Digital Preservation Award
Encyclopedia
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
'.http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/awards/ 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
.
Digital Preservation Coalition
The Digital Preservation Coalition is a UK-based non-profit limited company which seeks to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK and internationally to secure the global digital memory and knowledge base.-History:...
. The award 'recognises the many new initiatives being undertaken in the challenging field of digital preservation
Digital preservation
Digital preservation is the set of processes, activities and management of digital information over time to ensure its long term accessibility. The goal of digital preservation is to preserve materials resulting from digital reformatting, and particularly information that is born-digital with no...
'.http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/awards/ 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
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, with subsequent ceremonies being hosted by the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
. To date, the award has been presented on each occasion by Loyd Grossman
Loyd Grossman
Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman, OBE, FSA is an American-British television presenter, chef and musician who has mainly worked in the UK.- Early life, education and honours :...
.
Winner
- The Digital Archive: The National Archives of the United KingdomThe National Archives (UK)The National Archives is a UK government department and an executive agency of the Secretary of State for Justice. It is "the UK government's official archive, containing 1,000 years of history"...
Shortlisted
- The CAMiLEON Project: University of LeedsUniversity of LeedsThe University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
& University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
(Special Commendation) - JISC Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy: JISC
- Preservation Metadata Extraction Tool: National Library of New ZealandNational Library of New ZealandThe National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations"...
- Wellcome Library/JISC Web Archiving Project: Wellcome LibraryWellcome LibraryThe Wellcome Library is founded on the collection formed by Sir Henry Wellcome , whose personal wealth allowed him to create one of the most ambitious collections of the 20th century. Henry Wellcome's interest was the history of medicine in a broad sense and included subjects like alchemy or...
& JISC
Winner
- PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies): PREMIS Working Group
Shortlisted
- Choosing the optimal digital preservation strategy: Vienna University of TechnologyVienna University of TechnologyVienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members...
- Digital Preservation Testbed: National Archives of the Netherlands
- Reverse Standards Conversion: British Broadcasting Corporation
- UK Web Archiving ConsortiumUK Web Archiving ConsortiumThe UK Web Archiving Consortium is a consortium of six leading UK institutions working collaboratively on a pilot operation archiving selected UK websites...
Winner
- Active Preservation at The National Archives - PRONOM Technical Registry and DROID file format identification toolPRONOM technical registryPRONOM is a web-based technical registry to support digital preservation services, developed by The National Archives of the United Kingdom. PRONOM was the first and remains, to date, the only operational public file format registry in the world,, although the "Magic File" repository of the File...
: The National Archives of the United KingdomThe National Archives (UK)The National Archives is a UK government department and an executive agency of the Secretary of State for Justice. It is "the UK government's official archive, containing 1,000 years of history"...
Shortlisted
- LIFE: British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
- Web Curator Tool software development project: National Library of New ZealandNational Library of New ZealandThe National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations"...
& British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,... - PARADIGM (The Personal Archives Accessible in Digital Media): Bodleian LibraryBodleian LibraryThe Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
, University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, & John Rylands University LibraryJohn Rylands University LibraryThe John Rylands University Library is the University of Manchester's library and information service. It was formed in July 1972 from the merger of the library of the Victoria University of Manchester with the John Rylands Library...
, University of ManchesterUniversity of ManchesterThe University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group... - Digital Repository Audit and Certification: Center for Research Libraries, RLG-OCLCOCLCOCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is "a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs"...
, NARANaraNara can refer to:Geography* Nara, Attock, a village in Attock, Pakistan* Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum, Pakistan* Nara, NWFP, Union Council of Abbottabad, Pakistan* Nara, Nara, capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan...
, Digital Curation CentreDigital Curation Centre- Purpose :The Digital Curation Centre was established to help solve the extensive challenges of digital preservation and digital curation and to lead research, development, advice, and support services for higher education institutions in the United Kingdom...
, Digital Preservation EuropeDigital Preservation EuropeDigitalPreservationEurope is a European Union research project aimed at digital preservation coordination and dissemination activities within Europe. It was founded by the Sixth Framework Programme . DPE ranks among EU "Digital Libraries" priority called "i2010".DPE together with CASPAR and...
and NESTOR