We've just shared the 1st in a 4-part blog series over at the #OPF, 'Open Infrastructures: Why they matter for long term access'. Our Executive Director, Neil, has given various presentations on this over the past year. This is a great opportunity for him to put his thoughts together. We'd love to hear yours!
https://openpreservation.org/blogs/part-1-open-infrastructures-why-they-matter-for-long-term-access/?q=1 #openinfrastructure #digitalpreservation
There's less than a month left to submit your proposal for a workshop, talk or poster for next summer's DPASSH conference! Don't miss out on a #DigitalPreservation event focused on all things #Play, from playing well with others ❤️ to preserving playable media. 👾
Some of vital community-developed Wiki resources at the #OPF have been inaccessible for some time. We have now started to implement a plan to make these easily accessible once again. Read more on the work we're doing here: https://openpreservation.org/news/what-is-next-for-the-opf-wiki/?q=3
Stay tuned as there will also be a short webinar series on this coming next year! #digitalpreservation
📢 DPC Full Members: our new Research & Development Fund is now open! Up to £30k available for small, practical digital preservation projects. Joint proposals (with associate members or non-members) welcome if led by a Full Member.
Deadline: 16 Feb 2026
More information at https://www.dpconline.org/news/dpc-launches-new-research-and-development-fund
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #digipres #community #R&D #grants
My kid picked up a used copy of the PS4 game Anthem not realizing it was a pseudo-MMO that is set to be shutdown in January 2026. It's sad because he's been enjoying it. It's reminiscent of a Halo-style shooter gameplay, kind of repetitive but for a kid not focused on story and not familiar with much of the FPS genre, it's a good romp.
Most of this game can be played through solo, so I'm wondering why they didn't patch in an offline mode.
✨Bringing light to #FileFormats ✨
Tough on the outside with food for thought inside!
File formats reveal a lot about the different meanings of an object.
CPP-008 and CPP-010 help you uncover them through #FileFormatIdentification and #FileFormatValidation:
http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
✨Bringing light to #StorageManagement ✨
Things can go wrong, but you’re not alone! CPP-011 and CPP-030 help you stay prepared.
Explore CPP-011 to learn how to manage spare copies. CPP-030 guides you in protecting storage media from decay and failure: http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
✨Bringing light to #SafeguardingDataHealth ✨
Digital preservation is stingy: Bits can rot, humans are humans.
Explore CPP-007 to learn how #VirusScanning shields you from malice.
CPP-004 and CPP-027 are your safety net for managing #DataCorruption and #FileRepair: http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
I'm currently archiving Bitsavers. I won't be an official mirror, but the content will be accessible from my digital archive site.
✨Bringing light to #IntegrityChecking ✨
Preservation is a continuous responsibility. Recalculating and comparing checksums helps you detect bit rot, verify that files remain unchanged, and maintain an audit trail.
Learn more about #IntegrityChecks in CPP-003: http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
🙋🏼 Join us this Thursday (4 Dec, 2pm EST) for #DPConnect Americas. It's your online space to drop in and discuss all things digital preservation!
Come along for a chat with local #digitalpreservation folks. All are welcome ☺️
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/520/-/dpconnect-americas
Calling #digipres colleagues worldwide 📣 We’re looking for volunteers to share their workflows for the March 2026 #DPC Workflow Webinars!
Share your #digitalpreservation workflow, spark discussion, and help strengthen our community in the 2026 Workflow Webinars series, planned for 2-6 March.
Read more & fill out the Form: https://www.dpconline.org/news/share-your-digipres-workflow
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #community #workflow #LetsConnect #JoinUs
What is #digitalpreservation? - Digital Preservation Coalition
Digital Preservation Refers to the series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary ...(digital preservation) refers to all of the actions required to maintain access to digital materials beyond the limits of media failure or technological and organisational change
My first weeks at Artefactual Systems Inc.
by @beet_keeper
There was a great response to my move away from the public sector into a private sector company (that’s right, I no longer work for the government!).
The organisation I joined, we, (Artefactual) specialise in developing open source digital preservation, archival description, and discovery solutions.
https://twitter.com/archivematica/status/922285241116459008
I started November 1, and
#archivematica #archives #digitalPreservation #openSource #oss
Digital preservation at the coalface: or how I learned that glamping doesn’t always involve the vast wilderness
by @beet_keeper
The last Friday of March this year I was invited by Elizabeth Kata at the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to give a presentation at the Vienna Institute for Historical Research (Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung). I don’t have a transcript for the day, or set notes I followed, but here is the essence of the talk I gave that day, touching on, among other things,
#archives #archivists #coalface #digipres #digitalPreservation #europe #glam #instsem #jhove #linux #maori #outreach #presentations #talks #waiata
✨Bringing light to #Checksums ✨
Checksums are like fingerprints. If a file changes, its checksum changes too. Checksums help you spot unwanted changes to your data.
Explore CPP-001 and CPP-002 to learn how to generate, record and validate checksums:
http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
Really insightful week @ina-officiel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy for FRAME advanced training, organised with @fiatifta.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy Will try to summarize the training next week in the replies. #archives #digitalpreservation #avarchives
✨ Today in the #WinterCalendar: how to learn more & give feedback to the #EOSCEDEN Core Preservation Processes ( #CPPs )! ✨
💬 Feedback welcome: suggest improvements or add use cases via the feedback form at https://eden-fidelis.eu/form/leave-feedback-for-core-preserva
or via the discussion forum at GitHub: https://github.com/EOSC-EDEN/wp1-cpp-descriptions/discussions
📅 If you're curious to hear more background info, don’t miss Monday’s EOSC EDEN CPP webinar feat @BertrandCaron (recording will be made avail afterwards): https://eden-fidelis.eu/events/what-every-trustworthy-digital-archive-should-be-doing-30-core-preservation-process
✨Bringing light to digipres:A winter calendar by EOSC EDEN ✨
As winter darkens the days in the North.Hemisphere, we’re launching EOSC EDEN Winter Calendar to brighten your season&strengthen digipres practices! Our Core Preservation Processes(CPPs) are a set of essential actions that digital archives follow to keep data reusable over time.Over the next 17 days, we’ll highlight key digipres challenges & show how CPPs can help tackle them.
In an era of fleeting online spaces, Archive Team's grassroots volunteers race to mirror endangered websites, archiving terabytes of user-generated content through 'Panic Downloads' and ArchiveBot. Partnering with Internet Archive, they protect digital debates and collective memory. A vital nod to open, ethical tech infrastructure. What's worth saving? #DigitalPreservation #OpenTech #TechEthics
