Digital Preservation Coalition

The DPC celebrates those people and organisations that have made a significant contribution to ensuring that we can have long term access to digital data.  The threats to the digital estate are distinctive therefore the tools and processes of traditional archiving and conservation are not sufficient to ensuring ongoing access.  Therefore in 2004 the DPC established and sponsored a prize under the Conservation Awards to mark an outstanding contributuion to this challenging and new field. Because the award is embedded within the Conservation Awards it is offered approximately every two years.

A carefulluy selected group of expert judges review a series of projects and services which have been completed since the close of the previous award and which have been proposed by the community.  They create a short list of nominees who are interviewed about their work and then select the project which they think deserves particular attention.  The winners are announced at a specially convened gala ceremony. The winners receive a trophy a certificate and a cash prize.

• Digital Preservation Award 2010 - nominations open early 2010
• Digital Preservation Award 2007 - won by The National Archives for the PRONOM and DROID projects
• Digital Preservation Award 2005 - won by the PREMIS Working Group for their work on preservation metdata
• Digital Preservation Award 2004 - won by The National Archives for their Digital Archive project, with a special commendation for the staff of the CAMiLEON Project at the Universities of Michigan and Leeds