Announcing the next DPC Forum - Digital Preservation: the global context. One of the goals of the Digital Preservation Coalition is to provide a common forum for the development and co-ordination of digital preservation strategies in the UK and place them within an international context. The 8th DPC Forum is focussed on developments in Europe and the U.S. As so much progress is being made on digital preservation activities it is timely to look at some of the major developments of interest to the U.K. Participants will learn about progress being made on the NDIIPP Program, the global file format registry, ERPANET, certification of digital repositories, archiving e-journals and much more. This will provide an opportunity to learn about these developments, assess how they relate to U.K efforts, hear leading experts describe the progress of new initiatives, and provide a rare opportunity for networking with some of the leading figures from the U.S and Europe. When? Wednesday 23rd June 2004 Where? The British Library Conference Centre Cost? DPC members – no charge Non DPC Members - £150 The Forum fee includes lunch and tea and coffee The provisional programme is available from: http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/index.html#forum0604 Registration is now open and available from [log in to unmask] **************************** Maggie Jones DPC Coordinator Raymond Burton Library University of York Heslington YORK Y010 5DD Tel: +44 (0) 1904 321 131 Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.dpconline.org