- Digital Preservation Award
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The Digital Preservation Award is an international award sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition. The award 'recognises the many new initiatives being undertaken in the challenging field of digital preservation'.[1] It was inaugurated in 2004 and is presented as part of the Conservation Awards, which are held every two years. The prize includes a trophy and a cheque for £5,000. The 2004 Awards took place at the British Library, with subsequent ceremonies being hosted by the British Museum. To date, the award has been presented on each occasion by Loyd Grossman.
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Winners and shortlisted entries
2004
Winner
- The Digital Archive: The National Archives of the United Kingdom
Shortlisted
- The CAMiLEON Project: University of Leeds & University of Michigan (Special Commendation)
- JISC Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy: JISC
- Preservation Metadata Extraction Tool: National Library of New Zealand
- Wellcome Library/JISC Web Archiving Project: Wellcome Library & JISC
2005
Winner
- PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies): PREMIS Working Group
Shortlisted
- Choosing the optimal digital preservation strategy: Vienna University of Technology
- Digital Preservation Testbed: National Archives of the Netherlands
- Reverse Standards Conversion: British Broadcasting Corporation
- UK Web Archiving Consortium
2007
Winner
- Active Preservation at The National Archives - PRONOM Technical Registry and DROID file format identification tool: The National Archives of the United Kingdom
Shortlisted
- LIFE: British Library
- Web Curator Tool software development project: National Library of New Zealand & British Library
- PARADIGM (The Personal Archives Accessible in Digital Media): Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, & John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester
- Digital Repository Audit and Certification: Center for Research Libraries, RLG-OCLC, NARA, Digital Curation Centre, Digital Preservation Europe and NESTOR
See also
External links
Categories:- Digital libraries
- Computer science awards
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