Data For All, For Good, Forever: The Digital Preservation Community celebrates World Digital Preservation Day

As we reach 3rd?November in the most easterly time zones, our?World Digital Preservation Day ?2022 (#WDPD2022 ) celebrations begin!

Continuing the theme?Data For All, For Good, Forever?from another celebration -?iPres 2022 ?- World Digital Preservation Day showcases how digital preservation enables digits to flourish.

“Data For All, For Good, Forever?is a chance to connect practitioners and supporters in celebrating the positive impact digital preservation has had across all parts of our global communities and societies,” explains Sarah Middleton, DPC Head of Advocacy and Community Engagement. “This could be in sustaining our collections or environments, supporting communities, exchanging information and ideas, enabling innovation or resilience.”

Organized by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and supported by digital preservation networks around the globe, World Digital Preservation Day is open to participation across all regions and sectors, from anyone interested in securing a sustainable future for our digital assets. Data creators, curators, and consumers from around the world are invited to showcase how their own digital preservation activities Let Digits Flourish through blog posts, social media posts, events and creative activities, sharing with the online community with the hashtag #WDPD2022 .

As part of the World Digital Preservation Day program the digital preservation community can also expect the release of the iPres 2022 proceedings, a new revision of the?BitList?of Digitally Endangered Species ?as well as translations of DPC resources and some brand-new resources. Check the?DPC website ?and @dpc_chat on Twitter throughout the day for updates on these exciting releases!

WDPD2022 is just one of the ways the Digital Preservation Coalition helps raise awareness of the global strategic, cultural and technological issues which make up the digital preservation challenge. The Coalition also supports its international members through other advocacy activities, workforce development, capacity-building and partnership;?helping members to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services and derive enduring value from their digital collections.?

For more details about World Digital Preservation Day visit the?event page on the DPC website , and follow the hashtag?#WDPD2022 on Twitter for updates.