[Asis-l] THE DIGITAL PRESERVATION AWARD 2005

[Francesca Borri]

THE DIGITAL PRESERVATION AWARD 2005

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Are you completing an exceptional digital preservation project? If so,
why not apply for the Digital Preservation Award, worth £5000.

The award is one of five categories recognised by the Conservation
Awards, the UK's premier awards in the field of conservation:

·     £15,000 for the Award for Conservation.
·     £10,000 for the NEW Award for Care of Collections.
·     £10,000 for the Student Conservator of the Year and their training
institution.
·     £5000 for the Digital Preservation Award.
·     £2000 for the Anna Plowden Trust Award for Research and Innovation
in Conservation.

This is the tenth anniversary of the Conservation Awards, which has a
new sponsor - Sir Paul McCartney, and is the second year to include the
prestigious Digital Preservation Award, which recognises the many new
initiatives being undertaken in the challenging field of digital
preservation of digital preservation.

The Awards will be presented at the British Museum on 22 November 2005.
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 May 2005 will be considered for the Award.

Applicants from overseas are welcomed, providing that the project can
demonstrate benefit to the UK.

To apply for the Digital Preservation Award online, please complete the
DPA/05 application form on the Conservation Awards website:
http://www.consawards.ukic.org.uk/dpa2005form.html. The deadline for
applications is 31 May 2005.

Queries about the Digital Preservation Award should be directed to
Maggie Jones, Executive Secretary, Digital Preservation Coalition, by
e-mail at maggie at dpconline.org or by tel. no. 01904 435 362. 

Further information about the Conservation Awards is available on the
website: http://www.consawards.ukic.org.uk/

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The Conservation Awards are supported by Sir Paul McCartney and are also
funded and managed in partnership by English Heritage, the Institute of
Paper Conservation, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, the
National Preservation Office and the United Kingdom Institute for
Conservation. The Digital Preservation Award is sponsored by the Digital
Preservation Coalition and the Research and Innovation Award by the Anna
Plowden Trust.