23 January 2020
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has opened a new office at the University of Melbourne in Australia. This presence is intended to enable improved access to the DPC’s programme of activities for members and digital preservation practitioners across the southern hemisphere, helping support, represent and amplify the work of an active digital preservation community in the region.
The initiative is the result of a strategic partnership between DPC and the University of Melbourne, and the office will be staffed by Jaye Weatherburn who has been seconded to the DPC. The DPC will support and expand the established and existing digital preservation community in Australasia, such as Australasia Preserves. Following an initial planning and development period, the DPC will also provide face-to-face events for its members in Australasia, as well as facilitating knowledge exchange between members in the region through briefing days, working groups and task forces.
The DPC will formally celebrate the opening of the new office with an official launch at the Research Data Alliance conference in Melbourne in March 2020.