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.
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.
Since 2004, the DPC has sponsored an international Digital Preservation Award, which is presented as part of the Conservation Awards.
British Library (BL), British Library website
Cambridge University Library (CUL), Cambridge University Library website
Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL), Consortium of National and University Libraries website
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), Museums, Libraries and Archives Council website
Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Digital Curation Centre website
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), JISC website
The National Archives – National Archives website
National Archives of Scotland (NAS), National Archives of Scotland website
National Library of Scotland (NLS), National Library of Scotland website
Open University (OU), Open University website
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Public Record Offices of Northern Ireland website
Publishers Licensing Society (PLS), Publishers Licensing Society website
Research Councils UK (RCUK), Research Councils UK website
University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), University of London Computer Centre website
Bodleian Libraries (formerly Oxford University Library Services)
Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) – Arts and Humanities Data Service website
BBC (BBC) – 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 Wales (NLW) – National Library of Wales website
Natural History Museum (NHM) – Natural History Museum website
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) – OCLC Products and Services website
Oxford Archaeology (OA) – Oxford Archaeology website
Parliamentary Archives – Parliamentary Archives website
Portico (digital archives) – Portico website
Society of Archivists (SOA) – Society of Archivists website
Trinity College Library (Dublin) (TCL) – Trinity College Library website
UK Data Archive (UKDA) – UK Data Archive website
University of Portsmouth – University of Portsmouth website
University of Southampton – University of Southampton website
Wellcome Trust – Wellcome Trust website, Wellcome Library website
British Library (BL), BL National Preservation Office website
Library of Congress (LOC), LOC Preservation Directorate website
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)
National Library of Australia (NLA), NLA National Preservation Office ---> NLA Conservation Policy & Planning website
