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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Don’t forget to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndsa-digipres-2026-registration-1996099461222?aff=oddtdtcreator" id="OWA46ba6b41-35d0-6577-2334-09ee48069cf1" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
<u>register</u></a> for DigiPres 2026, happening virtually November 4-5! </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The conference will highlight the theory and practice of digital stewardship and preservation, data curation, the digital object lifecycle, and related
issues. This year’s theme, “Striking a Balance: Optimizing Labor for Sustainability and Resilience,” will explore the ways that digital preservation professionals approach, manage, and perform labor across diverse scenarios from managing small teams to ethically
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The DigiPres 2026 Planning Committee is pleased to announce that our keynote speaker this year will be
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sharon McMeekin</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, co-founder of
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<u>Preserve Together</u></a>. Sharon has been active in the digital preservation space for 20 years and has participated in many initiatives dedicated to supporting digital preservation practitioners in the workplace. For a more detailed bio, see the
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Preliminary Schedule Available</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A <a href="https://www.ndsa.org/documents/NDSA_DigiPres_Schedule_2026_Public_Draft.pdf" id="OWA6e6b5922-87bd-3f72-fc5a-c662349b9776" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
<u>preliminary conference schedule</u></a> is now available. A more detailed schedule will be available soon. Please visit the conference website (<a href="https://ndsa.org/conference/" id="OWA167ac37e-1a86-fc47-2611-787be8fd555d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u>https://ndsa.org/conference/</u></a>)
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Questions? </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please reach out to
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<u>ndsadigiprescochair2026@gmail.com</u></a>, and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.</span></div>
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Robert W. Woodruff Library</p>
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Emory University</p>
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