This month, the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to announce updates to its leadership. Owned and run by its members, this annual update ensures that members have the opportunity to shape and oversee the programs delivered by the DPC.
The changes are as follows:
Executive Board
The Board welcomes newly appointed members Sean Rippington (University of St Andrews) and Nathan Tallman (Academic Preservation Trust). They will succeed Vicky Plaine (BBC Scotland Archives) who concludes her term as DPC Director on the Board in April 2025 and Roxana Maurer (National Library of Luxembourg) who will step down from the Board in October 2025. We offer them our grateful thanks for all of their contributions during their time on the Board. 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 Community Engagement, chaired by Paul Stokes from Jisc and facilitated by Sarah Middleton:
- Veronica Berry, Library & Archives Canada
- Eren Delaney, University of Warwick
- Laura Drake Davis, Library of Congress
- Leona Fearon, National Library of Ireland
- Joanna Fleming, Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Leanne Harrington, Guinness Archive (Diageo)
- Kari May, University of Pittsburgh Library System
- Ray Moore, The City of Edinburgh Council
- Niamh Murphy, University College Dublin
- Josie Partridge, University of Birmingham
- Kathryn Roswell-Faust, EUMETSAT
- Lori Stirland-Legret, University of Bristol
- Paul Stokes, Jisc (Chair)
- Rachel Talbot, BGS
- Delaney Sweep, University of Calgary
- Mia Willis, Historic England
Workforce Development, chaired by Michelle Donoghue at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and facilitated by Sharon McMeekin:
- Michelle Donoghue, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Chair)
- Mary Ellis, Welsh Government
- Stacey Erdman, University of Arizona
- Corinne Frappart, Publications Office of the EU
- Melinda Haunton, The UK National Archives
- Kassi Hays, National and State Libraries of Australasia
- Bryony Hooper, University of Sheffield
- Elizabeth Kata, IAEA
- Lisa Lawlis, Western Libraries
- Emily Monks-Leeson, Library and Archives Canada
- Magnus Norberg, The Swedish Tax Agency
- Ailie O'Hagan, Queen's University Belfast
- Leontien Talboom, Cambridge University Library
- Lucy Wales, British Film Institute
- Hannah Wang, US National Archives & Records Association
- Rowan Wilson, University of Oxford
Good Practice, chaired by Roxana Maurer at the Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg and facilitated by Paul Wheatley:
- Sam Brenton, University of Bristol
- Helena Clarkson, Bank of England
- Steve Daly, The UK National Archives
- David Emery, Library and Archives Canada
- Patricia Falcao, Tate
- Martin Gengenbach, National and State Libraries of Australasia
- Nicole Hartland, UK Parliament, Parliamentary Archives
- Adam Harwood, University of Sussex
- Inge Hofsink, KB National Library of the Netherlands
- Bill Lowry, Imperial War Museums
- Roxana Maurer, Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg (Chair)
- Kieron Niven, Archaeology Data Service
- Dale Poulter, Vanderbilt University
- Kathleen Smeaton, Monash University
- Nathan Tallman , APTrust (observer)
- Lauren Work, Yale University Library
- Ishumael Zinyengere, UN-IRMCT
Management and Governance, chaired by Tim Keefe at Chester Beatty Library and facilitated by John McMillan:
- Elin Christiansson, The Swedish Tax Agency
- Fatima Darries, University of South Africa
- Richard Davies, The British Library
- Ann Gow, University of Glasgow
- Zach Johnson, Vanderbilt University
- Tim Keefe, Chester Beatty Library (Chair)
- Rowena Loo, National Archives of Australia
- Tim Newbegin, Deakin University
- Elizabeth Newbold, UKRI-STFC
- Irina Schmid, American University in Cairo
- Elizabeth Thompson-MacRae, University of St Andrews
- Jeffrey van der Hoeven, KB National Library of the Netherlands
- Ted Westervelt, Library of Congress
- Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS
Australasia and Asia-Pacific, chaired on rotation and facilitated by Robin Wright:
- Adam Bell, Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet Pty Ltd)
- Aimee Hay, National and State Libraries Australia
- Alexis Tindall, University of Adelaide Library
- Andrew Martin, National Museum of Australia
- Belinda Chan, National Library Board of Singapore
- David Moldrich, Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia
- Elizabeth Hawkins, Queensland State Archives
- Eva Samaras, University of Melbourne
- Hannah Hibbert, Australian Society of Archivists
- Jack Wain, Deakin University
- Jaye Weatherburn, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
- Jeff Palmer, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Group Archives
- Jeni Wie, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Joanna Fleming, Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Joanne Winter, Melbourne Cricket Club
- Julie McCormack, Public Record Office of Victoria
- Kate Roberts, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision
- Kathleen Smeaton, Monash University
- Katrina McAlpine, University of Sydney Library
- Kristy Tiberi, Museums of History NSW
- Marion Cruz, Heritage Conservation Centre Singapore
- Matthew Burgess, National and State Libraries of Australasia (Vice Chair)
- Nathan Andrews, National Archives of Australia
- Rachel Tropea, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Richard Hulse, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
- Rowena Loo, National Archives of Australia
- Sam Searle, University of Queensland
- Tayla Di Giacomo, Public Record Office of Victoria
- Wayne Doubleday, Charles Sturt University
- Zhenxin Wu, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
DPC Americas, chaired by Leslie Johnston at the National Archives and Records Administration and facilitated by Anna Perricci:
- Stephen Abrams, Harvard Library
- Jefferson Bailey, Internet Archive
- Kyle Browness, Library and Archives Canada
- David Cirella, Yale University
- Roberto Garcia, Archivo Nacional de Chile
- Timothy Gollins, Vanderbilt University Libraries
- Abbie Grotke, Library of Congress
- Geoff Harder, University of Alberta Library
- Stephen Haufek, United Natons HQ
- Leslie Johnston, NARA
- Stacey Jones Erdman, University of Arizona Libraries
- Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, World Bank Group Archives
- Carol Kussmann, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Cliff Landis, Georgia Tech Library
- Lisa Lawlis, Western Libraries
- Kari May, University of Pittsburgh Library System
- Kate Murray, Library of Congress (Vice Chair)
- Ima Oduok, Rockefeller Archives Center
- Margo Padilla, NYU Division of Libraries
- Christopher Prom, UIUC - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Teresa Soleau, J. Paul Getty Trust
- Delaney Sweep, University of Calgary
- Nathan Tallman, AP Trust
- Danielle Taylor, Indiana University
- Jessica Tieman, US GPO
- Amanda Tomé, Digital Research Alliance of Canada
- Thom Vaughan, Common Crawl Foundation
- Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS
- Kate Wittenberg, Portico
The DPC strives to be transparent, responsive and inclusive in everything we do, and the six 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: Anais Lichtensztejn, ARA; Julienne Pascoe, Library and Archives Canada; Jaana Pinnick, British Geological Survey; Mark Reynolds, Houses of the Oireachtas; Lisa Griffith, Digital Repository of Ireland; Thomas Shaw, King’s College London; Camille Françoise, Netherlands Institute Sound and Vision; Elizabeth England, NARA; Catherine Jones, UKRI/STFC - Energy Data Centre; Alexander Roberts, Swansea University; Tamara van Zwol, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision; Lise Jaillant, Loughborough University; Simon Tanner, King’s College London; Vicky Plaine, BBC Scotland Archives; Teresa Soleau, J. Paul Getty Trust; Kate Cawthorn, University of Calgary; Paul Gooding, University of Glasgow, and Daisy Selematsela, University of the Witwatersrand.
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!