Paul Stokes

Biography

Paul has had a varied career in both the commercial sector and academia (and all points in-between). At present,  he leads on preservation for Jisc's Preservation service [<a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""https://www.jisc.ac.uk/preservation"">Preservation | Jisc</a>] where he is currently referred to as a ""Product Manager"". He is a director of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) [<a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""https://www.dpconline.org/"">Home - Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org)</a>] and a director of the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) [<a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""https://openpreservation.org/"">Home Page - Open Preservation Foundation</a>] . He's been passionate about preservation for many decades.<br><br>He currently also has a number of bees in his bonnet regarding costs, value, sustainability, and storage. He will talk endlessly about preservation and those bees.