With a few hours to spare, here are my reflections on 2025's World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2025 published on my blog (and yes, first post since 2019!)

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🎉Rolling on with another #WDPD2025 blog🎉Gratz College discusses #WhyPreserve through access, preservation, and ownership, and launches the Grayzel Digital Platform TODAY! Read their blog here👉🏽 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-alison-joseph-wdpd2025

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🎉Don’t miss this #WDPD2025 blog — a new #WhyPreserve story🎉Sustainable digital preservation must make the case for why we preserve. This year’s theme is a great opportunity to explore what that means for individuals and organizations. Read Nancy MacGovern´s blog here👉🏿 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-nancy-mcgovern-wdpd2025

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🎉New #WDPD2025 vlog just dropped🎉In this World Digital Preservation Day vlog, Kelly Stewart shares Artefactual Systems' reflections on the importance of digital preservation👉🏾 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/vlog-artefactual-wdpd2025 👀

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🎉The celebration continues with a new #WDPD2025 blog🎉The imperative to preserve arises from a deep human desire to remember and reconnect, and is the means through which we can tell stories about the past in order to make sense of the present and illuminate the future. Read this blog here👉🏽 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-stephen-abrams-wdpd2025

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🎉Next up for #WDPD2025: a fresh blog on #WhyPreserve🎉To mark this year’s World Digital Preservation Day, HSBC is hosting a hands-on event at their headquarters in London, showing some retro tech & classic games to remind colleagues how far technology has come and how important it is to preserve the journey. Read about the event here 👉🏼 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-james-mortlock-wdpd2025

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🎉New blog on the block for #WDPD2025 🎉#WhyPreserve? In this reflective piece, Paul Stokes (Jisc) explores the many motivations behind digital preservation - from professional responsibility to personal conviction - and the enduring value of what we keep. Read it here👉🏻 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-paul-stokes-wdpd2025

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🎉Another great read for #WDPD2025 🎉Digitizing illustrated periodicals preserves more than pages. It safeguards cultural memory, expands access, and opens new audiences. Exact Editions shows us #WhyPreserve for #WDPD2025. Read more👉 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-ellie-burnage-wdpd2025

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🎉Here comes another #WDPD2025 blog — take a look at #WhyPreserve🎉
The Postal Museum preserves for access. This blog explores the types of material they preserve and how this material can be used. Read more here👉🏽 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-helen-dafter-wdpd2025

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🎉The celebration continues with a new #WDPD2025 blog🎉
Helena Clarkson (Bank of England) shares how the Archive Team has been working to protect born-digital records—to ensure that all forms of historic records, not just the physical, remain accessible in the digital age. Read more👉🏼 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog-helena-clarkson-wdpd2025

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