Digital Preservation Seeds

by Barbara Sierman

Issue 2 of 30 years of digital preservation: PADI

February 16, 2026

It was 1996 when digital preservation practitioners worldwide made the first steps on the way to make DP a profession. We, as digital preservationists, can celebrate 30 years of experience in an evolving domain that was...

It was 1996 when digital preservation...

In memory of Hans Hofman

December 1, 2025

Recently, the preservation community lost one of her pioneers: Hans Hofman (1948-2025) passed away last September. Hans worked as senior advisor for the National Archives in the Netherlands and retired a few years ago. I...

Recently, the preservation community lost one of...

In memory of Clifford Lynch († april 2025)

April 29, 2025

Recently Clifford Lynch, director of CNI, passed...

Recently Clifford Lynch, director of CNI, passed...

iPRES2022 and “The Book”

September 29, 2022

During iPRES2022 in Glasgow, I presented my plan to write a book about 30 years of digital preservation in the poster session....

During iPRES2022 in Glasgow, I presented my plan...

Let thistles (oops… digits) flourish

February 16, 2022

Hated by farmers but loved by the Scots. Thistles are the national emblem of Scotland, the home of iPRES2022 in September of this year in Glasgow. At billboards, pubs, banknotes and coins, the thistle will be everywhere in...

Hated by farmers but loved by the Scots. Thistles...

DP Reading Club

November 4, 2021

Is digital preservation a profession? And if so, what characterizes it as a profession? If you look at a skilled carpenter, the professionalism is defined by the skills of the carpenter, the tools that are used, the...

Is digital preservation a profession? And if so,...

Angela Dappert 1961-2021

August 1, 2021

Re-use, the ultimate test

April 28, 2021

This blogpost was given as a lightning talk at iDCC 2021 and was prepared by Ingrid Dillo (DANS) and me. We want to draw your attention to an overlooked element in the open research data and the preservation infrastructure:...

This blogpost was given as a lightning talk at...

UNESCO & preservation

November 9, 2020

Recently UNESCO’s Memory of the World program organized an interesting webinar called “Documentary Heritage at Risk: Policy Gaps in Digital Preservation”. As preservationists we can use every support to spread the word...

Recently UNESCO’s Memory of the World program...

Preservation pleasures on YouTube

October 8, 2020

I was worried that the DP community would not be updated on the latest developments due to the postponement of iPRES2020 and PASIG. But last week’s online conference #wemissiPRES was an excellent opportunity to hear all...

I was worried that the DP community would not be...

Digital Damage: Open Access Journals

October 6, 2020

“Open is not forever”, with this title Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias and Najko Jahn report about their investigation in disappearing open access journals from the public domain. Open access journals differ from their paid...

“Open is not forever”, with this title Mikael...

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