With World Digital Preservation Day 2020 (WDPD2020) on 5th November fast approaching, the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) invites all data creators, curators
and consumers from around the world to contribute by sharing stories of their own digital preservation day!
With the theme Digits: for Good, WDPD2020 is an opportunity to connect the digital preservation community and celebrate the positive impact digital preservation has had in a year which has seen a sudden and global reliance on digital
information and infrastructure.
“Our community has rallied together in a year where physically we have never been more isolated,” says Sarah Middleton, Head of Advocacy and Community Engagement for the DPC. “World Digital Preservation Day is a great way of supporting
each other by celebrating some incredible initiatives which have happened because of and in spite of the pandemic; showcasing how the data has been preserved -
for good.”
Organized by the DPC and supported by digital preservation networks around the globe, World Digital Preservation Day is open to participation across all sectors, from anyone interested in securing our digital legacy.
Some suggestions for contributions are as follows, although alternative activities are welcomed and encouraged:
Download the event pack and WDPD2020 Logo in your
language and add it to related emails and communications for your event and publicize it using the #WDPD2020 hashtag
for greater visibility.
And do not miss the exciting culmination of the Digital Preservation Awards 2020 which will be broadcast online in the run up to, and on World Digital Preservation
Day! More details to follow very soon.
WDPD2020 is just one of the ways the Digital Preservation Coalition helps raise awareness of the global strategic, cultural and technological issues which make up the digital preservation challenge. The Coalition also supports its international
members through other advocacy activities, workforce development, capacity-building and partnership; helping members to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services and derive enduring value from their digital collections.
For a detailed program and more information about World Digital Preservation Day visit the event
page on the DPC website, follow the hashtags #WDPD2020 on Twitter for updates and contact [log in to unmask] to
submit your WDPD2020 activities.
*Apologies for cross-posting*
Sarah Middleton
Head of Communications and Advocacy
Digital Preservation Coalition
37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP
Tel: 01904 601952
Email:
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Twitter: @Sarah_DPC
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out the winners of the Digital Preservation Awards 2020 on World Digital Preservation Day!
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