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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to announce the general release of a new Technology Watch Report on Preserving Geospatial Data today.

First released to DPC Members in July 2023, Preserving Geospatial Data has been authored by Meagan Snow, Geospatial Data Visualization Librarian at the Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress. Published by the DPC in association with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the report is the second edition of an earlier report by Guy McGarva, Steve Morris and Greg Janée, published by the DPC in 2009. Though much of the information in this original report was still relevant, there were many updates necessary given the pace of change in the complex landscape of tools and file formats for geospatial data.

Would you like to help shape a new edition of an important, free digital preservation resource? If so, please read on!

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is currently undertaking a project, funded by the Welsh Government Culture Division, to scope requirements for developing a new, revised 3rd Edition of the Digital Preservation Handbook (the Handbook).

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for a DPC member to attend the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving 2024 Conference (#Archiving2024) taking place 9-12 April 2024 in Washington, DC, USA.

This grant will cover 100% of the conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation. More details are provided below. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 30th January 2024. 

Happy New Year, and Happy New DPC too …

The DPC is owned by and accountable to its members so each January we invite nominations to the Executive Board which is responsible for corporate oversight, and volunteers for the Sub-Committees who review and guide our work.