Fedora Celebrates World Preservation Day

[Arran Griffith]

Hi Everyone,

Today we celebrate World Preservation Day 2025. We stand with preservation practitioners around the world to recognize the people, technology, and organizations who dedicate their lives to protecting cultural heritage collections for future generations. 

This year’s theme of “Why Preserve” asks us to reflect on what drives our commitment to preservation. What motivates us to safeguard knowledge,  and protect these materials into the future?

For more than two decades, Fedora has been a foundational staple of open, digital preservation infrastructure. It powers repositories around the world in universities, libraries, archives, and a variety of collecting institutions, who are focused on preserving and protecting their priceless collections. And we do it because preservation matters. Each object represents part of something important. Something worth saving. 

Join us today and pledge your commitment to Preservation

In conjunction with World Preservation Day 2025, we are launching a new initiative to further support the sustainability of Fedora. We invite you to make a one-time donation directly to the Fedora program. These donations will help us sustain current program work, secure on-going development,  and ensure that users around the world can continue protect their digital collections with Fedora.

Consider making a one-time donation today: https://my.lyrasis.org/donatenow?pid=a1BUh000002Ipm5MAC

While one-time donations do not replace participation in the Fedora Membership Program, they can act as a supplementary source of revenue for the program, allowing us to engage more users and advance development efforts faster and more effectively. So please consider how you can help.

Other Fun Ways to Celebrate

Contribute to our Fedora community Word Cloud by sharing your thoughts on what motivates you to preserve. Use the following link to add your comments and thoughts: https://www.menti.com/al63josq3y8b

We will share the word cloud out with the community at Virtual Fedora Showcase (November 18-20, 2025).

Also, check out our World Preservation Day Digital poster below (also attached to this email).

Fedora is a community that cares. Cares about people, technology, and the future of digital preservation. Join us in celebrating World Digital Preservation Day 2025 and our shared commitment to protecting the world’s digital knowledge.

Cheers,

Arran

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Arran Griffith

Program Manager, Fedora Program

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