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Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) Archives has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), becoming the Coalition’s newest Associate Member.

RTÉ Archives is home to Ireland’s largest collection of audiovisual material. The Archives are responsible for collecting, preserving and making accessible the creative and documentary output of the national broadcaster. Combining hundreds of thousands of hours of moving image and sound recordings together with significant collections of photographs, manuscripts and administrative documents, RTÉ Archives contain a unique record of Irish life.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to announce that the program is now available for the DPC Member Forum and Open Networking Event in Nashville, TN on 24-25 April 2025, hosted by Vanderbilt University!

The Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) this month, becoming the Coalition’s newest Associate Member.

Based in Sleepy Hollow, New York, the RAC stewards the archival records of philanthropic organizations and other institutions and individuals working on behalf of the public good.  It provides broad and equitable access to the collections in its care and contributes knowledge to its diverse communities of practice. The RAC is dedicated to preserving digitized and born-digital records and has developed workflows to support the efficient transfer of digital records from its donor organizations into the RAC’s preservation and archival management systems.

The International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES 2025) has launched new resources to support potential contributors as the deadline for peer-reviewed submissions approaches. The conference, scheduled for November 3-7, 2025, in Wellington, will accept submissions until April 14, 2025 (End of Day, Anywhere on Earth).

As part of an update to the Digital Preservation Coalition's Global ‘Bit List’ of Endangered Digital Species, we would love to hear about your experiences by completing a Bit List User Experience Survey!

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has opened its annual collection period for member RAM (Rapid Assessment Model) assessments⁠⁠. DPC Members are invited to submit their assessments from today through Monday, June 9th.

Each year we encourage members to carry out a self-assessment using the DPC Rapid Assessment Model (RAM) and share the results with the DPC. By collating member data annually, we can create benchmarking information to help you plan your digital preservation work and inform our own member-support activities. 

During today's first episode of the Digital Preservation Masterclass: A Celebration of Good Practice, Innovation and Collaboration, the Study Group Bits and Bots for building digital skills showcased their fun approach to digital skills development. The group, which recently won the 2024 Digital Preservation Award in the Teaching and Communications category, is now preparing to welcome its second cohort of learners, and you can join!

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to announce the publication of the Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Digital Preservation Community Survey Report.

The digital preservation workforce, being an emerging profession with highly distributed practitioners who often work in relative isolation, may be vulnerable to experiencing workplace issues that impact mental health and wellbeing. There is a growing amount of anecdotal evidence to support this suggestion as well as responses to the 2021 NDSA Staffing Survey highlighting the high levels of stress experienced by practitioners due to issues such as unrealistic workloads, fragmented roles, and the ongoing advocacy burden of digital preservation.