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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I know a lot of us are weighing storage options!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Janet Carleton | Interim, Libraries Communication & Marketing | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital
Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | she/her |
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Digital Archives -
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<span style="color:black">| Archives Finding Aids - <a href="https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/">
<span style="color:black">https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> iPres Interest Group <DIGITAL-PRESERVATION-IPRES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea Goethals<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 13, 2026 7:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DIGITAL-PRESERVATION-IPRES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [iPres-Interest-Group] iPRES 2025 Storage Panel Summary and New iPRES Blog Feature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Dear iPRES community,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Apologies if you’ve already received this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">One panel at iPRES 2025 was intentionally not recorded so that the panelists could engage freely, without concern about their words being captured on video. The session, “Beyond the Consumer Perspective: Engaging Cloud
Providers in Digital Preservation,” followed on from an iPRES 2024 panel that focused on GLAM-sector perspectives on preservation in the cloud. This year, we brought storage providers directly into the conversation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">A summary blog post is now available, outlining the key themes that emerged, including portability and exit strategies, sovereignty, sustainability, resilience, and a shared willingness from providers to act as partners
in ensuring the safety and longevity of digital heritage:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://ipres-conference.org/2026/02/27/in-conversation-with-storage-providers-at-ipres-2025/">https://ipres-conference.org/2026/02/27/in-conversation-with-storage-providers-at-ipres-2025/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">This post is also the first to be published using the new blog feature on the refreshed iPRES conference series website:
<a href="https://ipres-conference.org/">https://ipres-conference.org/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">The blog is intended not only for the iPRES Steering Group, but for the wider digital preservation community to share iPRES-related reflections, research, and ideas. The aim is to keep the iPRES conversation active throughout
the year and not just during the annual conference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Many thanks to the iPRES Communications Subgroup (<a href="https://ipres-conference.org/steering-group/sub-groups/">https://ipres-conference.org/steering-group/sub-groups/</a>) for revising the conference series website
and launching this new blog feature. Stay tuned for more information on how you can contribute your own iPRES-related article.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-NZ">Ngâ mihi nui / Warm regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.1in;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black">Andrea Goethals</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black"> (<a href="https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/guidance/pronoun-use-in-email-signatures/"><span style="color:#0563C1">she/her</span></a>)<br>
Manager Digital Preservation | Kaiwhakahaere Pűranga Matihiko<br>
National Library of New Zealand<span style="background:white"> </span> | <span style="background:white">
Te Puna Mâtauranga o Aotearoa</span><br>
Archives New Zealand | Te Rua Mahara o K<span style="background:white">â</span>wanatanga</span><span style="color:black"><br>
Partnerships and Commissions | Te Aukaha</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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