The Digital Preservation Awards celebrate the excellence and innovation that will help to ensure our digital memory is available tomorrow. It was first awarded in 2004 as one of the Conservation Awards and it has been presented on four occasions (2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010).  2012 is the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the DPC. To mark this occasion, and in recognition of the increasing diversity of digital preservation research and activity, DPC will offer four separate prizes in 2012

• DPC Decennial Award for an outstanding contribution to digital preservation
• DPC Award for Research and Development in Digital Preservation
• DPC Award for Teaching and Communicating Digital Preservation
• DPC / OPF Digital Preservation Challenge

This is the Final Call for nominations which are due for submission by 1200 on Friday 17th August. The judging panel is now also able to confirm the following dates associated with the awards which prospective applicants may wish to put in their diaries:

• Monday 6th August - Final Call for nominations
• Friday 17th August - Nominations Close
• Monday 8th October - Shortlist Announced, Palace of Westminster, London
• Tuesday 13th November - Shortlisted Candidates present to Judging Panel, London
• Monday 3rd December - Winner announced, Wellcome Trust, London

For more information including an application pack, see the Digital Preservation Awards online at: http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/awards

Details will follow of the Digital Preservation Challenge.