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Press Release

Date 30/10/2014

 

At a ceremony in Hollywood on 23 October 2014, the Society of Motion Picture
and Television EngineersR (SMPTER) awarded the 2014 SMPTE Archival
Technology Medal to Neil Beagrie in recognition of his long-term
contributions to the research and implementation of strategies and solutions
for digital preservation. 

 

The full citation for the award reads "Mr. Beagrie played a key role in the
development of a collaborative approach to the study and dissemination of
knowledge relating to Digital Preservation, Research Data Management,
Digital Curation and Data Archives.  He was responsible for establishing the
Digital Preservation Coalition, with major members from industry, national
libraries, broadcasters and archives. In addition, he was responsible for
establishing the digital preservation program within Jisc.  This program
helped to create the Digital Curation Centre, which seeks to actively
manage, preserve, and curate digital data throughout the research
lifecycle."

 

William Kilbride, Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition
said: "'I am delighted to hear that Neil's work is being recognised with
this well-deserved accolade.  He is highly regarded among colleagues in the
UK and internationally for his calm, approachable manner, his clear advice,
and the high standards he sets.  These virtues are woven into the fabric of
the Digital Preservation Coalition, an organisation which he helped create.
I extend congratulations on behalf of all of the DPC's members and staff,
and we are honoured that DPC should be associated with this award."

 

Rachel Bruce, Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, from Jisc added: "This award
is recognition not only of Neil's enormous contribution to digital
preservation over the years but also the work he has done to clarify and
explain aspects of managing research data. This has focused particularly on
economic perspectives with the 'Keeping Research Data Safe' phases of work
and more recently with an influential series of reports on the value of data
centres. We are delighted that SMPTE has honoured Neil in this way, it is
very much deserved, and we are pleased that some of the initiatives that
Jisc has established, such as the digital preservation coalition and our
research data programmes and services, are acknowledged as globally
valuable."

 

The SMPTE is the worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education
for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. 

 

The SMPTE Archival Technology medal recognizes significant technical
advancements or contributions related to the invention or development of
technology, techniques, workflows, or infrastructure for the long-term
storage, archive, or preservation of media content essence. 

 

Pervasive, fluid and fragile: digital data is a defining feature of our age.
The creative industries, Government, research and education, health, the
heritage sector, and private life depend on digital materials to satisfy
ubiquitous information needs. Digital preservation is an issue which all
organisations and individuals will need to address. The 2014 award can also
be viewed as a reflection of:

.         the growing importance of digital preservation to major industries
such as film and television as their content is dominated by digital; and

.         the profile that digital preservation and research data management
in the UK has achieved internationally in the last decade and the impact of
the UK Digital Preservation Coalition and Jisc innovation programmes. 

Others recognised by the SMPTE at the 2014 Honors & Awards Ceremony included
George Lucas and John Logie Baird.

 

Further information

Neil Beagrie is Director of Consulting at Charles Beagrie Limited
(www.beagrie.com), an independent consultancy company based in Salisbury,
Wiltshire, UK, specialising in the digital archive, library, science and
research sectors. 

 

Charles Beagrie Limited email: [log in to unmask] ; telephone +44 (0)1722
338482

 

William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition (www.dpconline.org) email:
[log in to unmask] ; telephone +44 (0)7967128632

 

A low, medium, and high resolution version of the photograph of the award at
the SMPTE 2014 Honors and Awards Dinner and Ceremony is available for
editorial use only at
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/smpte/15650350081/in/set-72157648600445387>
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smpte/15650350081/in/set-72157648600445387.
The Editorial Use Only license means that the images cannot be used for
commercial advertising purposes. An Editorial Use Only image can be used: in
a newspaper or magazine article; on a blog or website for descriptive
purposes; or in a non-commercial presentation.

 

SMPTE 2014 Honours and Awards Press Release -
https://www.smpte.org/2014honors_awards 

 


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