About World Digital Preservation Day
World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD) is held on the first Thursday of every November. This year we celebrate all things digital preservation on 7th November 2024! 
The DPC invites all data creators, archivists, curators, community members and digipres folk from around the world to celebrate digital preservation by participating in a whole day dedicated to all of the benefits and opportunities enabled by the hard work of our dynamic and collaborative community!
Participate in World Digital Preservation Day
Organized by the DPC and supported by digital preservation networks around the globe, World Digital Preservation Day is open to participation across all sectors, from anyone interested in securing a sustainable future for our digital assets.
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MAKE, BAKE, CRAFT
Can you bake an at-risk digital material, crochet a file format, or reconstruct a process in Lego? Share your pictures with us on social media using the hashtags #BitListBakeOff and/or #WDPD2024.
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SING AND DANCE
Channel your musical talents into creating a digital preservation song to share on World Digital Preservation Day.
Need inspiration? Just look at some of the awesome contributions from previous years…
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BLOG
Use your blogging platform to highlight the collections you are working on, share a workflow or simply to explain how you got started in digital preservation.
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EVENTS
Hold a seminar, webinar, live stream, watching party, hackathon or games room! Check out the list of WDPD2023 global events to see what others organized for World Digital Preservation Day around the world!
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RESOURCES
For WDPD2023 the DPC published a new edition of the Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Species as part of the celebrations. Watch this space to find out what the have in store for 2024!
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LOGO
The WDPD logo for 2024 will be available in 45 languages from around the world! Take a look at all those languages and let us know if you're missing yours!
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Highlight the collections you are working on by sharing photos, videos, and updates about your own digital preservation day using the social media platform of your choice OR take over the corporate social media account for the day to let others outside our community know about digital preservation.
Remember to use the hashtag #WDPD2024!