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. It was initially presented as part of the Institute of ConservationConservation Awards. Since 2012 the prize is presented independently. The prize includes a trophy and a cheque. Awards ceremonies have taken place at the British Library, the British Museum and the Wellcome Trust.
Winners and shortlisted entries
2004
Winner
- The Digital Archive: The National Archives of the United Kingdom
Shortlisted
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
2010
Winner
Shortlisted
- Web Continuity: ensuring access to online government information, from The National Archives UK
- PLATO 3: Preservation Planning made simple from Vienna University of Technology and the PLANETS Project
- The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
- Preserving Virtual Worlds, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, Stanford University and Linden Lab in the United States
2012
Winner - outstanding contribution to teaching and communication in digital preservation in the last 2 years
- The Digital Preservation Training Programme, University of London Computing Centre
Shortlisted - outstanding contribution to teaching and communication in digital preservation in the last 2 years
- The Signal, Library of Congress
- Keeping Research Data Safe Project, Charles Beagrie Ltd and partners
- Digital Archaeology Exhibition, Story Worldwide Ltd
Winner - outstanding contribution to research and innovation in digital preservation in the last two years
- The PLANETS Project [1] Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services, The Open Planets Foundation and partners
Shortlisted - outstanding contribution to research and innovation in digital preservation in the last two years
- Data Management Planning Toolkit, The Digital Curation Centre and partners
- TOTEM Trustworthy Online Technical Environment Metadata Registry, University of Portsmouth and partners
- The KEEP Emulation Framework, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) and partners
Winner - most outstanding contribution to digital preservation in the last decade
- The Archaeology Data Service at the University of York
Shortlisted - most outstanding contribution to digital preservation in the last decade
2014
Winner - OPF Award for Research and Innovation
Shortlisted - OPF Award for Research and Innovation
Winner - NCDD Award for Teaching and Communications
- Practical Digital Preservation: a how to guide for organizations of any size [2] by Adrian Brown
Shortlisted - NCDD Award for Teaching and Communications
Winner - Award for the Most Distinguished Student Work in Digital Preservation
Shortlisted - Award for the Most Distinguished Student Work in Digital Preservation
- Voices from a Disused Quarry by Kerry Evans, Ann MacDonald and Sarah Vaughan, University of Aberystwyth and partners
- Emulation v Format Conversion by Victoria Sloyan, University College London
Winner - Award for Safeguarding the Digital Legacy
Shortlisted - Award for Safeguarding the Digital Legacy
- Conservation and Re-enactment of Digital Art Ready-Made, by the University of Freiburg and Rhizome
- Inspiring Ireland, Digital Repository of Ireland and Partners
- The Cloud and the Cow, Archives and Records Council of Wales
2016
Winner - SSI Award for Research and Innovation
Winner - NCDD Award for Teaching and Communications
Winner - Award for the Most Distinguished Student Work in Digital Preservation
Winner - The National Archives Award for Safeguarding the Digital Legacy
Winner - DPC Award for the Most Outstanding Digital Preservation Initiative in Industry
DPC Fellowship
- Brewster Kahle, the Internet Archive
Full List of Finalists 2016
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