The Digital Preservation Network is dedicated to forging a community of practitioners who are focused on the issues of preserving the digital records and publications of government. This online forum will be a repository for the exchange and discussion of ideas, research, strategy and documents that can be used by other practitioners in their organization. Membership into this community will be open to any practitioner employed in a government funded institution that is currently researching or participating in appraisal, acquisition, preservation or access of government records or publications.