DAM and Collections Management for Cultural Heritage 2026

What Digital Preservation Should Mean for GLAMP 

A descriptive term in search of a clear meaning: 
"Digital preservation" is a term that gets thrown around constantly in cultural heritage circles – but what does it mean, in practice, for galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and performing arts organisations operating within real-world constraints?

Is it different from:

• Backup? 
• Storage?
• Digitisation? 

Clarity is required if under-resourced GLAMP organisations are to make the move from theory to practical implementation.

Front line thought leaders to the rescue:
With a panel discussion that:

• Cuts through the jargon to examine what digital preservation genuinely entails in heritage contexts.
• Explores the gap between best-practice ideals and operational realities. 
• Sets out the fundamental principles that underpin long-term digital stewardship, from format migration and fixity checking to metadata preservation and succession planning.

Analyses the resource, technical, and organisational challenges that make implementation complex.
 

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Moderator: Michael Popham, Digital Preservation Coalition 

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Laurisa Sastoque Pabon, Digital Preservation Training Officer, Digital Preservation Southampton 

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Dan Heather, Digital Archives Manager, National Theatre