The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the University of Pittsburgh Library System this week, as they become the Coalition’s newest Associate Member.
The University of Pittsburgh Library System is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to a wide variety of materials from diverse communities to ensure their inclusion in the global exchange of information and knowledge. Recognizing the challenges inherent in digital preservation and the importance of timely action to ensure their capture and persistence for long-term use, the University of Pittsburgh Library System embraces advances, collaborations, and innovative responses that will assist in further developing standards and practices and continually enhance a digital preservation program.
“Joining the DPC will unlock not only a wealth of information and training resources for us, but also give us a way to build relationships with international experts and join in the global knowledge exchange,” explains Kari May, Digital Archives & Preservation Librarian for the University of Pittsburgh Library System. “A DPC membership will help us refine and improve our digital preservation program by expanding our understanding and perspectives on tools, processes, practices, and strategies.”
The University of Pittsburgh Library System joins the Coalition as the DPC shares exciting news that it is extending its global presence to the Americas. With an organizational home provided by USA-based ITHAKA, recruitment is currently underway to employ a new DPC-dedicated member of staff to support and expand the established and existing digital preservation community in the region; complementing, celebrating and sustaining their activities and amplifying them for the benefit of the DPC’s global membership.
After a period of planning and development, the DPC plans to deliver a program of face-to-face events for members in the Americas, as well as facilitating knowledge exchange between organizations in the region through briefing days, working groups, and task forces.
Jane Winters, Chair of the DPC Board, welcomed the news saying: “The University of Pittsburgh Library System joins an active and dynamic group of DPC Members across the Americas, and we are very excited about working with them to support and amplify a community of practice for digital preservation in the region.”
As an Associate Member of the DPC, University of Pittsburgh Library System will join the DPC’s new Americas Stakeholder Group, formed as part of its governance structure to ensure that Members in the region have the opportunity to inform the development of the DPC’s Americas program and have input to the broader strategic direction of the Coalition.
The DPC is an international charitable foundation which supports digital preservation, helping its members around the world to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services through community engagement, targeted advocacy work, training and workforce development, capacity building, good practice and standards, and through good management and governance. Its vision is a secure digital legacy.
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