Presentation delivered at the 20th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC26), held in Zagreb, Croatia (16-18 February 2026). The IDCC is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice. The presentation was delivered by Jenny Fry and Sally Maynard as part of Session P: Developing curation tools and services, (chaired by Samantha Pearman-Kanza, University of Southampton) and co-authored with Gareth Cole and Holly Turpin.

The Open Book Futures project is co-funded by Arcadia and Research England Development (RED) Fund (UKRI). Arcadia is a charitable foundation that works to protect nature, preserve cultural heritage and promote open access to knowledge. Since 2002 Arcadia has awarded more than $1 billion to organizations around the world. Research England Development (RED) Fund (UKRI) is a fund supporting institutional-level innovative projects in research and knowledge exchange including collaborations between education providers and between education providers and business.