New Members

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to welcome Galway City Council (GCC) as its latest Associate Member. 

As an Irish local authority, the Galway City Council and its archives have significant long-term and permanent retention requirements around the records it manages. Recognising that the majority of records are now produced digitally, the GCC is working to enhance its digital preservation capabilities to ensure these are kept in line with legal and social expectations.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes New York University (NYU) Libraries, as they become the Coalition’s newest Associate Members!

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes Newcastle University Library (NCL) as its latest Associate Member this week.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the KB, the National Library of the Netherlands, as its newest Associate Member today!

The KB maintains an ongoing commitment to preserve the nation's comprehensive collection of publications about and from the Netherlands. As one of the pioneers in digital preservation, the library has had an operational trusted digital repository since 2002 and has experienced several paradigm shifts over the years. To withstand these transitions and keep up with innovation, they have remained an active participant in the digital preservation community ever since.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) as its newest Associate Member this month. The MCC is responsible for managing five heritage collections that capture the unique stories of the Club and the venue it manages, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), along with other key pieces of Australian sporting history.

KU Leuven joins the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) this week, becoming its newest Associate Member. As one of the oldest universities in Europe, KU Leuven is dedicated to the long-term care and accessibility of their vast library and archival collections, ensuring that valuable data, research, and cultural heritage are preserved for future generations.

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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to announce that the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) has joined as its newest Full Member.

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the World Bank Group (WBG) Archives this week, as they become the Coalition’s newest Full Member.

With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a global partnership comprising five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. The World Bank’s vision is to create a world free of poverty on a liveable planet.

National Archives of Australia has upgraded its membership to become the latest Full Member of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC).

"We have an important role in safekeeping Australian Government records that reflect our nation’s history. It has been very beneficial to be part of an international community dedicated to the preservation of, and increased citizen access, to digital records," explains Rowena Loo, Director of Digital Archives Innovation & Research for National Archives’ Transformation Office. "As full members, we will continue to connect and collaborate with other DPC members to further strengthen our knowledge and skills in digital preservation."

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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the Department of Archives of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, as they become the newest Associate Member of the Coalition this month.

As a public institution, the French Diplomatic Archives Department has the responsibility to preserve the French diplomatic history, by collecting, safeguarding and granting access to these archives, regardless of their form, whether physical, digital or digitized, and also to specific data from various applications used within the ministry.