Laura Mitchell, chair of the DPC and Deputy Keeper of the National Records of Scotland said: “We’re delighted to welcome the National Archives to the DPC. Our generation has invested as never before in digital technologies so it falls to our great archives and libraries to ensure that future generations can enjoy, explore and exploit the vast digital legacy that we have created. But it is no easy task. It is a great encouragement to all of us in the digital preservation community to be joined by the National Archives in that urgent and necessary endeavour.”