[Asis-l] 2007 Digital Preservation Award - call for entries

[Joy Davidson]

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‘2007 Digital Preservation Award - call for entries’

The 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=1
5&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 at dpconline.org 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 at dpconline.org
t: +44 (0) 1904 435 362

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Joy Davidson
DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
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University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland
Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592
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