About DPOE

The DPOE mission is to foster national outreach and education about digital preservation by building a collaborative network of instructors and partners to provide training to individuals and organizations seeking to preserve their digital content.

The DPOE team supports the growth of the DPOE National Trainer Network and builds relationships with organizations to make digital preservation training more widely available to working professionals.

Since the first Train-the-Trainer workshop in September 2011, DPOE Trainers have held over 20 training events (with 12 more upcoming) in States across the nation. As a result, more than 900 working professionals from a variety of institutions have received training in the fundamentals of digital preservation.

Building on the success of the DPOE Trainers, DPOE is pleased to announce a partnership with the Indiana State Archives and Indiana State Library to hold a DPOE Train‐the‐Trainer Workshop, Midwest Region from August 21-24 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The workshop will double the number of DPOE Trainers in the National Trainer Network.

For information on how you can become a DPOE Trainer please see the Call for Applications.

People
DPOE is made up of Library of Congress staff, the National Trainer Network, the DPOE Steering Committee, and a community of Digital Preservation Education Advocates. The National Trainer Network currently consists of 24 individuals spread equally across 6 regions of the United States.

Train-the-Trainer
The National Trainer Network is made up of working professionals who attended a DPOE Train-the-Trainer workshop.  DPOE Trainers provide digital preservation training to other working professionals in their communities. DPOE Trainers teach the DPOE Baseline Digital Preservation Curriculum.

Calendar
DPOE makes finding digital preservation training easier for you by collecting and sharing information on national and international digital preservation training events. See our calendar for digital preservation training in your area, or submit a digital preservation training event.

Join Us!
Learn about how to become part of the DPOE Network.

Background
Learn about how DPOE honed in on national digital preservation education needs, reviewed existing digital preservation curricula,and developed its core principles for digital preservation training.