Nominations Open: National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) 2023 Excellence Awards
Nominations are now being accepted for the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) 2023 Excellence Awards!
The bi-ennial NDSA Excellence Awards (previously the annual Innovation Awards) were established to recognise and encourage exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation stewardship at a level of national or international importance. Seeking to highlight and commend all forms of creative and meaningful contributions in the field of digital preservation, this working group accepts nominations for individuals, educators, future stewards, organisations, projects, and sustainability activities categories. Acknowledging that exemplary digital stewardship can take many forms, eligibility for these awards has been left purposely broad. Anyone, any institution, or any project acting in the context of the categories listed below can be nominated for an award. No NDSA membership or affiliation is required. Self-nomination is accepted and encouraged, as are submissions reflecting the needs and accomplishments of historically marginalised and underrepresented communities.
Awards categories are:
- Individual Award: Recognising those individuals making a significant contribution to the digital preservation community through advances in theory or practice.
- Educator Award: Recognising academics, trainers, and curricular endeavors promoting effective and inventive approaches to digital preservation education through academic programs, partnerships, professional development opportunities, and curriculum development.
- Future Steward Award: Recognising students and early-career professionals making an impact on advancing knowledge and practice of digital preservation stewardship.
- Organisation Award: Recognising those organisations providing support, guidance, advocacy, or leadership for the digital preservation community.
- Project Award: Recognising those activities whose goals or outcomes make a significant contribution or strategic or conceptual understanding necessary for successful digital preservation stewardship.
- Sustainability Award: Recognising those activities whose goals or outcomes make a significant contribution to operational trustworthiness, monitoring, maintenance, or intervention necessary for sustainable digital preservation stewardship.
The NDSA is an organisation consisting of a diverse international membership sharing a commitment to digital preservation. The development and support of a broad range of successful digital preservation activities is key to the future of digital stewardship. We encourage all members of the international digital preservation community to help us highlight and reward distinctive approaches to the challenges of digital preservation by submitting nominations for worthy candidates here: 2023 NDSA Excellence Awards Nominations. For more information and details on awards from previous years, please visit https://ndsa.org/groups/excellence-awards/.
Nominations will be accepted until Friday, August 4, 2023.
Awards will be presented on November 15th as part of the Opening Plenary session at the 2023 NDSA Digital Preservation conference in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Attendance at the conference is encouraged but not required for awardees or nominators.
For more information, and to submit your nominations, visit the link below: