This week on the #iPRES2025 blog, we're highlighting some of the kindred and co-located events happening in Wellington that week. With iPRES happening in November instead of the usual September, we are excited to celebrate World Digital Preservation Day together! www.ipres2025.nz/post/kindred...

The September #iPRES2025 newsletter is a bumper issue! 📬This month we announce our incredible keynote speakers: Hon Simon Kofe, Rosalyn Metz, and Peter-Lucas Jones! And we welcome @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy as our tūī (platinum) conference sponsor! 🎉 www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-2...

It's 3 September (at least here in NZ), which means we are exactly two months out from seeing everyone at #iPRES2025! In the coming weeks, we'll be providing detailed information for both in-person and virtual attendees, as well as for presenters, 1st time attendees. www.ipres2025.nz/post/frequen...

Wondering what virtual attendees can expect at #iPRES2025? Check out our latest blog post on the conference website: www.ipres2025.nz/post/virtual...

📣 Don't miss out! Early bird registration rates for #iPRES2025 close 1 September!📣 📆 There’s only two weeks left to take advantage of early bird registration rates for iPRES 2025, the 21st International Conference on Digital Preservation! Register now at www.ipres2025.nz/register

Our friends over at #iPRES2025 would love to see you in Wellington (or online) in November to explore digital preservation in depth. It’s the first time the conference has ever been held in Aotearoa, so do take advantage of the opportunity if you can.

✈️ Travel tips for your #iPRES2025 journey!🧳Local Organising Committee member and athlete, Carly, recently traveled from Wellington to Austria and back with Team New Zealand in the 2025 Roller Derby World Cup in July. Carly shares her best long-haul travel tips here: www.ipres2025.nz/post/long-ha...

The wait is over! The #iPRES2025 Programme is finally here! 🎉 This year features a dynamic schedule with 7 parallel tracks: 3 hybrid, 3 in person, and 1 virtual. View the high-level programme as a PDF, or check out the programme spreadsheet for session times and details. www.ipres2025.nz/programme

Just a few days left to get in your ad hoc proposals!

The July #iPRES2025 newsletter is now available! This month we announce the conference dinner venue, introduce the digital preservation bake off, and discuss kindred and co-located events happening around the conference in Wellington. Have a read at www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-2...

Missed #NDF25? You can now watch the keynotes online! Described by attendees as insightful, challenging, and deeply inspiring, there's something for everyone. Hear from Tui Te Hau, Paula Bray, Cade Diehm and Dave Patten at: www.ndf.org.nz/ndf-videos/n...

👀 Excited to see who's speaking at #iPRES2025? Our draft programme is still in the works, but we have released an indicative list of accepted submissions of Full and Short Papers, Panels, Posters, Tutorials, and Workshops: www.ipres2025.nz/post/preview... Please note the list is subject to change.

Public thank you to @chaneyz85.bsky.social for being awesome at her job and helping us make a big research discovery! #findingmissingbooks #emilycummingharris

Introducing the iPRES Tools Demo session, also known as the Digital Preservation "Bake Off". The Bake Off offers a platform for developers and practitioners to showcase their digital preservation solutions in a live, interactive setting. www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-t...

📣 #iPRES2025 Ad Hoc Submissions are now open! Ad hoc sessions offer a flexible and informal way to share your ideas, projects, and insights with the iPRES community without the need to submit a full paper. Submit your proposal using our simple form: forms.gle/MzbEbo4k9Gbb....

🤖 Get ready - the #iPRES2025 Ad hoc Call for Contributions will be opening soon! Ad hoc submission types include Lightning Talks, Birds of a Feather Discussion Sessions, Games, and more! Read more about how you can participate: www.ipres2025.nz/post/ad-hoc-...

Chilly but absolutely beautiful winter day here in Wellington

The June #iPRES2025 newsletter is live! This month we celebrate Matariki - the Māori New Year and and discuss our sustainability efforts. We also include updates from the Programme Committee, and Early Bird registration info and student rates. Have a read at www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-2...

Registration is officially open for #iPRES2025 🙌

Loving all these photos of the Southern Lights…

I'm participating in #SweatWithPride for the 4th year - fighting discrimination with perspiration by exercising 42 min daily in June to raise money for Rainbow support services. It's a challenging time for our LGBTQIA+ whānau, so consider donating if you can www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

We’ve just launched a free online course on ‘Born-digital research in the humanities’ reshaped.sas.ac.uk. It covers key concepts, ethics, copyright & accessing, collecting and analysing born-digital data. You can browse the course with guest access or create an account. All CC-BY-NC licensed!

Work in #digitalpreservation? I'd like you to complete a short survey created just for you! 😍 It's all about identification, selection + appraisal practices and will help @eosc-eden.bsky.social project massively. Please have your say - we need YOUR expertise: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... #digipres

📣 The #iPRES2025 May newsletter is out now, with updates on the review process, keynote nominations, Māori tikanga, mentoring, and the latest set of flight discounts available for travel to New Zealand. We also welcome our first set of Kiwi (Silver) sponsors! www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-2...

Nominations for #iPRES2025 keynote speakers are now open! We’re asking the community for suggestions for our three keynote speakers. If you have someone in mind, please let us know: buff.ly/6ATZblh Read more on the iPRES 2025 blog: buff.ly/1DJmT6m

🎩 www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/a...

“After library officials resisted, the DOJ officials departed without resolving the conflict.” One of those sentences that tells you who and where we are as a country in 2025: librarians are braver than law firms and CEOs.

It’s been an amazing and inspiring week with #NDF25 but also heartbreaking - the completely illegitimate firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, as well as the undermining of pay equity here in Aotearoa. 33 current claims cancelled just like that thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work. Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

Dr. Hayden is a consummate professional, career librarian, and public servant. I cannot think of anyone in the Trump administration who is fit to address the Librarian of Congress in this way:

Bernard Hickey: The Govt’s retrospective law wrecks 33 pay equity deals. $17 billion in wages & back-pay will not now go to over 150,000 workers. That means the $14 billion of tax cuts going mostly to landlords & highest earners are being paid for by wage cuts for the poorest NZers, mostly women.

It has been a massive week, but such a good one! I hope you all enjoyed #NDF25 as much as I did! A million thanks to my wonderful co-convenors Naiomi, @luciepaterson.bsky.social, @clanyon.bsky.social @teinamoana.bsky.social and the rest of the NDF team! 🙌

This blog post is, reliably (cos it's by Lucy), great and useful and has a template for creating Wiki learning sessions for staff (which I can only imagine as lunchtime sessions cos sandwich, but which can probably be held at other times!) 😍 #Wikipedia #Wikidata

Congratulations Te Paea Paringatai (Waikato, Ngāti Porou) who will become the first IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) President from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2027. Te Paea's role as President-elect begins in August 2025.Te Paea's election result was a landslide and is a

‘Dark day for NZ women’ as pay equity regime gutted under urgency

Aotearoa New Zealand’s National Digital Forum (NDF) @ndfnz.bsky.social held its conference in Wellington this week, and digital preservation was a hot topic! Ngā mihi nui to our friends at NDF for sharing our enthusiasm for #digipres and hope to see you in November!

Big plug for #iPRES2025 3-7 Nov 2025 in Wellington International Conference on Digital Preservation. First time in Aotearoa, 2nd time in southern hemisphere. ipres2025.nz 🙌🙌 @ipres2025.bsky.social

And a plug by @digivall.bsky.social at #NDF25 for @ipres2025.bsky.social #DigitalPreservation Conference to be held in Aotearoa New Zealand - in Wellington - in November. Woohoo! 👏👌 This is hooooge for the digital #CulturalHeritage sector peeps... - Details in the pic... #DigiPres

Val Love @digivall.bsky.social shares her deep digital preservation expertise with the audience. A lot to cover in 8 minute ⚡️ so pick up more at the iPRES 2025 in Wellington this November. #NDF25 #digitalpreservation

Who’s excited for #NDF25 day 2?? Check out some of the day 1 photos here: www.live.ndf.org.nz/live-updates...

Strong #digipres themes in Cade Diehm's #NDF25 keynote address 'Who will remember us when the servers go dark'. One of my favourite quotes: "Every checksum you verify is a prayer the machine hasn’t lied to you”

#GLAM professionals follow #NDF25 for updates on NDF25 PAORANGI \ IMPACT. We’re conferencing for the next few days!

The first of the two international conferences that I’m helping organise this year starts tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing everyone at #NDF25