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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Recently had the pleasure of speaking at the "Born-Digital Personal Archives: Status, Projects and Ethical Questions" symposium at the National Library of Norway. I’ve shared some reflections here: digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/born-this-wa... #DigitalPreservation #Archives #Libraries

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Born This Way: Reflections from the National Library of Norway Symposium on Born-Digital Personal…

On 14 April 2026, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the symposium Born-Digital Personal Archives: Status, Projects and…

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Looking forward to speaking at the National Library of Norway’s event on Born-Digital Personal Archives, sharing work on access, ethics, and infrastructure for digital collections. Do say hello if you’re attending! www.nb.no/hva-skjer/bo... #DigitalPreservation #Archives

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Born-Digital Personal Archives: Status, Projects and Ethical Questions

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I was interviewed for Cambridge University Libraries and Archives’ “This Library Life” where I share how our #DigitalPreservation Programme is building a culture of digital stewardship and helping to make digital preservation part of core #library business www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/libr... #WDPD2025

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This Library Life - Caylin Smith

Caylin Smith, Head of Digital Preservation at Cambridge University Libraries and Archives

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

#iPRES2025 attendees--are the conference proceedings available online for people who didn't attend? #WDPD2025

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Excited to share that my chapter “Extending the Archival Life of #Film” is now freely available in Exposing the Film Apparatus (Amsterdam University Press, 2016 and newly released as open access). 🔗 library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... #DigitalPreservation #Museum #OpenAccess #Archives

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No Time to Wait @nttw.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Caylin Smith [@CaylinSSmith] presents "Working on It: Appraising Born-Digital Data to Inform Long-Term Preservation" #nttw9

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Digging through my photo archive for ones to contribute to the @nttw.bsky.social ten year anniversary collection. This one from #NTTW7 in Prague is definitely going to be added. #NTTW9

Renaissance painting vibes with two groups of 3 people looking at 2 computers with another person standing in between them.

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

At Cambridge University Library, the #DigitalPreservation Programme team is working with colleagues to test the Workbench, a new interface for managing digital collections, including born-digital archives. #UserExperience #Archives #Libraries caylinsmith.medium.com/closing-the-...

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Closing the Loop: From User Testing to Real Change in the Workbench

Alongside the preservation repository, members of the Digital Preservation Programme team have made significant progress on developing the…

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Curious about what business-as-usual might mean in a #DigitalPreservation context? Me too! Check out this blog post by me and Jen Mitcham about the workshop we ran earlier in the year. digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/steps-toward...

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Steps towards a definition of Business of Usual for digital preservation

The following post was written by Jenny Mitcham and Caylin Smith. Jenny is Chief Digital Preservation Officer at the Digital Preservation…

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Unsure what Business as Usual means for #DigitalPreservation? Join me and Jenny Mitcham online on January 21st if you're interested in this topic and how it might apply to your own work! Register here: www.dpconline.org/events/event...

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Digital Preservation as ‘Business as Usual’ - Digital Preservation Coalition

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

John Gostick, Technical Lead for #DigitalPreservation at Cambridge University Libraries, is presenting in the 2024 Virtual #Fedora Showcase (Oct. 1-3) about "Building a Digital Preservation Service using Fedora 6". Check out the full programme: wiki.lyrasis.org/display/FF/2... #Library

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2024 Virtual Fedora Showcase - Fedora Repository - LYRASIS Wiki

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Really exciting opportunity to join Cambridge University Libraries as a Digital #Archivist! This role is based within the Dept. of Archives and Modern MSS and will support the delivery of the #DigitalPreservation Programme for born-digital #archives. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47852/

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Digital Archivist (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Digital Archivist (Fixed Term) in the University Library at the University of Cambridge.

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

Great summary of software preservation challenges by Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise from the “Towards Preserving Digital Culture” interview series. I enjoyed taking part and learning about others' experiences www.softwareheritage.org/2024/03/26/p... #DigitalPreservation

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“Towards Preserving Digital Culture”: an interview series by Camille Françoise

Our Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise published the “Towards Preserving Digital Culture” interview series, highlighting experts with different backgrounds and perspectives, in order to co...

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

And we visited The Centre for Computing History! Staff and volunteers have shared their knowledge and skills with #DigitalPreservation staff at Cambridge University Library. It was great to introduce peers to this incredible resource for computing history. #RetroComputing www.computinghistory.org.uk

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The Centre for Computing History - Computer and Video Game Museum - Cambridge

The Centre for Computing History is a computer and video game museum based in Cambridge, UK. With a collection of vintage computers and game consoles, many of the exhibits are hands on and interactive...

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Hosted visitors from the Complex Digital Objects Group at Cambridge University Library yesterday! Always nice to show people our #DigitalPreservation Lab + the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory, + keep discussions going in between conferences and other events. www.lib.cam.ac.uk/digitalprese...

Screen capture of slide from presentation about preserving data on storage carriers.

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Jon Ippolito @jonippolito.net · 01/02/2024

@euanc.bsky.social 's research shows why we need preservation alternatives to migration. Look at how something as important as exponents in equations changes in various environments. Imagine if this was the formula for a drug or a flight plan to the Moon 😬 web.archive.org/web/20130207... 🐘♻️

Screenshots showing distortions in content under document migration

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Software affects our everyday lives. And its preservation is crucial for mitigating the loss of digital cultural heritage. Glad I could share my thoughts on software preservation as part of the Towards Preserving Digital Culture series! #DigitalPreservation lnkd.in/ecg3cYGj

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

Looking forward to what's sure to be an interesting workshop with library colleagues this afternoon! We'll be discussing our Digital Preservation Lab and the bigger picture for managing older, complex, or less common carriers and formats. #DigitalPreservation

Photo of Digital Preservation Lab at Cambridge University Library with older computer and AV hardware.

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Work with us @UKNatArcSector - we're looking for a Digital Development Manager to take forward capacity building and innovation in support of archives civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

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Digital Development Manager - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK

Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

New report on the fantastic work undertaken by the ‘Archive of tomorrow: capturing public health discourse in the UK Web Archive’ project bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/repo... 🗃️

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William Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

It's #dpc #digitalpreservation #ff Follow Friday. I seem to be building my network from scratch and have lots of work to do! This week let me recommend @caylin.bsky.social who is leading on a large and important #digipres program at Cambridge University Library. Who do you recommend Caylin?

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Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

I'm new here, so here's a bit about me: Hello! I'm Caylin and I lead the #DigitalPreservation team at Cambridge University Libraries. I am also a member of the AHRC Peer Review College and a trustee for the Centre for Computing History (#RetroComputing).

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