29 November 2018
The National Library of Luxembourg [https://bnl.public.lu/fr.html], la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg, joined the Digital Preservation Coalition [https://www.dpconline.org/] (DPC) during November, becoming the Coalition’s newest Full Member.
As part of its legal mission as a national heritage library, Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg (BnL) collects, catalogues, enriches and preserves all publications issued in Luxembourg as well as all those issued abroad relating to the Grand Duchy. Through its Digital Preservation project, the BnL ensures the management, availability and long-term preservation of digital publications, resulting from a digitization process, collection of born-digital material or through legal deposit.
The BnL is keen to take advantage of the expertise of the DPC to train its staff, to further develop its Digital Preservation Strategy and to work together with other institutions on common challenges. BnL is the seventh national library to join the DPC.
The not-for-profit DPC is an advocate for digital preservation and helps members to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services through community engagement, targeted advocacy work, training and workforce development, capacity building, good practice and standards, and through good management and governance. Its primary objective is raising awareness of the importance of the preservation of digital material and the attendant strategic, cultural and technological issues. How to join the DPC