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DROID User Survey
Added on 23 February 2023
The National Archives (UK) would like to hear from anyone who uses DROID, or is planning to. Whether this is as part of work or for looking after personal records. DROID is a file format identification tool that is used in many digital preservation workflows. We want to better understand who the users are, how it is used and how it can be better. This will help us make decisions on the priorities and direction of DROID in future iterations.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign becomes the Digital Preservation Coalition’s newest Full Member.
Added on 22 February 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to welcome the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as they become the Coalition’s newest Full Member.
With a mature digital preservation program, the University of Illinois Library has a bespoke digital preservation repository and staffing for digitization, curation, and computer programming. Its mission is to ensure continued access and use of digital materials stewarded by the library.
Vacancy for Digital Heritage and Operations Manager at University of Liverpool
10 March 2023
Liverpool
£36,386 - £42,155 pa
Full-Time
Vacancy for Archivist/Curator (Popular Music) at University of Liverpool
17 March 2023
Liverpool
£30,503 - £35,333 pa
Full-Time
Vacancy for Archivist at University of London
27 March 2023
London
£38,109 - £45,953 per annum
Full-Time
Vacancy for Technical Analyst at British Library
6 March 2023
Boston Spa or St Pancras
£29,000 BSP/£32,000 STP per annum
Full-Time
Vacancy for Digital Preservation Specialist at Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
13 March 2023
Oxford
£43,414-£51,805 (per annum)
Fixed Term
Deadline extended: Archiving Reproductive Health project Public Collection Day, 10 March
Added on 22 February 2023
**EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS** Sunday 26 February 2023
The Digital Preservation Award winning Archiving Reproductive Health (ARH) project at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is inviting applications for a Public Collection Day on 10 March 2023, where ordinary people’s memorabilia of activism around the Eighth Amendment and similar topics will be digitised and archived for the future.
Vacancy for Business Analyst, Archives Technology & Services at BBC
21 February 2023
UK flexible
Band: D
Full-Time
Now available: German translation of Core requirements for a digital preservation system
Added on 14 February 2023
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Adding to a range of other translated resources, the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to share a German translation of Core requirements for a digital preservation system, part of the popular Procurement Toolkit.
The ten core requirements offer a structure for describing preservation system requirements in a standardized manner and may be used to organize and communicate requirements clearly, without reinventing the wheel.