication, especially since Generation Z has become a...
The flexibility of the DIY archive: the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Nick Thieberger works for the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) and the University of Melbourne. Nick won the Research and Innovation Award at the Digital Preservation Awards of 2024. “Those who do not see themselves reflected in national heritage are excluded from it." Stuart Hall* The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is an exemplary research repository, primarily for...
Preserving the Digital History of Nashville Pride
Zach Johnson is Associate Director for Digital Special Collections at Vanderbilt University Libraries World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2024) offers the digital preservation community a chance to highlight the importance of preserving our digital legacy through effective strategies collectively created by members of the Digital Preservation Coalition and other institutions around the world. This year’s theme of “Preserving Our Digital Content: Celebrating Communities” is particularly...
Finding community on the other side of the world
Nicola Caldwell is a Digital Archivist at the National Library of New Zealand DigiPres folk are some of the most generous and welcoming colleagues I have had the pleasure of meeting. As an early career professional from Aotearoa New Zealand, I have found a passionate and supportive network in the field of digital preservation. This sense of community is something I have felt both at home in Australasia and, more recently, during my travels in Europe. Earlier this year, I had the...
The biggest celebration of the year is just one week away today: World Digital Preservation Day 2024!
The biggest celebration of the year is just one week away today: World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2024) will take place on Thursday, November 7th! With the theme Preserving Our Digital Content: Celebrating Communities, WDPD2024 is a great opportunity to connect the digital preservation community, and to celebrate the digital legacy of all types of communities around the world.
World Digital Preservation Day PRONOM Hackathon (7th - 14th November 2024)
Back by popular demand, the PRONOM team will be running their yearly hackathon, PRONOM Research Week 2024, to mark World Digital Preservation Day. This year the hackathon will be the 7th November-15th November.
Get ready: World Digital Preservation Day 2024 is approaching!
Bingo, video clips, songs, hackathons, global events and institutions opening their doors showcasing what digital preservation is all about: That’s World Digital Preservation Day in a nutshell. On Thursday 7 November – in just 3 weeks’ time - World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD) 2024 starts as soon as the sun rises!
Participate in World Digital Preservation Day 2024!
The biggest celebration of the year is happening in just four weeks from today: on Thursday 7th November it’s all about World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2024)! World Digital Preservation Day is a great opportunity to raise global awareness for digital preservation and to connect the digital preservation community. Every year, on the first Thursday of November, we celebrate all things digital preservation and in 2024, we’re bringing a special focus on communities!
World Digital Preservation Day stickers now available to order!
Update: Due to an overwhelming response, we've temporarily closed the possibility to order stickers. Please check the other possibilities to participate in World Digital Preservation Day 2024 on https://www.dpconline.org/events/world-digital-preservation-day!
Save the Date: World Digital Preservation Day – 7 November 2024
Save the date for this World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD2024) on Thursday 7 November 2024 and join individuals and institutions from across the globe in a celebration of digital preservation!