The Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann (ITMA) has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition
(DPC) this month, becoming the Coalition’s newest Associate Member.
Based in Dublin, ITMA is the national public archive and resource center for Irish traditional music, song and dance, with a mission to be the globally recognized specialist advisory agency to advance appreciation, knowledge, and the practice
of Irish traditional music. ITMA was born into the digital age and digitization has been a core activity since inception. ITMA holds born-digital collections through both field recording and donations and has also amassed large volumes of digital surrogates
from over 30 years of digitization work carried out on analogue audio, audio-visual, photograph and print collections.
Having invested in the creation and digitization of collections, ITMA is acutely aware of the importance of preserving this investment long-term.
“ITMA has long been a supporter of the DPC, attending workshops and accessing invaluable documentation,” explains Maeve Gebruers, Archivist for ITMA. “A key strategic goal for ITMA is to prioritize the long-term preservation of our digital
assets and to ensure that the organization delivers the highest standards of digital, information and preservation management.
Joining the DPC is the obvious next step in ITMA’s digital preservation journey in pursuit of these goals. We look forward to engaging with the Digital Preservation Coalition network and learning from this community of active digital preservation
practitioners.”
*Apologies for cross-posting*
Sarah Middleton | she/her
Head of Advocacy and Community Engagement
Digital Preservation Coalition
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