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We’re excited too! And yes the hashtag is #ipres2025 😀

We're always amazed by the creativity and talent of the iPRES community! 😍 One of our clever attendees, Ima Oduok, has created cross stitch patterns from the #iPRES2025 logo! 🪡 You can download the patterns here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Wellington weather update: our weather station blew away overnight

The Regional Impact Committee Recommends… Learn more about the work of the Regional Impact Committee, and iPRES sessions specific to digital preservation in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific.

Learn about the #iPRES2025 Regional Impact Committee, and check out some of the conference sessions related to digital preservation knowledge and practice across Aotearoa, Australia, and the Pacific.

www.ipres2025.nz/post/the-reg...

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

Great publicity for #digipres work...and always nice to see Leontien's floppy disk jumpers too! www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

University leadership announces development of new school at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill The School of Information and Library Science and the School of Data Science and Society will be founding leaders of a new school to amplify and lead Carolina’s response to the information and data ne...

My day is shot bc a colleague just shared this UNC press release about a still to-be-named, to-be-designed, to-be-planned AI school where the only known fact seems to be that it will replace the library school.

www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...

What a bummer.

iPRES 2025 October Newsletter Less than one month to iPRES 2025! Our October newsletter has travel tips and other useful information ahead of your journey to Wellington!

We know that many of you will be starting your journey to Wellington soon, so we’ve included a bunch of travel tips in the #iPRES2025 newsletter, as well as info about the conference app, tips for presenters, how to sign up for iPRES Radio, and more! Have a read at www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-2...

Presenting your Lightning Talk at iPRES 2025 Detailed information for submitting and presenting your Lightning Talk at iPRES 2025.

Now on the #iPRES2025 blog! Tips and guidelines for presenting at iPRES!

If you're presenting a Lightning Talk, either onsite or virtually, this one's for you! www.ipres2025.nz/post/present...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Have questions about iPRES 2025 in Wellington? Take a look below. If you have a question that's not answered here, let us know!

It's 3 September (at least here in NZ), which means we are exactly two months out from seeing everyone at #iPRES2025! In the coming weeks, we'll be providing detailed information for both in-person and virtual attendees, as well as for presenters, 1st time attendees. www.ipres2025.nz/post/frequen...

Photo of a tūī with the ipres 2025 logo and the words final week for early bird registrartion rates, register at https://www.ipres2025.nz/register. Photo credit Lisa Argilla.

📣 FINAL WEEK FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATES!📣
If you haven't already registered for #iPRES2025 in Wellington (and online), make sure to do so now! Early bird is available until 1 September 2025, end of day, anywhere on earth.

www.ipres2025.nz/register

Exciting news! The #iPRES2025 newsletter just dropped with the full PROGRAMME revealed! 🎉

⏰ Last chance for early bird savings this month!

Read all about it 👇🏽

iPRES 2025 August Newsletter Introducing the iPRES 2025 Programme! Plus early bird registration reminders, last minute paper revisions for authors, and travel tips from our resident roller derby star!

The #iPRES2025 August newsletter is now live! This month we introduce the conference programme, plus info for authors, awards information, and first hand long haul travel tips!

And remember, early bird registration is only open until 1 September, so register now! www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-2...

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The wait is over! The #iPRES2025 Programme is finally here! 🎉 This year features a dynamic schedule with 7 parallel tracks: 3 hybrid, 3 in person, and 1 virtual.

View the high-level programme as a PDF, or check out the programme spreadsheet for session times and details. www.ipres2025.nz/programme

iPRES 2025 Ad Hoc Call for Contributions Submit your ad hoc contribution to iPRES 2025 using this form. These contributions—such as lightning talks, games, birds of a feather sessions, and more—are reviewed lightly by the Programme…

📅 Reminder! The Call for #iPRES2025 Ad Hoc Contributions closes this Friday, 18 July 2025, End of Day, Anywhere on Earth. Don't miss out on submitting your ideas for:
⚡ Lightning Talks
🤖 Games
🐦‍⬛ Birds of Feather (BoF) sessions

Submit your Ad Hoc contribution here: forms.gle/MzbEbo4k9Gbb...

Co-located and Kindred Events at iPRES 2025 Check out the kindred and co-located events happening in Wellington around iPRES for more ways to connect across the sector!

🤩 Co-located and Kindred Events at #iPRES2025

We are providing as many opportunities as possible for participants to meet, connect, and build on iPRES 2025! Check out some of the kindred events being planned in Wellington around the conference in November: www.ipres2025.nz/post/co-loca...

Preview of Speakers at iPRES 2025 Can't wait for the official iPRES 2025 programme release? Check out our indicative list of accepted submissions so far!

👀 Excited to see who's speaking at #iPRES2025? Our draft programme is still in the works, but we have released an indicative list of accepted submissions of Full and Short Papers, Panels, Posters, Tutorials, and Workshops: www.ipres2025.nz/post/preview... Please note the list is subject to change.

If you're working with depositors of born-digital projects (like theses), here's a small tool to play with - output of Ailie O'Hagan's RLUK Fellowship: ailieohagan.github.io/Get-Preserva...

It gives preservation actions around different types of deposit, and what depositors can be encouraged to do.

iPRES 2025 Ad Hoc Call for Contributions Submit your ad hoc contribution to iPRES 2025 using this form. These contributions—such as lightning talks, games, birds of a feather sessions, and more—are reviewed lightly by the Programme…

📣 #iPRES2025 Ad Hoc Submissions are now open!

Ad hoc sessions offer a flexible and informal way to share your ideas, projects, and insights with the iPRES community without the need to submit a full paper.

Submit your proposal using our simple form: forms.gle/MzbEbo4k9Gbb....

Ad hoc submissions - opening soon! The iPRES 2025 ad hoc Call for Contributions will be opening soon - read on for more information about how you can participate!

🤖 Get ready - the #iPRES2025 Ad hoc Call for Contributions will be opening soon!

Ad hoc submission types include Lightning Talks, Birds of a Feather Discussion Sessions, Games, and more! Read more about how you can participate: www.ipres2025.nz/post/ad-hoc-...

📢 DPC Career Development Fund announcement!

Supporting #DPC members to attend #iPres2025 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa through our latest grant opportunity!

🎯 Full registration coverage
🌏 In-person & virtual options
⏰ Apply by July 1st, 2025
🔐 Available to DPC Members only […]

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Early Bird registration now open for iPRES 2025! Early Bird registration is now open for iPRES 2025, with special rates available for the conference until 1 September 2025.

Early Bird registration is now open for iPRES 2025 in Wellington, 3-7 November 2025. Join us in-person or register as a virtual attendee. But don't miss out - Early Bird rates are only available till 1 September!

🔗 www.ipres2025.nz/post/early-b...

#iPRES2025 #DigiPres #DigitalPreservation

Keynote nominations for iPRES 2025 are now open - we want to hear from you! Keynote nominations for iPRES 2025 are now open till 30 May - we want to hear from you!

Nominations for #iPRES2025 keynote speakers are now open!

We’re asking the community for suggestions for our three keynote speakers. If you have someone in mind, please let us know: buff.ly/6ATZblh

Read more on the iPRES 2025 blog: buff.ly/1DJmT6m

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iPRES Call for Contributions close Countdown to Apr 16, 2025 12:00 noon. Showing days, hours, minutes and seconds ticking down to 0

You asked, we listened! 📆

💥 The iPRES 2025 Call for Contribution submission portal will remain open for an additional 24 hours! 💥

You now have until 12pm Wednesday 16 April NZT to submit your Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters, Panels, Tutorials, and Workshop proposals.

AI bots are destroying Open Access There's a war going on on the Internet. AI companies with billions to burn are hard at work destroying the websites of libraries, archives, ...

There's a very demoralizing thread on the code4lib list where all the libraries describe how they're getting hammered by AI crawlers who behave basically like bot-nets trying to DDoS servers. (Along these lines: go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-b... ) 1/2

Panel submissions: Tips and resources for authors Tips and advice for putting in Panel submissions for the iPRES 2025 conference in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Thinking about putting together a panel proposal for #iPRES2025? You still have two weeks left before submissions close 📆

Here are some tips and helpful info for panels from our iPRES Papers and Panels Co-Chairs ahead of the submission deadline on 14 April:

iPRES 2025: Submission Keywords and the new iPRES Controlled Vocabulary Guest blog post by Dr Maureen Pennock answering some common questions about the new iPRES Controlled Vocabulary.

Guest post on the #iPRES2025 blog! Dr Maureen Pennock of the British Library writes about the new iPRES Controlled Vocabulary, and how you can use it for your submissions.