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The newest training course in the Novice-to-Know-How series (N2KH) will be available soon. If you haven’t done the original N2KH Learning Pathway yet, now is the time!

You might have already heard: for the past 4 months The National Archives in the UK and the Digital Preservation Coalition have been busy developing a new online training course on email preservation. The training is the latest in the digital preservation learning pathway “Novice to Know-How” and will be launched in June 2023.

We are delighted to report that, following their nominations, Michelle Donoghue – Information Governance Manager at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Vicky Plaine – Head of Media Management at the BBC and Alicia Wise – Executive Director of CLOCKSS have been elected to join the DPC Board at the most recent DPC Board Meeting on 14th April 2023.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) invites the digital preservation community to submit nominations of at-risk digital materials to its 2023 edition of the ‘Bit List’ by Friday 30^th June.

A free-to-access and open resource for digital preservation advocacy, the DPC's Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Species (or Bit List for short) is a community-sourced list of at-risk digital materials which is revised every two years. Entries to the list are nominated by the community, who are at the forefront of digital preservation efforts, and reviewed by international organizations which represent global expertise in the preservation of the listed digital species.

By compiling and maintaining the Bit List, the DPC aims to equip digital preservation practitioners with independent evidence that digital materials are critically endangered, and that action is required, in order to support their targeted advocacy efforts.

The iPRES 2023 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that Early Bird registration for this year's International Conference on Digital Preservation is now open. Delegates can join in person in Champaign, Illinois, USA, or virtually from anywhere in the world. The special early bird fee is valid until 6 July 2023.

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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to share a Korean translation of its Technology Watch Guidance Note Understanding user needs: a case study from the National Library of Scotland.

Now available in Korean thanks to translators at the National Library of Korea, this case study is a real-world example of how understanding user needs has been approached at one institution, with constraints of time, expertise and resource. It demonstrates how a rich seam of information on user needs can be gathered through a variety of interactions with users and how this can help inform future activities and decision making.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a number of fully-funded grants to support DPC Members attending the iPRES 2023 Conference in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 19-22 September.

Each Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration and contribution towards travel and accommodation for those attending in-person.

More details about the grants are provided below, and applications are welcomed from DPC members until the grant application deadline of Friday, 9th June 2023 (please note this deadline has been extended from the original deadline of 2nd June).