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The eArchiving initiative counts on organisations and institutions to share knowledge and build the eArchiving community.

September 2025 marks the end of the EU funding in support of the eArchiving Initiative (E-ARK). E-ARK will continue its mission under the stewardship of the DLM Forum, the DILCIS Board and the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF). The information presented on this website is still relevant for the digital preservation community, please feel free to use it as guidance.

The eArchiving Stakeholders

The eArchiving Initiative is built upon shared knowledge and experiences, which are the basis for creating the eArchiving community and increasing capacity building within the various constituent organisations:

Data producers Those entities that are, or expect to be in the future, directly or indirectly responsible for depositing content in a digital archive for long-term digital preservation, which guarantees that information remains available, have not changed over time and retains the legal value. Guidance
Archives Those entities that are, or expect to be, directly or indirectly responsible for the governance of a digital archive, which provides long-term digital preservation. Guidance
Solution providers Those entities that are, or expect to be in the future, providers of technology or services for digital archives or for data creators. Guidance
Regulatory agencies and policymakers Regulatory agencies and policymakers. Those entities (public authorities or government agencies) that are, or expect to be in the future, responsible for preparing, issuing and/or supervising the execution of regulations and policies related to the long-term preservation of digital information.  
Academics Those entities that are, or expect to be in the future, educators/researchers who wish to incorporate some or all of the eArchiving curriculum into their existing or future courses. This stakeholder group all include students studying on such courses.  
Data Consumers Organisations or individuals that want and/or need to reuse the information kept within an archive. Consumers are a broad stakeholder group with further subgroups.  

The diverse and emerging needs of the community are met via face to face, hybrid and online events together with targeted training.

You can form part of this increasing and lively community! Please tell us about your needs, your challenges, your projects through the Support Desk. We can help you in any step of your journey and put you in contact with other European experts working in same field.

The eArchiving synergies within Digital Europe

We are maintaining established collaborations with other interested parties in the long-term preservation of digital data and setting up new ones, you can find information about the different programmes. We are strengthening existing and developing new liaisons with other relevant Digital Europe Programmes, take a look at the different synergies here.  

The eArchiving communication channels

Join us in our communication accounts and follow the latest progress and learn more about the eArchiving activities and events through our social media: 

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    On the eArchiving Linkedin account , you can follow the latest progress and learn more about the initiative activities. You can join the eArchiving LinkedIn group to participate in discussions and contribute to eArchiving progress.
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    On the eArchiving YouTube channel you will find the recording of the events and the training webinars.
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    On GitHub you can follow latest updates and developments regarding E-ARK Specifications and E-ARK Software, Services, and Tools.

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The image shows the E-ARK logo, an ark, with a floppy disk connected to the cloud.
  • Event
  • 11 September 2025

Join the update session on 11 September to learn about the future of the initiative under the DLM Forum, the DILCIS Board and the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF).

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