OPEN

Open Preservation Foundation

@openpreservation

Greenock, Scotland
http://openpreservation.org/
IT Services and IT Consulting

Overview

About Open Preservation Foundation

The Open Preservation Foundation is a global not-for-profit membership organisation that leads a collaborative effort to create, maintain and develop the reference set of sustainable, open source digital preservation tools.

Founded in 2010 as the Open Planets Foundation to steward the results of EU-funded R&D, the Foundation also enables the development of best practice through interest groups, community events and training.

Our Vision
Open sustainable digital preservation

Our Mission
Enabling shared solutions for effective and efficient digital preservation; the Open Preservation Foundation leads a collaborative effort to create, maintain and develop the reference set of sustainable, open source digital preservation tools and supporting resources.

This set of tools (including software and standards) enables organisations to evaluate, validate, document, mitigate risk, and process digital content to be preserved in line with desired policies and community best practice.

Headquarters

Greenock, Scotland

Website

http://openpreservation.org/

Company Size

2-10 employees

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Company Type

Nonprofit

Founded

2026

Specialties

open source, digital preservation, archvies, libraries, universities, software, best practice, knowledge sharing, and webinars and workshops

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