The OPF is a consortium member of the SCAPE (Scalable Preservation Environments) project, co-funded by the EU. http://www.scape-project.eu/.
The OPF is hosting two hackathons events in Cologne (31 August - 2 September) and York (27 - 29 September) and invites digital preservation practitioners and developers to register now.
In November 2010 JISC joined the OPF as a charter member. Its role has been to foster interest from the higher education sector in developing digital preservation tools and technologies. The OPF and JISC will work together to contribute to establishing a curriculum for teaching digital preservation practices and to advance research and development. JISC’s Digital Infrastructure Programme Manager, Neil Grindley, has blogged about why JISC joined the OPF here: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/and-the-answer-is/.
