Tell us - What Do You Preserve?
You’re invited to join us for our third annual
What Do You Preserve campaign this October.
In celebration of Archives Month
Whether you’re preserving priceless historical records or your grandma’s famous chili recipe that you’ve digitized — Digital Preservation is important to ensure your digital images, videos, files, and more are always findable and readable.
What digital treasures are you committed to protecting for the future? We’d love to hear about what you’re preserving and why it matters to you. What kind of impact will your digital content make in the future? What is the legacy that you are preserving? Share your story with us!
How do I participate?
Here’s how to do it in 3 easy steps:
Getting started
1. Create your post
Pick an image or prized digital asset—something visually engaging, rare or unique, relevant to contemporary social topics, or simply important to you. Then, write a short description explaining why you’re preserving it and why it matters.
2. Use the hashtag
Choose to share your story on LinkedIn, X, Facebook or Instagram (or all of them!). Be sure to include #WhatDoYouPreserve in your post and share a link to your public portal if available.
3. Tag a colleague or friend
Tag two additional colleagues from your organization, another organization, or a friend to get them involved in the conversation!
Share your story with us
We can’t wait to see what you preserve!
It’s that simple—post, tag and raise awareness about Digital Preservation! Let’s make October a month to remember for archivists everywhere.
Follow the hashtag #WhatDoYouPreserve on social media: LinkedIn, X and Facebook.
Check out our #WhatDoYouPreserve recap blog from last year!
Here is an example post for reference:
Explore #WhatDoYouPreserve
Why Digital Preservation? Why now?
We’ve all seen the horror headlines of how digital disasters and technology obsolescence continues to erode our personal, organizational and societal memory. Poignantly, just 22 years on from 9⁄11, we now know that some of the most iconic news footage of this world-changing event has been lost forever. How much of today’s digital record of the Pandemic of 2020 will be lost to us, and our children & grandchildren, looking back from 2040?