DPC members are invited to cast their vote and decide the Digital Preservation Awards winners for 2026 as polling opens now!
The prestigious Digital Preservation Awards is the most prominent celebration of achievement for those people and organizations who have made significant and innovative contributions to maintaining a digital legacy and the finalists for this year’s set of categories have all been selected for their work to towards this goal.
Find out more about the finalists in each of these categories:
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Before the judges decide the winners, members of the Digital Preservation Coalition are invited to cast their vote on each category except the Student Award, which will follow a different process. Members will be asked to select their first and second choices in each category and are asked to provide feedback to the finalists.
As part of the voting process, DPC Members are also asked to make their nominations for the the DPC Fellowship. This award recognizes a substantial, generous and distinguished contribution to securing our digital legacy. In previous years the DPC Fellowship has been awarded to: Gladys Kemboi, Neil Beagrie, Adrian Brown, Dr. Denise de Vries, Nancy Y McGovern, Prof. Zhang Xiaolin, Micky Lindlar, Barbara Sierman and Brewster Kahle.
Voting is open to all the agencies which form the DPC community. Each Full Member, Associate and Allied Organization of the DPC may submit one vote and votes should be cast by the designated contact in each member organization. Where DPC members have been selected as finalists, they cannot vote for themselves. This will be taken into account when the results are in, to ensure a fair and even playing field.
DPC Members, login to reveal the link to the voting form!
Votes must be cast online by 1200 (BST/UTC+1) on Monday 6th July.