Digital Preservation 2026 - Striking a Balance - Optimizing Labor for Sustainability and Resilience

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About the NDSA and Digital Preservation 2026 (Virtual)

The NDSA is a consortium of 278 organizations committed to the long-term preservation and stewardship of digital information and cultural heritage, for the benefit of present and future generations. The NDSA strives to create a safe, accessible, welcoming, and inclusive event, and operates under the NDSA Code of Conduct.

Conference Details and Schedule

Digital Preservation 2026 will be held virtually on November 4-5, 2026, from 11:00 am EDT to 5:00 EDT on both days.

Registration Information

Registration is now open. Registration is available through eventbright as a NISO event. Registration fees are $100 for NDSA members, $125 for non-members, and $54 for students. For those experiencing financial hardship, a coupon code for free registration will be needed; the conference planning committee will handle vetting these requests and provide instructions for registration within Eventbrite. If you would like to request a registration fee waiver, please complete the fee waiver application.

Call for Proposals

The 2026 Digital Preservation Call for Proposals is now closed. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance in mid-August. For more information, visit the conference proposal webpage

Keynote Speaker: Sharon McMeekin

Sharon McMeekin headshot

Sharon has worked in digital preservation for twenty years and is a co-founder of Preserve Together. She leads their training outputs as well as contributing to consultancy. Their work has included projects with the British Library, the Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland), and the CLOCKSS Archive and LOCKSS Program. Previously, Sharon was Head of Workforce Development with the Digital Preservation Coalition for more than a decade and also spent five years as Digital Archivist with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.

Amongst other outputs, Sharon was the lead author of the Novice to Know-How training courses, the Digital Preservation Competency Framework and Audit Toolkit, and the Survey Report on Mental Health in the Digital Preservation Community. She was also Managing Editor of the Digital Preservation Handbook. Her community activities have included serving as a board member for the Bridging the Digital Gap trainee program, a trustee for the Scottish Council on Archives, and a co-chair of the iPRES conference program committee. With the NDSA, she has contributed to the 2021 and 2025 Staffing Surveys and now sits on the Events Steering Committee. She holds Master’s degrees in Information Technology and Information Management and Preservation from the University of Glasgow.

Interested in serving as a sponsor for DigiPres 2026? Information about available sponsorship opportunities and levels is available on the DigiPres 2026 Sponsor Prospectus. Email ndsa [dot]digipres [at] gmail [dot] com with any questions.

2026 DigiPres Organizing Committee

  • Kathryn Michaelis, Emory University (Co-Chair)
  • Tabitha Samuel, Medical University of South Carolina (Co-Chair)
  • Alisha Baginski, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Amber Bales, Ohio State University
  • Annalise Berdini, Princeton University
  • Beaudry Allen, Villanova University
  • Brenna Edwards, University of Georgia
  • Charlie Hosale, MIT
  • Emerson Bryan, Cayman Islands National Archive
  • Eric Cartier, Tulane University
  • Hyeeyoung Kim, Yale University
  • Ihuoma Sandra Babatope, Delta State College of Education Mosogar
  • Joaquim Santos, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • John Dewees, University of Rochester
  • Juliet Erima, Moi University, Kenya
  • Kari May, University of Pittsburgh
  • Kelsey O’Connell, Northwestern University
  • Lynn Eaton, George Mason University
  • Max Prud’homme, Oklahoma State University
  • Olga Ivashkevich, Estonian Literary Museum
  • Paul Neirink, Wayne State University
  • Rebecca Y. Bayeck, Utah State University
  • Rita Johnston, University of Miami
  • Segomotso Keakopa, ESARBICA
  • Snowden Becker, Stanford University
  • Tom Pulhamus, University of Delaware
  • Yongli Zhou, Colorado State University

Calendar and Past Meetings

Future Events: For the latest on upcoming events, see our NDSA calendar.

Past Meetings: An archive of Digital Preservation meetings from 2011-2024 can be found on the Past Digital Preservation Conferences page.

Questions?

Feel free to reach out to ndsa.digipres@gmail.com and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.