In phone meetings the week of December 4, the Governing Board of APTrust heard recommendations from its community for new directions and new tasks for the organization in 2018.

The Board generally endorsed the list of recommended tasks, subject to continuing evaluation and refinement by the community and APTrust staff (in consultation with the Board when appropriate), while setting a...

And now, for something completely different:  often, the postings here reflect some administrative news related to APTrust, such as new pricing or formal announcements of other developments.  What we don't do often enough is give you a glimpse (warts and all) of the work that our members and staff do together.  Joe Carrano, who is a National Digital Stewardship Resident...

On Monday and Tuesday, September 26 and 27, forty-four people explored a wide range of digital preservation topics in the APTrust Fall 2016 membership meeting at Lauinger Library at Georgetown University.  As has become our tradition, we invited guest speakers to expand our thinking on such topics as where APTrust fits in the larger digital preservation landscape, the urgent need to...