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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) invites the digital preservation community to submit nominations of at-risk digital materials to its 2023 edition of the ‘Bit List’<https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/champion-digital-preservation/bit-list> by Friday 30th June. A free-to-access and open resource for digital preservation advocacy, the DPC's Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Species (or Bit List for short) <https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/champion-digital-preservation/bit-list> is a community-sourced list of at-risk digital materials which is revised every two years. Entries to the list are nominated by the community, who are at the forefront of digital preservation efforts, and reviewed by international organizations which represent global expertise in the preservation of the listed digital species. By compiling and maintaining the Bit List, the DPC aims to equip digital preservation practitioners with independent evidence that digital materials are critically endangered and that action is required, in order to support their targeted advocacy efforts. “As a community, we now have extensive experience and expertise in protecting and preserving vulnerable digital resources. But, more often, our challenge is about how we communicate the risks which face these materials and the urgency for digital preservation action to save them,” says Sarah Middleton, Head of Advocacy & Community Engagement for the DPC. “The Bit List gives the global digital preservation community a chance to communicate that challenge from practical experience, as well as a tool with which to authoritatively demonstrate and evidence the need for action!” Read more and nominate at-risk digital materials now<https://www.dpconline.org/news/bit-list-2023-open-for-nominations> *Apologies for cross-posting* Sarah Middleton | she/her Head of Advocacy and Community Engagement Digital Preservation Coalition 37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP http://www.dpconline.org/ Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter: @Sarah_DPC My working hours are Mon – Fri // 08:30 – 14:30 (UK) The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent and does not constitute legal advice. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please scan all attachments. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the DPC. The Digital Preservation Coalition is a registered company (4492292) and charity (SC051077) Join us for DPConnect: 30 minutes of live digital preservation news and networking with the DPC every Friday (https://www.dpconline.org/events) ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit https://www.diglib.org/announce