Preservation Challenge.
About the Digital Preservation Challenge
DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) raises awareness and improves practice in
the management, longevity, and reuse of digital assets. The Digital
Preservation Challenge aims to promote innovation at all levels and will
provide an insight into the range of digital preservation risks currently
being faced.
We are looking for ideas from creative students from all backgrounds with an
interest in computer science. The challenge is to develop digital
preservation solutions that overcome the barriers hindering access to five
digital objects, each accompanied by a scenario based on real-life
situations: Electronic art, Webarchiving and Unknown files.
Evaluating submissions
Submissions to the third Digital Preservation Challenge will be assessed by
a panel of international digital preservation experts and practitioners.
Submissions will be evaluated according to the quality of the documentation
of the processes used to solve a challenge task rather than the overall
outcome itself.
Important dates
Opening of the Challenge: 5 January 2009
Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2009 at 4pm GMT
Announcement of winners: iPres2009, 5-6 October 2009, San Francisco, United
States
To learn more about or to take part in the Digital Preservation Challenge,
please visit http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/challenge.
Questions or comments should be sent to
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Best wishes on behalf of
Professor Seamus Ross
Principal Director DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE)
HATII at the University of Glasgow
and
Professor Andreas Rauber
Director of DigitalPreservationEurope's Exchange Programme
Vienna University of Technology
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