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Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 8d

🎉 Whoop whoop! The #wdpd2025 logos are live — in languages from around the world! Use them on your website, email signature, or socials to promote World Digital Preservation Day 2025 in your country. Get ready for the celebrations on Thursday 6 November 2025 […]

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · 9d

If you are looking for easy to understand digital preservation training resources then look no further than our next #DPClinic. The resources produced by this project are second to none and of particular relevance to community groups.
www.dpconline.org/events/event...

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · 12d

With the issues around class gender race and diversity in general facing the record keeping sector at the moment, I cannot recommend this book enough. A brilliant introduction and lots of practical guidance we can apply to our sector.
Give it a read!

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Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · Jun 11

📢 DPC Career Development Fund announcement!

Supporting #dpc members to attend #ipres2025 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa through our latest grant opportunity!

🎯 Full registration coverage
🌏 In-person & virtual options
⏰ Apply by July 1st, 2025
🔐 Available to DPC Members only […]

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Mar 7

We certainly hope so! Please do share with anyone you think might be interested.

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Feb 20

We're taking our community archives toolkit on the road! Come and start your digital preservation journey with support and guidance from us, including 1-2-1 sessions.
www.dpconline.org/events/event...

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William Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social · Feb 14

It's #dpc #digitalpreservation #ff Follow Friday. This week a simple reflection. Data has never mattered more, and never more fragile. #DPC and the #digipres community have expertise and contacts that will help with that. Spread the word and save the bits.

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Feb 10

Explore Your Archive is now on BlueSky! Come say Hi @ @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social . So many gems found in archives being posted every day!

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Feb 10

There are no words...
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We should all pay attention to what is happening at the National Archives

On Friday night, the president officially fired the Archivist of the United States, as he had promised to do before taking office. So, hi there! 👋 Former National Archives employee here.

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Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social · Jan 10

Photo-Me trashed all their analogue booths when restructuring in late 90s so all analogue photobooths today are run by independent people/small companies. I’ve been conducting interviews w/all these techs (incl Ryan below) for a community archive: The Photobooth Technicians Project- link in bio!

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Dec 27

This is a lovely little article about a local institution that I hold very dear. I had no idea it was owned and operated by…just a guy! I assumed these booths were overseen by a big company. www.gazettenet.com/ThornesPhoto...

Old school exposure: Vintage photo booth has lasting allure at Thornes Marketplace, but maintaining it is a chore

NORTHAMPTON — On the second floor of Thornes Marketplace stands what was once a common occurrence in malls across America, but like malls is fading into obscurity with the advent of the digital age.It...

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · Jan 8

As the world goes to shit, we are all going to have to work extra hard to be consciously, deliberately and aggressively decent to each other

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Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Jan 8

Well done everyone who responded! Great result!

Gary Brannan @gbrannanarchive.bsky.social · Jan 8

Well, this IS good news, isn’t it?

Well done to everyone that responded to the plans, see, people power can make a difference!

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Government says it will no longer digitise and dispose of wills back to 1858 on back of consultation responses

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Jan 8

I'm working on a cataloguing resource for the Digital Preservation Community Archives Toolkit (www.dpconline.org/digipres/imp...) today. If you could tell Community archives #JustOneThing about cataloguing hybrid collections, what would it be? Do you have any rules for cataloguing digitised content?

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Dec 6

Still lot's of time to sign up and learn more about the toolkit. I'm also hoping to hear feedback from those using it!

Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Nov 25

I'm talking about the Digital Preservation Toolkit for Community Archives at the December #DPCClinic on the 16th December at 5pm. I'd love you to join me. Have a look and sign up here, www.dpconline.org/events/event...

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · Dec 6

Unsure what Business as Usual means for #DigitalPreservation?

Join me and Jenny Mitcham online on January 21st if you're interested in this topic and how it might apply to your own work!

Register here: www.dpconline.org/events/event...

Digital Preservation as ‘Business as Usual’ - Digital Preservation Coalition

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · Nov 25

This is a fine article on the difficulties of archival digitization.

Worth adding, that high quality text transcription also requires considerable time, investment and quality control.

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · Nov 22

I wrote this because of this common question. peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...

Why don’t archivists digitize everything?

Today on the blog we’re tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: “Why don’t you digitize everything?” and its related runner-up, “When will you be putting all your records o…

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Nov 25

I'm talking about the Digital Preservation Toolkit for Community Archives at the December #DPCClinic on the 16th December at 5pm. I'd love you to join me. Have a look and sign up here, www.dpconline.org/events/event...

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · Nov 21

Now published, #TaNC report 'Unlocking the Potential of Digital Collections. A call to action' zenodo.org/records/1383...
#MuseTech #DH

Unlocking the Potential of Digital Collections. A call to action

This document presents the policy recommendations of Towards a National Collection (TaNC), a five-year, £18.9 million investment in the UK’s world-renowned museums, archives, libraries and galleries, ...

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Nov 21

This handout created by the Heritage Trust Network is one of the most useful I've seen in a long time. #CelebrateCHC

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Nov 21

I'm at the Engine Shed in Stirling today to be a panelist at a Scotlands Community Heritage Event. #CelebrateCHC. Been asked for thoughts on a strategy that hasn't included archives or digital although it focuses on the historic environment. Should be interesting!

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Ian Milligan @ianmilligan1.bsky.social · Nov 19

My next book, Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory comes out in just a few weeks (December 10th!) with @hopkinspress.bsky.social. It'll be open access.

Can't wait to share it all with you.

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Nov 19

Just finished the second talk in the series of CAHG Digital Preservation webinars. This one on policy and documentation and how the toolkit can help. You can access the toolkit here, doi.org/10.7207/comm... and the webinar recoding will be on the SCA YouTube channel soon!

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · Nov 15

This account will usually be digipres related, but today I am on a train to Birmingham reading this absolute banger of a book and heading to see HERE and Now, the Steps musical and I don't think I've ever been more excited!

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · Nov 13

To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway.

Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100.

You have until noon on Sunday 17th November

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