The UK Digital Preservation Coalition is delighted to
announce the call for entries
for the third Digital Preservation Award.
Are you completing an exceptional digital preservation project? If so, why not
apply for the Digital Preservation Award, worth £5000.
This is the eleventh anniversary of the Conservation Awards, sponsored by Sir
Paul McCartney, and is the third year to include the prestigious Digital
Preservation Award, which recognises the many new initiatives being carried out
by museums, libraries, galleries and archives in the challenging field of
digital preservation.
The Awards will be presented at the British
Museum on the 27th of
September
2007. Short-listed applicants attract significant publicity, and receive a
certificate recognising their achievement at the presentation event.
To be eligible for the Digital Preservation Award, a project must demonstrate
leadership and advancement in digital preservation which will benefit the UK. It
must focus on preserving digital materials (whether "born digital" or
digitised
copies), rather than on the use of digitisation as a preservation reformatting
tool. Only projects that have been completed by 31 March 2007 will be
considered
for the Award.
Applicants from overseas are welcomed, providing that the project can
demonstrate benefit to the UK.
The deadline for applications is 31 March 2007.
To apply for the Digital Preservation Award online, please complete the DPA/07
application form on the Conservation Awards website:
http://www.conservationawards.org.uk/index.php?option=com_philaform&Itemid=15&form_id=6
.
Queries about the Digital Preservation Award should be directed to Carol
Jackson, Administration Manager, Digital Preservation Coalition, by e-mail at
carol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or by tel. no. 01904 435 362.
Further information about the Conservation Awards is available on the website:
http://www.conservationawards.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Najla Semple
Executive Secretary
Digital Preservation Coalition
Innovation Centre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
e: najla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
t: +44 (0) 1904 435 362