Last week, the OPF met in-person for a week at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries. We celebrated 2025, planned for growth in 2026, and perhaps most importantly - we had the rare opportunity to collaborate face-to-face and grow together as a team. Read here: openpreservation.org/blogs/the-op...

Our tools are open source, with the code available on GitHub. If you have a suggestion, bug or fix, the best way to reach us is by raising an issue on the relevant tool repository. We've published some guidelines on how to do just that. Read here 👇 openpreservation.org/blogs/raisin...

the veraPDF and Arlington 1.30 release candidates are now available for community testing! The releases address technical depth and various real world issues reported by the community. Read more about the updates we've made and download on our website here 👉 openpreservation.org/news/verapdf...

We are kicking off our webinar in a few minutes - if you're registered, get ready to join! Alternatively, the highlights from the webinar will be posted to our YouTube channel in the coming days.

Join us for our next webinar on 10 February! As we've recently taken over stewardship of Fixity Pro, which will now be free and open-source, we'll be demonstrating the tool and taking your questions. Sign up here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

One week to go until Digital Preservation Summit 2026: Securing Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age - still time to register for the virtual event which will be held Thursday 5 February, co-located with the 'DAM and Museums' event. More info here 👉 henrystewartconferences.com/events/digit...

We're excited for Digital Preservation Summit 2026, co-located with the DAM and Museums event, exploring digital preservation in today’s technological landscape, with discussions on strategies for long-term digital asset use. 5 February. Register here 👉 henrystewartconferences.com/events/digit...

@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy have released v.122 of PRONOM - which features 23 new PUIDs, 23 new signatures and 19 updates. More detailed release notes of the changes can be found here 👉 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pr...

We are currently hosting a webinar on #CloudViPER, our cloud-native VRE: openpreservation.org/tools/cloudv... it's a really exciting teaching sandpit with heaps of #digitalpreservation tools inside. It can also be used for curation. Snippets will be uploaded to our Youtube soon!

The Humanitarian Archive Emergency Project has opened a call for proposals - to conduct a census of threatened humanitarian archives, and to develop a roadmap for rebuilding these archives. 🚨 DEADLINE - 25 JANUARY 🚨 More information via ELHRA call 👇 www.elrha.org/current-open...

More #OPF tools are now included in Infra Finder, a tool from @investinopen designed to increase adoption of and investment in #openinfrastructure. Check out our entries for #fido infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/fido and #ViPER infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/vi... #digitalpreservation

Registration is now open for our first webinar of the year - introducing our latest tool, CLOUDViPER. Join us on 20 January 15:00 GMT. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’ve reached the end of our Festive Countdown! We close the office until 5 January to focus on festive feasting and merriment 🎄Thank you to all our members and the wider community for your continued support and knowledge. We look forward to more great work in the coming year.

Now for the final round of our Festive Friday Quiz! Fastest in the comments for the missing vowels round - complete the phrase below 👇

The OPF Winter Newsletter is now live 🎄 ! Catch up on the latest from the OPF and find out what we have been working on as the year draws to a close. Read here 👉 mailchi.mp/openpreserva...

In October our Community Officer Georgia contributed to the National Digital Stewardship Alliance #digipres conference. Georgia shares her insights from the event in this blog post openpreservation.org/blogs/reflec...

One of our highlights of the year was undoubtedly last month’s iPRES Conference which provided another excellent opportunity to engage with the thriving global #digipres community. We’re already looking forward to next year 🕺

Tune in for the 3rd part of our 4-part blog series on Open Infrastructures. This issue is about 'Community'. A usual occurrence, but not always guaranteed! openpreservation.org/blogs/part-3... #openinfrastructure #digitalpreservation

Festive Friday Quiz - Round 2! What comes fourth in this #digipres sequence?? Post your answers below 👇

Tune in for the 2nd part of our 4-part blog series over at the #OPF, on Open Infrastructures. This issue is about 'Control': openpreservation.org/blogs/part-2... #openinfrastructure #digitalpreservation

The ODF Validator alpha release (v0.20) is out now! This tool validates all Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications documents. With thanks our contributors Rigsarkivet (DNA), NANETH), Rahvusarhiiv and the Swiss National Archives. Read more 👉https://buff.ly/4oM9Cxi

Read our new blog on the launch of CloudViPER - where OPF team members Darren and Amanda took part in an event hosted by DDHN and DPC to discuss all things #digipres with the theme of "Why Preserve?" Read here openpreservation.org/blogs/we-cel...

This year, we announced our partnership to provide technical guidance to the Humanitarian Archive Emergency project. This initiative addresses a gap in the digital support for humanitarian and global health archives and research. Read more about the project here openpreservation.org/news/the-opf...

We've just shared the 1st in a 4-part blog series from our Executive Director, Neil. We'd love to know your thoughts on 'Open Infrastructures: Why they matter for long term access' as we post the rest of the series over the next few weeks: openpreservation.org/blogs/part-1... #digitalpreservation

Want to gift yourself or a loved one multiple treats packaged together? Try ViPER or CloudViPER today! The virtual environment and cloud-based versions of this excellent tool are free, and bundle together some of the most essential open-source #digipres tools. More here openpreservation.org

Good tidings! Some of our vital community-developed Wiki resources have been inaccessible for some time. We have now started to implement our plan to make these accessible once again. Read more on the work we're doing here 👉 openpreservation.org/news/what-is...

Round 1 of our Festive Friday Quiz! This year our quiz is Only Connect themed, with a #digipres twist! What connects the four clues below? Place your answers below!

Starting off our year highlights - we were delighted to welcome the British Film Institute as OPF members. Supporting and learning from the BFI, with #digipres of their film archive of over 275000 titles is an exciting development for our network. Learn more openpreservation.org/news/we-welc...

Watch below as Neil Jefferies, OPF Executive and Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) Editor, gives an introduction to the OCFL Specification at Fedora Camp 2025, which was took place back in September www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI76...

This Christmas why not treat yourself (or your organisation) to an OPF membership? As well as access to excellent resources, knowledge sharing and support, you’ll be helping to keep essential #digipres tools maintained long into the future! More here openpreservation.org/membership/w...

Calling all OPF members! Join us TODAY 16:00 CET for a festive coffee morning - mulled wine optional! Today we’ll discuss the Value of File Format Validation in #digipres - open to all members. More info 👉 openpreservation.org/events/opf-n...

Tis the season for the daily OPF Festive Countdown! In the coming weeks we’ll be sharing highlights from the year, some #digipres gifts, and more. Stay tuned!

Our website is currently down for maintenance while we wait for a hosting issue to be resolved - we'll be live again soon!

Thanks to the Dutch Digital Heritage Network for their hospitality hosting the launch of CloudViPER on #WDPD2025. It was wonderful to connect in such a welcoming space. The tool is now ready to use - installation instructions can be found here openpreservation.org/tools/how-to-get-cloudviper/

OPF team members Darren and Amanda had a great time on #WDPD2025 at the CloudViPER launch event at the Kanaal30 creative hub in Utrecht - and even had time for some retro gaming!

Happy #WDPD! Introducing CloudVIPER, which bundles essential digital preservation tools into one place. CloudVIPER builds on the original VIPER tool, allowing users to now access these tools through their browser without needing to install a virtual machine. Find out more👇 #digitalpreservation

Join our Director today at #iPRES2025, where they’ll present ‘Restructuring the BitList 2025’, a paper with the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Sarah Middleton. This paper reflects the current efforts in progress to this community resource. twelve.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe... #digipres

Join the Director of the #OPF this afternoon at #iPRES2025 for a paper on preserving #spreadsheets. We are excited to share and celebrate this community-driven development, open standards, and FOSS tools for #digitalpreservation #digipres twelve.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe...

Tune in to see the first five showstopping bakes from tool enthusiasts, and if you are attending #iPRES2025 in person, make sure to vote for your favourite! #digipres www.ipres2025.nz/post/tool-de...

Join our Community Officer today at 10.45 NZDT (22.45 CET), alongside Chelsea Denault from the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, as they virtually co-chair the first tools demo at the #DigitalPreservationBakeOff for #iPRES2025. twelve.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe... #digipres

Swing by the morning poster previews today at #iPRES2025. As co-Chair of the interest group, @MickyLindlar will be representing our BY JHOVE! Explain Yourself poster, which celebrates our 1st year. Stop by, say hi, and join our #JHOVE efforts! openpreservation.org/resources/me... #digipres

We have two lightning talks today at the #iPRES2025 morning session. Our Director, Neil, will be presenting updates on #OCFL V2 and #EPUB/A (Draft ISO/IEC CD 22424): twelve.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe... #digipres

Earlier today at #iPRES2025, we introduced CLOUDViPER - the online cloud-hosted version of #ViPER, developed in partnership with the #DDHN. Workshop participants explored functionalities and learned how to upload test files: twelve.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe... #digipres Full release coming soon!

I may not have been in New Zealand in person today, but it was fun back in Europe doing some late night system monitoring of the new #CloudViPER k8s platform while it got a bit of a stress test during today's workshop I was ready to help, but things went smoothly :) @openpreservation.org #ipres2025

🍁 Our Autumn 2025 newsletter is out now! In this long issue learn about our new software releases, a new tool announcement, upcoming presentations, and a round-up of our latest news, webinars, and campaigns. Read it here: mailchi.mp/openpreserva... #digitalpreservation

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If you missed our update session on the continuation of the #eArchiving Initiative's mission, you can catch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuVj... #E-ARK will continue its mission under the stewardship of the DLM Forum, the DILCIS Board, + the @openpreservation.org #digitalpreservation

Big news: #FixityPro has moved to the #OPF. Now #opensource, it’s free for everyone to use & improve. We’re looking to the community to help us maintain and support it. Let’s build this together. Keep an eye out for further announcements #digitalpreservation openpreservation.org/news/a-new-h...

The #OPF Executive Director, Neil Jefferies, will be presenting at the conference, Heritage Online: Digitisation in an Age of Change, at the Gdańsk University of Technology on October 14th. Join him to discuss 'Why is open infrastructure important for long-term access?' #digipres

Reminder that our #eArchiving information session will be taking place this week. Join us as we discuss how we will continue our #digitalpreservation efforts: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/events/ea...