Thanks to our friends at the @nlireland.bsky.social for writing a lovely review of @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social that unpacks the NLI contributions to the event - as well as highlighting some papers and panels of interest! #DPASSH2026 Find out more: dri.ie/news/confere...

We're thrilled to publish a reflective blog on @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social from Michael Stanley, an archaeologist working in the Archaeology and Heritage section of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Here, Michael details his experience of Day 1 of the event. Find out more: dri.ie/news/reflect...

Just back from a few days away following #DPASSH2026, where we looked at #DigitalPreservation in the #AHSS in a very hot and sunny Belfast. Delighted to give a short presentation on @ihtaria.bsky.social whose collections are accessible @dri.ie: doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social

We look forward to sharing post-conference blog pieces in the coming week, profiling some of the #DPASSH2026 experiences. But for now, here are some photographs that provide a glimpse into the conference. We are looking forward to 2028 already! 🎉 All images by Kyle Hughes.

While we catch our breath after a fantastic #DPASSH2026, we would like to again extend thanks to our partners at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - and to our sponsors, panelists, presenters and attendees - for two engaging days of all things #digipres!

Day 2 of #DPASSH2026 kicks off at 10:00am! Are you ready for the #workshops, #games and #exhibitions - not to mention a closing panel on representing and preserving digital language materials at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen's University Belfast. Let's go #play!

Welcome to #DPASSH2026! It's finally here! Our 2 day conference looks at #DigitalPreservation in the #AHSS disciplines through the lens of #play, exploring games as essential tools for knowledge sharing, collaboration and inclusion. It should be an exciting couple of days!

Our #DPASSH2026 host @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social welcomes delegates to Belfast this week! The Library supports teaching and research across campus from the McClay, Medical and Biomedical Libraries, welcoming over 1.2 million visits each year accessing extensive print and digital collections.

Interested in discussing the challenges around languages held in #DigitalRepositories? Our closing panel at #DPASSH2026 considers languages as bearers of culture, memory and identity-hear from Frank Ferguson, Jaione Landabera Taberna, @kathryncassidy.bsky.social, Bernadette O'Rourke & Ife Thompson.

#DPASSH2026 is less than a week away! We're excited for our keynote speaker Somaya Langley's talk on "Provocations of Play and Action in Digital Preservation". Come and hear her thoughts on #play in a professional practice charged with the otherwise serious task of maintaining the long-term record.

We're #playing games at #DPASSH2026 in some of our workshop slots! @preservetogether.bsky.social will present The Digital Preservation Innovation Game, while Rachel Appel and Pax Crowley walk you through Preservation and Perils: A Gamified Approach to Understanding Trustworthy Digital Repositories.

Are you interested in hands-on workshops on #DigitalPreservation? At #DPASSH2026 Maria Benauer will introduce the Core Preservation Processes from the @eosc-eden.bsky.social project, while Ailie O'Hagan will share the experience @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social with the #Preservica platform.

We're wrapping up our sponsor highlights today with a general thank you to all our gold, silver and bronze level sponsors. You've helped to make #DPASSH2026 affordable and exciting for a range of speakers and participants! 🫶 For the full list, see our sponsors page at dpassh.org/sponsorship/

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! Autodocs Ltd is a specialist in the #digitisation and production of digital archive copies. They can handle anything you can throw at them: from 300-year-old books to MRI scans! Come along to their vendor booth and find out more. autodocs.co.uk

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! Informa assist companies to improve efficiencies and reduce costs in the manner in which they store, retrieve and share their paper and digital information. In the #GLAM sector, they help with everything from digitisation to digital archiving. www.informa.ie

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! Libnova helps institutions build #DigitalPreservation ecosystems with expertise in preservation strategy and long-term information management. Visit their booth and learn how they #play well with organisational needs big and small! 🌐 libnova.com

Digital Preservation Solutions | Libnova

Libnova empowers organizations to protect and preserve their valuable content with cutting-edge digital preservation solutions. Secure your legacy!

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Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! @preservetogether@digipres.club offers training and consultancy services to help build capacity and skills for #DigitalPreservation. From reviews to risk assessments - they know how useful #play can be in communicating complex work! www.preservetogether.com

Preserve Together Home

Preserve Together delivers digital preservation training and digital preservation consultancy services

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Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors: @artefactual.com make tools, provide domain expertise and offer commercial support services for open source #DigitalPreservation systems. Visit their booth to learn how this team #plays well with global cultural memory organisations and preservation networks.

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! Preservica is a leader in #DigitalPreservation, safeguarding thousands of business, government, academic + cultural records in their cloud-hosted platform. At DPASSH, they'll explain how they're #playing with AI to transform archival workflows! preservica.com

Digital Preservation Software

Preservica helps organizations protect, manage and access digital content for the long term with Active Digital Preservation™.

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Our team is really looking forward to this conference! The programme looks great. Catch us at the Paper Sessions at QUB @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on Thursday 25 June from 2.15-3.30pm #DPASSH2026

DPASSH Conference 2026@dpasshconf2026.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Programme for #DPASSH2026 is now available online on the dpassh.org website > dpassh.org/conference-p... It's a packed 2 days of talks, workshops, games and exhibitions centred on #play in #DigitalPreservation. We are so grateful to the many contributors and sponsors who made this possible!

It's less than a month to go before we welcome attendees to #DPASSH2026, to consider how #play can inform the complex work of #DigitalPreservation! We'll be profiling our sponsors, attendees and partners in the days to come, starting with our Gold Sponsor Preservica. Stay tuned for more! dpassh.org

The Programme for #DPASSH2026 is now available online on the dpassh.org website > dpassh.org/conference-p... It's a packed 2 days of talks, workshops, games and exhibitions centred on #play in #DigitalPreservation. We are so grateful to the many contributors and sponsors who made this possible!

Come along this morning, May 12th at 10:00 UTC+1, and explore techniques for developing interactive online stories with data. Outputs from the workshop will be featured at #DPASSH2026!

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 3mo ago

Join us for an online workshop in creating text‑based adventure games using Twine, a free tool for building interactive stories. Francesca Mackenzie, National Archives & Lotte Wijsman, Nationaal Archief will lead this hands-on session. No prior experience necessary! dri.ie/events/gamif...

Data visualisations were projected during the keynote @thehunt.bsky.social at DPASSH2024. This year, we're excited to display data stories from this workshop @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. If you work with data from @dri.ie. follow the link to learn about a new award for data reuse as well!

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 4mo ago

Do you want to learn how to tell engaging, interactive stories with your data? Come along to a 2 hour, hands-on webinar workshop designed to help you sketch your own story using #Twine. We'll even give you an audience to start sharing - in person @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social! dri.ie/events/gamif...

Are you interested in attending @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social in Belfast (25–26 June)? @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social is offering a number of funded tickets for small organisations & community archives across Ireland and NI. Apply by 12 noon on 12 May 2026! Find out more: dri.ie/news/apply-f...

Apply for complimentary DPASSH 2026 tickets, courtesy of Queen's University Belfast - Digital Repository of Ireland

Queen’s University Belfast are pleased to offer a limited number of funded tickets to support small local organisations and community archives across Ireland and Northern Ireland attending the DPASSH ...

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Get your Early Bird tickets for #DPASSH2026 today! It's going to be a great couple of days in Belfast, bringing #play into learning about digital preservation in group workshops, individual reflection, and after-hours social activities. ▶️👾🎲

DPASSH Conference 2026@dpasshconf2026.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We're pleased to announce that tickets for #DPASSH2026 are now on sale! Secure a spot at early bird prices until 31 March 2026. Register through the conference website: dpassh.org #DigitalPreservation #HSS #FAIRdata #GLAMdata

We're pleased to announce that tickets for #DPASSH2026 are now on sale! Secure a spot at early bird prices until 31 March 2026. Register through the conference website: dpassh.org #DigitalPreservation #HSS #FAIRdata #GLAMdata

DRI is launching an award for #DataReuse that includes a complimentary ticket to DPASSH! 👏👏

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 6mo ago

Introducing the DRI Research Reuse Reward! 🏆 📊 For #LoveData26 we're announcing a new scheme rewarding good research that interrogates, enhances, remixes or reimagines Ireland's social and cultural data. You could win up to €500 for reusing data in the DRI repository. dri.ie/news/dri-lau...

Our conference programme is starting to come together! DPASSH proposal responses are hitting inboxes this week and we're very pleased at the number of excellent talks, workshops, experiences and posters that will be in the mix for this summer's event! #StayTuned #DigitalPreservation #GLAMdata #HSS

Planning your trip to Belfast this summer to attend DPASSH2026? We've got some helpful tips on travel added to the conference website. You can get to us by plane, train, ferry, bus or car! dpassh.org/getting-to-b... ✈️ 🚂 🛳️ 🚌 🚗