Katharina Markus (ZB MED) and Yvonne Tunnat (ZBW) interview Sarah Middleton (Chief Community Officer) and William Kilbride (Executive Director) of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC).

Sarah and William talk about the scope, goal and ongoing work of the DPC, the history, how newcomers from all over the world are welcomed and which kind of conflict helps while facing the challenges of digital preservation, while others will be mitigated.

The interview was recorded in February 2025.

Persons involved:

• Yvonne Tunnat: Projektmanagerin Digitale Langzeitarchivierung, ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• Dr. Katharina Markus: Leitung Digitale Langzeitarchivierung, ZB MED - Infor­mations­zentrum Lebens­wissen­schaften
• Sarah Middleton: Chief Community Officer, Digital Preservation Coalition
• William Kilbrige: Executive Director, Digital Preservation Coalition

Links:

• DPC: https://www.dpconline.org/
• DPC on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy
• DPC on Mastodon: https://openbiblio.social/@[email protected]