[2] The origins of the DPC are rooted in a 1995 workshop put on by the Joint Information Systems Committee and the British Library at the University of Warwick, focusing on how to approach the digital preservation.

[3] The scholastic community at large was apprehensive to make a serious effort toward converting to digital systems without more permanent solutions to ensure the integrity and authenticity of electronic resources,[4] due to the instability experienced in some U.S. government archives that was generated by physical decay of storage media and obsolete hardware and software.

The DPC was formed to bring together various public sector organizations to come up with a solution to the growing digital preservation issue as it was deemed too difficult for any one entity to achieve that goal on their own.

Continuously updated, the handbook offers an easy to follow set of instructions for applying all aspects of the digital preservation process.

[6] Their most recent training workshop was branded "Novice to Know-How", a program commissioned by the National Archives of the UK as a part of their "Plugged In, Powered Up" initiative.

They increased overall media coverage of digital preservation from a non-existent presence to one that was regularly being covered by various news outlets across print, television, and radio.

[23] Every two years since 2016 the DPC has awarded a special prize known as the 'DPC Fellowship' to recognize an individual who has made 'substantial, generous and distinguished contribution to securing our digital legacy'.

[7] Allied Organizations are entities that were invited by the DPC to participate in projects because they other either specific knowledge or special access to industry leaders in digital preservation.