For #digipres folks that are using a preservation system with OCFL where are you storing the fixity metadata, internal or external to the OCFL object? It seems like the Logs directory would allow for this without versioning the object.

We’re making our own preservation system (naturally) and developers have been avoiding making fixity metadata part of the object because every edit results in a version.
#digitalpreservation https://ocfl.io/1.1/spec/

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The DPC is hiring two senior roles:
→ Head of Good Practice
→ Head of Workforce Development

With staff already based in five different countries, the DPC welcomes applications from exceptional candidates around the world!

Details & application: https://www.dpconline.org/news/job-vacancies/hgp-hwd-dpc

Deadline: April 28th

From @internetarchive on Blsky : "How does #Wikipedia stay reliable? Dame Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight explains how the #WaybackMachine helps preserve verifiable references when sources vanish from the web.

Full video youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU

#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek
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#digitalpreservation #web

Join our #DPClinic on April 25th where John Gostick will discuss Cambridge University Libraries' approach to preservation infrastructure and worksflows!

Register at: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/484/-/dpclinic-april-preservation-infrastructure-and-workflows

All are welcome

"Almost two dozen repositories of research and public health data supported by the National Institutes of Health are marked for “review” under the Trump administration’s direction, and researchers and archivists say the data is at risk of being lost forever if the repositories go down.

“The problem with archiving this data is that we can’t,” Lisa Chinn, Head of Research Data Services at the University of Chicago, told 404 Media. Unlike other government datasets or web pages, downloading or otherwise archiving NIH data often requires a Data Use Agreement between a researcher institution and the agency, and those agreements are carefully administered through a disclosure risk review process.

A message appeared at the top of multiple NIH websites last week that says: “This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives.”
Repositories with the message include archives of cancer imagery, Alzheimer’s disease research, sleep studies, HIV databases, and COVID-19 vaccination and mortality data."

https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/

#BDCAM25 "Exploring #VideoGames CD-ROMs"
Curatorial challenges: concept & narrative flow, target audience, games accessibility (game play, interfaces, latency, authors’ rights, etc.), nostalgic value, balance between triple-A best-sellers & less obvious choices
How to present games: emulation vs. old gaming console, gameplay relevance & contemporary significance
"Piracy proof (sort of... LOL)"
(with a nod to @misty's work) #DigitalPreservation

Exciting news! We're thrilled to welcome the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) to the DPC as our newest Associate Member! Through their Digital Stewardship Network, COPPUL has shown incredible dedication to digital preservation across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
https://www.dpconline.org/news/new-members-of-the-dpc/coppul-joins-dpc #DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #Digipres #Community #JoinUs

#DOWARC is a domain ontology for the Semantic modelling of #WebArchiving artefacts, such as WARC and CDX files, and web archiving activities. It was created as a metadata tool to support more sustainable and accessible archiving and #DigitalPreservation practices, particularly with regard to issues engendered by intensive versioning activities, such as lack of context and rise in storage demands. https://github.com/DOWARC/dowarc #BDCAM25

Archivists working in digital preservation are awesome people. Knitters are also awesome people. It‘s most awesome when both groups come together in one person at Cambridge University.

These patterns are beautiful, I want all of them, and I just wish I was a better knitter.

#digitalpreservation
#knitting

https://digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-478c48009521

Brilliant floppy disk badges at the #BDCAM25 Conference #DigitalPreservation #DigiPres

"According to Graham, based on the big jump in page views he's observed over the past two months, the Internet Archive is drawing many more visitors than usual to its services — journalists, researchers and other inquiring minds. Some want to consult the archive for information lost or changed in the purge, while others aim to contribute to the archival process.

"There's a groundswell of support for the Internet Archive because of the dramatic shift that's going on in parts of the government web infrastructure that you wouldn't imagine would change," said Brewster Kahle, the founder and current director of the Internet Archive. "People are coming and rallying behind us — by using it, by pointing at things, helping organize things, by submitting content to be archived — data sets that are under threat or have been taken down."

Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at Harvard University who likened the purge to "a digital book burning" in a February interview with NPR's Ailsa Chang, is one of them. She's teamed up with other scientists to try to preserve federal health data that has recently disappeared from government websites. She helped develop a list of terms to send to the Internet Archive to aid the search and preservation effort.

"We want to preserve public health data that are crucial for people's well-being," she told NPR."

#USA #Trump #InternetArchive #DigitalPreservation #DigitalArchiving #WayBackMachine

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump

Last week in Leiden, Brewster Kahle was presented with the 2024 ProjectUil by the Dutch Wikipedia community. He explained how the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has helped fix millions of broken links, ensuring citations on Wikipedia remain valid and accessible across multiple language editions.

https://www.veradekok.nl/en/2025/03/kahle-receives-projectuil-from-wikipedia/

@brewsterkahle @internetarchive #InternetArchive #WaybackMachine #DigitalPreservation #OpenKnowledge #Wikipedia

Exciting news! The DigiPres Learning Resources Portal is now officially launched - a new community resource where #DigitalPreservation folks can discover & share professional development opportunities! Find (or share!) your next learning adventure at https://digipres-learning-resources.netlify.app/

Unplanned #DigitalPreservation advocacy moment during a radio interview about an new online exhibition we launched.

Archivist Katherine C'Ailceta totally nailed it!

Done as part of a radio interview by RNZ Concert host, Bryan Crump, about the NZ Symphony Orchestra online exhibition

Off-air recording: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/three-to-seven/audio/2018980311/nzso-s-history-at-your-fingertips

Online exhibition: https://www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our-stories/the-new-zealand-symphony-orchestra-nzso

#DigiPres (1/7)

#DPC members! Join us this Friday for an engaging Audiovisual Special Interest Group (AVSIG) session featuring one of our newest DPC members, RTÉ Archives.

Presentation by Adrienne Warburton (RTÉ Archives) on mass digitization of audio and audiovisual assets and RTÉ's #digitalpreservation work
Friday March 28th, 2-3pm UTC
Online members-only event
Register now: https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/475/-/audio-visual-special-interest-group

"For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideologically-driven purge of government websites. But the Archive itself faces an existential threat. In this episode, Close All Tabs Senior Editor Chris Egusa joins Morgan to discuss his visit to the Internet Archive and its colorful founder Brewster Kahle, the legal battles that could shut it down permanently — and what losing it might mean for accountability and the preservation of history."

https://www.kqed.org/news/12031980/what-happens-if-the-internet-archive-goes-dark

Hello, all!
Freshman to all this, but happy to learn and contribute! #museums #digitalpreservation #publicpolicies #fedverso #ibram