Digital Preservation Seeds

by Barbara Sierman

30 years of digital preservation, issue 5: CPA/RLG report

May 18, 2026

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

It was 1996 when digital preservation...

30 years of digital preservation, issue 4: legal deposit

April 16, 2026

It was 1996 when digital preservation practitioners worldwide made the first steps on the way to become a profession. Let's celebrate 30 years of digital...

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...

Into the future: my poster at iPRES2024

September 12, 2024

For iPRES 2024 my poster Into the future was accepted. This blog post is intended to give some background information.As some of you might know, I’m preparing a book about the origins of digital preservation. My curiosity...

For iPRES 2024 my poster Into the future was...

Where are you, digital preservationist?

August 17, 2023

Once upon a time, there was a lively digital preservation community, sharing knowledge and expertise via social media and by personal meetings. Then there came a pandemic. No drinks together, no conferences, no...

Once upon a time, there was a lively digital...

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...

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...

Behind the review proces

February 17, 2021

There are several ways to get certified, but currently we see that the CoreTrustSeal is the most popular. With 104 repositories certified, according to their website. And more to come as, for example the EU supports the...

There are several ways to get certified, but...

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...

No conferences, no progress?

May 19, 2020

Now that several digital preservation related conferences have been cancelled or postponed to later this year of even to next year, we are faced with a problem. It is not the problem of the missed conference dinner, or the...

Now that several digital preservation related...

TRUST article in SCIENTIFIC DATA

May 18, 2020

Just published: our article on TRUST in the Springer journal Scientific Data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0486-7...

Just published: our article on TRUST in the...

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