Digital Preservation Coalition
Encyclopedia
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is a UK
-based non-profit
limited company
which seeks to secure the preservation
of digital
resources in the UK and internationally to secure the global digital memory and knowledge base.
, which is presented as part of the Conservation Awards.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based non-profit
Non-profit organization
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limited company
Limited company
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which seeks to secure the preservation
Digital preservation
Digital preservation is the set of processes, activities and management of digital information over time to ensure its long term accessibility. The goal of digital preservation is to preserve materials resulting from digital reformatting, and particularly information that is born-digital with no...
of digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
resources in the UK and internationally to secure the global digital memory and knowledge base.
History
Founded in 2001, the DPC acts a consortium of those organisations interested in the preservation of digital information. Participation in the coalition is open to all sectors including commercial, cultural heritage, educational, governmental, and research bodies. The organisation was established to stop digital historical information disappearing into an electronic black hole.Awards
Since 2004, the DPC has sponsored an international Digital Preservation AwardDigital Preservation Award
The Digital Preservation Award is an international award sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition. The award 'recognises the many new initiatives being undertaken in the challenging field of digital preservation'. It was inaugurated in 2004 and is presented as part of the Conservation...
, which is presented as part of the Conservation Awards.
DPC, full members
- British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
(BL), British Library website - Cambridge University LibraryCambridge University LibraryThe Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of Cambridge University in England. It comprises five separate libraries:* the University Library main building * the Medical Library...
(CUL), Cambridge University Library website - Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL), Consortium of National and University Libraries website
- Museums, Libraries and Archives CouncilMuseums, Libraries and Archives CouncilThe Museums, Libraries and Archives Council is a non-departmental public body in England and a registered charity with a remit to promote improvement and innovation in the area of museums, libraries and archives...
(MLA), Museums, Libraries and Archives Council website - Digital Curation CentreDigital Curation Centre- Purpose :The Digital Curation Centre was established to help solve the extensive challenges of digital preservation and digital curation and to lead research, development, advice, and support services for higher education institutions in the United Kingdom...
(DCC), Digital Curation Centre website - Joint Information Systems CommitteeJoint Information Systems CommitteeJISC is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body whose role is to support post-16 and higher education and research by providing leadership in the use of ICT in learning, teaching, research and administration...
(JISC), JISC website - The National Archives -- National Archives website
- National Archives of ScotlandNational Archives of ScotlandBased in Edinburgh, the National Archives of Scotland are the national archives of Scotland. The NAS claims to have one of the most varied collection of archives in Europe...
(NAS), National Archives of Scotland website - National Library of ScotlandNational Library of ScotlandThe National Library of Scotland is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre. The headquarters is on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter...
(NLS), National Library of Scotland website - Open UniversityOpen UniversityThe Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
(OU), Open University website - Public Record Office of Northern IrelandPublic Record Office of Northern IrelandThe Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a division within the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure ....
(PRONI), Public Record Offices of Northern Ireland website - Publishers Licensing SocietyPublishers Licensing SocietyThe Publishers Licensing Society is a not-for-profit organisation that represents all book, journal and serial publishers based in the United Kingdom. PLS works to ensure that publishers are fairly compensated for any copying of their works through the collective licensing scheme, and works to...
(PLS), Publishers Licensing Society website - Research Councils UKResearch Councils UKResearch Councils UK is a strategic partnership between the seven UK Research Councils. It enables the Councils to work together more effectively to enhance the overall impact and effectiveness of their research, training and innovation activities, contributing to the delivery of the Government's...
(RCUK), Research Councils UK website - University of London Computer CentreUniversity of London Computer CentreThe was founded in 1968, and was the first supercomputer facility established in London for the purpose of scientific and educational research by all of the colleges of the University of London...
(ULCC), University of London Computer Centre website - Oxford University Library Services (OULS), Oxford University Libraries website
DPC, associate members
- Arts and Humanities Data ServiceArts and Humanities Data ServiceThe Arts and Humanities Data Service was a United Kingdom national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities...
(AHDS) -- Arts and Humanities Data Service website - BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
(BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
) -- British Broadcasting Corporation website - Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR) -- Centre for Digital Library Research website
- City of London Corporation -- City of London Corporation website
- National Library of WalesNational Library of WalesThe National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales; one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies.Welsh is its main medium of communication...
(NLW) -- National Library of Wales website - Natural History MuseumNatural History MuseumThe Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
(NHM) -- Natural History Museum website - Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) -- OCLC Products and Services website
- Oxford ArchaeologyOxford ArchaeologyOxford Archaeology is one of the largest non-governmental archaeological organisations in Europe....
(OA) -- Oxford Archaeology website - Parliamentary ArchivesParliamentary ArchivesThe Parliamentary Archives of the United Kingdom preserves and makes available to public the records of the House of Lords and House of Commons back to 1497, as well as some 200 other collections of Parliamentary interest...
-- Parliamentary Archives website - Portico (digital archives) -- Portico website
- Society of ArchivistsSociety of ArchivistsThe Society of Archivists was the principal professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
(SOA) -- Society of Archivists website - Trinity College Library (Dublin)Trinity College, DublinTrinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
(TCL) -- Trinity College Library website - UK Data ArchiveUK Data ArchiveThe UK Data Archive is a national centre of expertise in data archiving in the United Kingdom . It houses the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK....
(UKDA) -- UK Data Archive website - University of SouthamptonUniversity of SouthamptonThe University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
-- University of Southampton website - Wellcome TrustWellcome TrustThe Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
-- Wellcome Trust website, Wellcome Library website
DPC, allied organisations
- British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
(BL), BL National Preservation Office website- Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
(LOC), LOC Preservation Directorate website - National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation ProgramNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation ProgramThe National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is an archival program led by the Library of Congress to archive and provide access to digital resources. The U.S. Congress established the program in 2000...
(NDIIPP)
- Library of Congress
- National Library of AustraliaNational Library of AustraliaThe National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
(NLA), NLANational Preservation Office---> NLA Conservation Policy & Planning website
See also
- Digital curationDigital curationDigital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of digital assets.Digital curation is generally referred to the process of establishing and developing long term repositories of digital assets for current and future reference by researchers, scientists,...
- Digital object identifierDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
- Conservation-restoration
- Digital Preservation EuropeDigital Preservation EuropeDigitalPreservationEurope is a European Union research project aimed at digital preservation coordination and dissemination activities within Europe. It was founded by the Sixth Framework Programme . DPE ranks among EU "Digital Libraries" priority called "i2010".DPE together with CASPAR and...