[Asis-l] Reminder for 2007 Digital Preservation Award

[Joy Davidson]

****APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING****

Reminder

The Digital Preservation Coalition is accepting 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


Carol Jackson
Administration Manager
Digital Preservation Coalition
Innovation Centre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG

e-mail: carol at dpconline.org
tel: +44 (0) 1904 435 362
https: www.dpconline.org