In the leadup to World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2026, we brought our disk imaging equipment along to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, for a day of CD-ROM and Floppy disk ‘Rescue Sessions'. Read the article about it in The Conversation: theconversation.com/your-compute...

Next week, on Thursday, it's World Digital Preservation Day 2026 #wdpd2026 ... You can find out more at https://www.dpconline.org/events/world-digital-preservation-day and find events to join in with here: https://www.dpconline.org/events/world-digital-preservation-day/global-events

Celebrate #wdpd2026 with the #dpc and the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures!

Join Nick Thieberger and the #paradisec team to discover tools helping preserve at-risk language collections and make them accessible offline to communities across the Pacific.

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FAIR principles are more popular than TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability, Technology) or CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) - do these need to be embedded in #digipres? Read more on the report from this week: bit.ly/48avL1J #wdpd2026

Do #digipres orgs conduct a quality check at ingest, and do they re-assess quality at various stages? We found that a majority of respondents carry out quality checks upon ingest, but that far fewer conduct subsequent checks. Checking is a complex area that we’re investigating further. #wdpd2026

Join Nick Thieberger and the #PARADISEC team on #WDPD2026 to discover tools helping preserve at-risk language collections and make them accessible offline to communities across the Pacific.

📅 Thursday 5 November, 02:00 UTC

Online, free and open to all. Find out more and register:
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What exactly does long-term preservation of data mean? Our survey, including respondents from museums, archives and repositories, suggests 48% of organisations have no specific definition of “long-term” - a challenge for creating generalised guidelines and protocols for #digipres. #wdpd2026

🌍 How do you say World Digital Preservation Day in your language? With #WDPD2026 coming up next week, the logo is ready to download in languages from around the world! Add one to your website, email signature or social media to spread the word in the run-up to Thursday 5 November🎉
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One week to go until World Digital Preservation Day! 🌍 On 5 November, join the global community under the theme “Save our Stories.” Host a talk, share a collection, join an event or get creative—and post with #WDPD2026. Everyone is welcome! Learn more about getting involved below 👇️

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🌍 How do you say World Digital Preservation Day in your language?

With #wdpd2026 coming up next week, the logo is ready to download in languages from around the world!

Add one to your website, email signature or social media to spread the word in the run-up […]

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There's still time to register for tomorrow's Data Rescue Hackathon, taking place in the Milstein Room at @theul.bsky.social! Visit www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event/6550781 to find out more and book your spot. #WDPD2026 #ChemAtCam

Earlier this year, a report was published as part of the EOSC EDEN project which investigated long-term #digipres practices across different research domains. We’ll post some key findings over the course of this week! See the report here in full zenodo.org/records/1798... #wdpd2026

Only two weeks to go until World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2026! This year's theme ' Save OUr Stories: Our Digital Heritage in Danger'. Get involved. More information, logos and ideas here: www.dpconline.org/events/world... #digitalpreservation #digipres

🌍 5 de noviembre: World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD). Lema 2026: Save our Stories (SOS), nuestro patrimonio digital en peligro. Participa con #WDPD2026 https://www.dpconline.org/events/world-digital-preservation-day

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