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Vacancy for Railway Industry National Archivist at National Railway Museum
7 May 2023
York
£32,500 per annum
Fixed Term
Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School, 3-7 July 2023
Added on 17 April 2023
The Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School will take place in person in Oxford from 3-7 July 2023, and this year will also include a thematic digital strand, to enable those unable to attend in person to participate virtually.
Vacancy for Digital Preservation Manager at Imperial War Museum
3 May 2023
Duxford
Circa £40,000 per annum
Full-Time
Vacancy for Librarian, Digital Collection Services Team at National Library of New Zealand
25 April 2023
Wellington, New Zealand
$52,714k - $68,391k p.a.
Fixed Term
Call for Applicants: DPC Grant for DCDC 2023 Conference in Durham
Added on 12 April 2023
The DPC is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for DPC Members to attend the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) Conference (#DCDC23), taking place 11-13 July, in Durham, UK, and online via EventsAir.
This grant will cover 100% of conference registration and provide an additional contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person. More details about the grant are provided below, and applications are welcomed from DPC members until the grant application deadline of 7:00 UTC on 2nd May 2023.
iPres 2022 Keynotes: Transcripts now available in Arabic, French, German, Japanese and Spanish
Added on 6 April 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is thrilled to announce that - thanks to the hard work and efforts of our multi-lingual digital preservation community – the transcripts for the iPres 2022 keynotes are now available in Arabic, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. The translations are part of the DPC's efforts to provide better access to support for digital preservation practitioners worldwide.
#DPConnect Update - Easter Break 2023
Added on 4 April 2023
#DPConnect will take an Easter Break between 4 - 11 April.
Following the break, we will return on Friday 14 April at 1400 BST with our weekly #DPConnect.
University of Strathclyde joins the Digital Preservation Coalition
Added on 31 March 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to welcome the University of Strathclyde, as they become the newest Associate Member of the Coalition.
Located in Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde is responsible for the digital preservation of more than 80000 scholarly publications as well as over 40TB of archive collections, with more on the way. Workflows are deployed for research publications, datasets and theses which aim to standardise digital preservation activities.
“The University of Strathclyde increasingly views digital preservation as a key part of the workflow for a variety of digital objects and an essential part of system functionality,” explains Alan Slevin, Scholarly Publications Manager for the University of Strathclyde.
How do you use the NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation?
Added on 30 March 2023
The NDSA Levels of Preservation steering group would like to find out more about particular scenarios in which the Levels are being used. This information will help others who are using the Levels and may also inform future work. Rather than looking for full and detailed case studies, the group hopes to gather real life activities from a range of different organizations using the Levels answering specific questions and scenarios of interest to the community.
£5.8 million project to deliver a more sustainable future for Open Access books
Added on 30 March 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition and Members are part of a new project that works to increase access to valuable research and is to receive more than £5.8 million in funding.
Led by Lancaster University, the Open Book Futures (OBF) project will develop and support organisations, tools and practices that enable both academics and the wider public to make more and better use of books published on an Open Access basis. Open Access books can be accessed and used online free of charge.