The next DPC Board Meeting will take place in the Director's Room at Tate Britain, Millbank, London on 1st December 2010 starting at 1200.  The AGM will follow at 1500 in the Board Room at Tate Britain. Further details including the agenda will be released in due course. The Digital Preservation Award 2010 will be presented later that same day at the Royal Institution. 

Voting has now closed for the Digital Preservation Award 2010.  Thanks to all who cast their votes.  A summary of the results will be released after the award is annouinced - which will happen on 1st December at the Royal Institution in London.

What's New - Issue 30, October 2010

In this issue:

• What's on, and What's new
• Editorial: Preservation and Progress through Harmony (Graham Pryor, Associate Director, DCC).
• Who's who: Sixty second interview with Shane Start, Application Support, The British Library
• One world: iPres 2010 - the Seventh International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects, Vienna, September 2010
• Your view: Commentary, questions and debate from readers

The Digital Preservation Coalition Leadership Programme has awarded five more scholarships so that members can attend the Digital Preservation Training Programme (DPTP) in London in October. 

‘Evidence shows that there is a real skills gap when it comes to digital preservation and that training can be hard to find and expensive,’ explained William Kilbride of the DPC. ‘The scholarships are great news for the individuals concerned, but the real beneficiaries will be the member institutions who need to maintain and develop their workforces, often with new roles and new working patterns. A sound knowledge and expert tuition in the emerging field of digital preservation will be a significant advantage for the individuals and institutions concerned.’

The following were selected by a panel of judges which met to review the applications submitted:

•  Dr Anna Buelow of The National Archives
• Akiko Kimura of the British Library
• John Langdon of the Tate
• Laura Molloy of HATII, University of Glasgow
• James Peters of the Archives and Records Association

For more details see the full announcement.

The Institute for Conservation are delighted to announce the complete shortlist for the 2010 Conservation Awards, including the Digital Preservation Award, sponsored by DPC.  For more details see ICON's press release.

PRESS RELEASE

Digital Preservation Award 2010: shortlist announced Vienna, 21^st September 2010

The Institute for Conservation (Icon) and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are delighted to announce the shortlist for the fourth Digital Preservation Award 2010.

Short-listed for the Digital Preservation Award (in no particular order) are:

• The MEMENTO Project: Time Travel for the Web, from Old Dominion University and the Los Alamos National Lab in the United States

• 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

All the short-listed projects will give a presentation to the Digital Preservation Awards judges on 21^st October. The winners of the Conservation Awards 2010 will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the Royal Institution on 1st December 2010.

Read the full press release here

Glasgow Museums and the DPC, with the assistance of the JISC are delighted to announce the release of a new addition to the Digital Preservation Case Notes series.  In this case note, Glasgow Museums shows that the benefits of digital preservation can be expressed in terms of new opportunities they create in the short and long term.  Even relatively simple steps can bring early rewards if properly embedded within the mission of an organization.

For more information see the DPC Case Notes.

'The Digital Preservation Coalition is pleased to support three fully funded scholarships to attend 'How to set up and run a data service' at the UK Data Archive.  Applications are welcomed from DPC members and associates. The scholarship covers tuition fees, course materials, access to online resources, lunch and refreshments.  Successful applicants will be asked to help promote the course and the work of the coalition. for more information see the DPC leadership programme at: http://www.dpconline.org/training/leadership-programme

What's New - Issue 29, September 2010

In this issue:

• What's on, and What's new
• Editorial: On the value of storytelling (Kevin Ashley, DCC).
• Who's who: Sixty second interview with Catharine Ward, Incremental Project, Cambridge University Library
• One world: Pam Bjornson, Director General, NRC-CISTI
• Your view: Commentary, questions and debate from readers

The DPC Leadership Programme is offering scholarship to attend the Digital Preservation Training Programme in London 4-6th October 2010.  The deadline for applications is 17th September.  See the DPC Leadership Programme for more details including a brief description of the course, elgibility and how to apply.