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2. Timeline March 1999: A JISC/BL workshop recommended establishing a
coordinating mechanism to tackle digital preservation
June 2000: JISC Preservation Focus post established. Its main
priority was to establish the DPC
January 2001: First Summit meeting held, first civic meeting with 10
full members
February 2002: Launch of the DPC
During a review of progress since the first Warwick Workshop, held in 1996, one recommendation from the 1999 Workshop was to establish a coordinating body with representation from different sectors to promote awareness of digital preservation issues. It also proposed the establishment of a new position in the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to focus on digital preservation, as it was becoming increasingly clear that this effort needed could not be done in addition to other responsibilities.

3. History of the DPC
Aim of Coalition to develop a UK digital preservation
agenda within an international context
Growing amounts of born-digital materials that require urgent
preservation attention are being created in all sectors of UK
At the time of the launch, digital preservation was far from being on
the national agenda
The DPC was officially established in Feb 2002 when it was launched at the House of Commons.
The main aim was to tackle the growing problem of digital preservation in the UK by raising awareness of the dilemma throughout the UK – and it should be emphasised that this was aimed at cross-sectoral involvement, not solely the HE sectors.

4. Timeline
July 2002: DPC established as a not-for-profit Company Limited by
Guarantee
May 2003: New post of Digital Preservation Co-ordinator was
established, first full-time employee
March 2004: 27 members of the DPC, comprising a wide cross-
sectoral range

5. Founding Members Nine founding members: British Library
Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA - formerly Resource)
National Archives of Scotland (NAS)

6. Founding Members
6. OCLC
7. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
8. The National Archives (TNA, formerly PRO)
9. University of London Computer Centre (ULCC)
Chair of the DPC: Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive, British Library