New faces for 2024: DPC Members on Board and Sub-Committees

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is owned and run by its members, renewing its leadership each year ensuring that members shape and oversee our programmes. We are pleased to announce a number of exciting changes for 2024:

Executive Board

Jane Winters (University of London) was elected Chair of the DPC Board at the Annual General Meeting in December 2023, replacing outgoing Chair Juan Bicarregui (STFC). Kevin Ashley (Digital Curation Centre) stepped down from the Board in December 2023 after having successfully completed his term as DPC Director. In March 2024, the Board welcomed Tim Gollins (Vanderbilt University) as a new board member. A full list of the DPC Executive Board members can be viewed here.

Sub-Committees

Following the call to refresh the DPC’s Sub-Committee membership in January, we are pleased to announce the names of our new line-up. The Sub-Committee members are as follows:

Advocacy and Communications, chaired by Paul Stokes from Jisc and facilitated by Sarah Middleton:

• Anais Lichtensztejn, Archives and Records Association

• Camille Françoise, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

• Jaana Pinnick, British Geological Survey

• Joanna Fleming, Art Gallery of New South Wales

• Josie Partridge, University of Birmingham

• Julienne Pascoe, Library and Archives Canada

• Kathryn Roswell-Faust, EUMETSAT

• Laura Drake Davis, Library of Congress

• Lisa Griffith, Digital Repository of Ireland

• Mark Reynolds, Houses of the Oireachtas

• Mia Willis, Historic England

• Niamh Murphy, University College Dublin

• Paul Stokes, Jisc (Chair)

• Ray Moore, The City of Edinburgh Council

• Thomas Shaw, Lancaster University

Workforce Development, chaired by Michelle Donoghue at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and facilitated by Sharon McMeekin:

• Bryony Hooper, University of Sheffield

• Daisy Selematsela, University of the Witwatersrand

• Elizabeth Kata, IAEA

• Emily Monks-Leeson, Library and Archives Canada

• Hannah Wang, US National Archives and Records Administration

• Kassi Hays, National Library of Australia

• Kate Cawthorn, University of Calgary

• Leontien Talboom, Cambridge University Library

• Lucy Wales, British Film Institute

• Magnus Norberg, The Swedish Tax Agency

• Mary Ellis, Welsh Government

• Melinda Haunton, The UK National Archives

• Michelle Donoghue, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Chair)

• Paul Gooding, University of Glasgow (Vice Chair)

• Stacey Erdman, University of Arizona

• Teresa Soleau, J. Paul Getty Trust

Good Practice, chaired by Roxana Maurer at the Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg and facilitated by Paul Wheatley and Jenny Mitcham:

• Adam Harwood, University of Sussex

• Alexander Roberts, Swansea University (Vice Chair)

• Bill Lowry, Imperial War Museums

• Catherine Jones, UKRI/STFC - Energy Data Centre

• David Emery, Library and Archives Canada

• Elizabeth England, US National Archives and Records Administration

• Ifor Ap Daffydd, National Library of Wales

• Ishumael Zinyengere, UN-IRMCT

• Kathleen Smeaton, Monash University

• Kieron Niven, Archaeology Data Service

• Lauren Work, Yale University Library

• Martin Gengenbach, National Library of New Zealand

• Nicole Hartland, UK Parliament, Parliamentary Archives

• Patricia Falcao, Tate

• Roxana Maurer, Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg (Chair)

• Steve Daly, The UK National Archives

• Tamara van Zwol, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Management and Governance, chaired by Tim Keefe at Chester Beatty Library and facilitated by John McMillan:

• Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS

• Ann Gow, University of Glasgow

• Elin Christiansson, The Swedish Tax Agency

• Elizabeth Newbold, UKRI-STFC

• Fatima Darries, University of South Africa

• Irina Schmid, American University in Cairo

• Lise Jaillant, Loughborough University (Vice Chair)

• Richard Davies, The British Library

• Rowena Loo, National Archives of Australia

• Simon Tanner, Kings College London

• Ted Westervelt, Library of Congress

• Tim Keefe, Chester Beatty Library (Chair)

• Tim Newbegin, Deakin University

• Vicky Plaine, BBC

• Zach Johnson, Vanderbilt University

Australasia and Asia-Pacific Subcommittee, chaired by Jaye Weatherburn at the University of Melbourne and facilitated by Robin Wright:

• Adam Bell, Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet Pty Ltd)

• Aimee Hay, National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA)

• Alexis Tindall, University of Adelaide Library

• Asti Sherring, National Museum of Australia

• Belinda Chan, National Library Board of Singapore

• David Moldrich, Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA)

• Elizabeth Hawkins, Queensland State Archives

• Jack Wain, Deakin University

• Jaye Weatherburn, University of Melbourne (Chair)

• Jeff Palmer, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Group Archives

• Jeni Wie, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

• Joanna Fleming, Art Gallery of New South Wales

• Julie McCormack, Public Record Office of Victoria

• Kate Roberts, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

• Kathleen Smeaton, Monash University

• Kristy Tiberi, Museums of History NSW

• Matthew Burgess, National and State Libraries Australia (Vice Chair)

• Rachel Tropea, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)

• Rebecca Coronel, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

• Rowena Loo, National Archives of Australia

• Sarah Graham, The University of Sydney Library

• Tayla Di Giacomo, Public Record Office of Victoria

• Wayne Doubleday, Charles Sturt University

• Zhenxin Wu, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The DPC strives to be transparent, responsive and inclusive in everything we do, and the five Sub-Committees are an important way of involving members in the way the DPC is run.

The DPC would like to thank all of the former Sub-Committee members who have stepped down over the last year to allow new members to take their turn, namely: Ruth Cammies, Open University; Sebastien Roncin, Bacardi-Martini; Dorothy Waugh, University of York; Emma Yan, University of Glasgow; Susan Corrigall, National Records of Scotland; Leslie Johnston, US National Archives and Records Administration; Ruth Kusionowicz, East Sussex County Council; Áine Madden, Digital Repository of Ireland; Kevin Palendat, Library and Archives Canada; Toni Sant, Salford University; Tuan Pham, Cambridge University Library; James Doig, National Archives of Australia; Euan Cochrane, Yale University; Heather Tompkins, Library and Archives Canada; Kieran O'Leary, National Library of Ireland; Karyn Williamson, abrdn; Bradley Daigle, Academic Preservation Trust; Garth Stewart, National Records of Scotland; Adele Tamar, Parliamentary Archives; Andrea Goethals, National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA); Michaela Hart, Australian Society of Archivists; Carlo Iacono, Charles Sturt University; Nicola Laurent, Australian Society of Archivists; David Pryde, Records and Information Management Practitioners Alliance - Global (RIMPA), and Monika Szunejko, Monash University.

They have each brought lively debate and creative ideas to our discussions and we are very grateful for their contributions.

We welcome each of our new Sub-Committee members and the DPC looks forward to working together with our members in what is an exciting time in the Coalition’s development!