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Educopia Institute and the Digital Preservation Services Collaborative  (APTrust, Chronopolis, CLOCKSS, LYRASIS, MetaArchive, and Texas Digital Library) would like to invite you to register for an upcoming webinar exploring the findings, recommendations, and opportunities illuminated by the IMLS-funded Sustainable Community-Owned Partnerships in Digital Preservation: DPSC Planning Project Final Report.

The UK Government Department for Media, Culture and Sport has commissioned The National Archives (UK) to refresh the government’s strategic vision for the archives sector, Archives Unlocked. 

The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) would like to invite you to the DMPonline Community Event on 21 May 2024. The event is an opportunity to present and celebrate members of the community and provide a platform for attendees to learn from experts who share insights on areas of their work.  

The National Archives (UK) and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are pleased to announce the launch of a new toolkit, and related online course, to help organizations develop Digital Asset Registers. A Digital Asset Register (DAR) is a high-level resource that captures information about digital content held by an organization. As such, developing a DAR is an important step towards gaining intellectual control of that content and planning for its preservation.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the Archives and Records Association Annual Conference (ARA 2024), taking place 28-30 August in Birmingham, UK.

This grant will cover 100% of the full conference registration fees (includes accommodation) and provide a contribution towards travel. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until 07:00 UTC on 4th June 2024.

The ATRIUM project invites researchers to apply to participate in Transnational Access training visits to support their research. ATRIUM’s Transnational Access (TNA) scheme offers Arts and Humanities researchers the possibility to apply for a fully funded placement at several different partner organisations to access expert knowledge and advice from leading Data Management organisations across Europe. The available placements include learning about digital preservation, the transcription of historical manuscripts, language technologies and more! A full list is available on the ATRIUM website.

PRONOM v.118 has now been released totalling 60 New PUIDs, 67 New Signatures and 72 New Updates. The release notes of the changes can be found here. The container signature has also been updated. Unfortunately we have had to skip from v.116 to v.118.