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/

5 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY!

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

File formats as Emoji: 0xffae

by @beet_keeper

tldr: https://emoji.exponentialdecay.co.uk

File Formats As Emoji (0xFFAE or 0xffae) might be my most random file format hack yet. Indeed, it is a random page generator! But it generates random pages of file formats represented as Emoji.

The idea came in 2016 with radare releasing a new version that supported an emoji hexdump. I wondered whether I could do something fun combining file

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

@dpc_chat Technology Watch Guidance Note "Defining the Designated Community" (2023) http://doi.org/10.7207/twgn23-01 mentioned by @criticalsenses in her #BDCAM25 presentation "Digital Deposit Decision-Making: The Future Audiences Decision Model" especially in the context of the question "Do the donors and depositors of the digital content have expectations about who the content is being preserved for?" #DigitalPreservation

#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

#BDCAM25 Huellas Incómodas (Uncomfortable Footprints) is a #DigitalPreservation initiative that works to document, contextualise and generate a public legacy of collective memory and the right to truth, based on #feminist social struggles in #LatinAmerica. The project arises from the ephemeral nature of expressions of protest in the physical and digital public space, which is what we call Footprints, and intervenes against the urge to erase them. https://idrhku.org/huellasincomodas/

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

Great news #DPC #CAT fans! Version 2 of our #DigitalPreservation Competency Framework, and updated companion resources, are now available on the DPC Website. Read more and find links to the updated resource here: https://www.dpconline.org/news/dpcfv2-now-available

Digital Preservation at Cambridge University Libraries: Knitting Through Digital Decay: A Collection of Digital Preservation Jumpers No One Asked For (But Here They Are Anyway). “I’ve been truly overwhelmed by the interest in my Digital Preservation knitting patterns — thank you to everyone who has reached out, asked about the designs, and shared their enthusiasm! It means a lot to see […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/digital-preservation-at-cambridge-university-libraries-knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-here-they-are-anyway/

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

朗報！デジタル保存連合（DPC）の迅速評価モデル（RAM）3.0が複数の言語で利用可能になりました！このツールは、素晴らしいボランティア翻訳者の方々のおかげで、簡体字中国語、繁体字中国語、フランス語、日本語、トルコ語に翻訳されました。
このデジタル保存成熟度モデリングツールは、組織がデジタル保存能力を迅速にベンチマークすることを支援します！詳細は https://www.dpconline.org/news/ram-3-0-translations-now-available をご覧ください。 #DPC #RAM #DigitalPreservation #Coalition

Heyecan verici haber! Dijital Koruma Koalisyonu'nun Hızlı Değerlendirme Modeli (RAM) 3.0 artık birden fazla dilde mevcut! Bu araç, harika gönüllü çevirmenlerimiz sayesinde Basitleştirilmiş ve Geleneksel Çince, Fransızca, Japonca ve Türkçe'ye çevrildi.

Bu dijital koruma olgunluk modelleme aracı, kuruluşların dijital koruma yeteneklerini hızlı bir şekilde karşılaştırmalı değerlendirmelerine yardımcı olur! Daha fazla bilgi için: https://www.dpconline.org/news/ram-3-0-translations-now-available #DPC #RAM #DigitalPreservation #Coalition

令人興奮的消息！數位保存聯盟的快速評估模型（RAM）3.0現已提供多種語言版本！感謝我們優秀的志願翻譯人員，該工具已被翻譯成簡體中文、繁體中文、法文、日文和土耳其文。

這個數位保存成熟度建模工具可幫助組織快速評估其數位保存能力！閱讀更多：https://www.dpconline.org/news/ram-3-0-translations-now-available #DPC #RAM #DigitalPreservation #Coalition

Exciting news! The Digital Preservation Coalition's Rapid Assessment Model (RAM) 3.0 is now available in multiple languages! The tool has been translated into Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, Japanese, and Turkish thanks to our amazing volunteer translators⁠⁠.

This digital preservation maturity modeling tool helps organizations quickly benchmark their #digitalpreservation capabilities!⁠ Read more on https://www.dpconline.org/news/ram-3-0-translations-now-available #DPC #RAM #DigitalPreservation #Coalition

Join us today at 2pm UTC for an informal 30-minutes #DPConnect session with #digitalpreservation colleagues and friends from all over the world!
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/464/144/dpconnect

All are welcome for #digipres chats, come share your work challenges or just say hi!
️ Last session before our April break! We'll be back monthly starting May 8th, continuing our #digipres community connections on the second Thursday of each month.

#DigitalPreservation #DPC #Community #LetsConnect #JoinUs