iPres 2022 Prizes
It is a good tradition for the iPres conference to recognize outstanding contributions and to celebrate these in prizes. This year at the iPres 2022 conference we have no less than four prizes to celebrate.
iPres 2022 recognizes the following outstanding contributions:
- The Best Paper Prize (a trophy, a certificate, and £500) goes to ‘Green Goes with Anything: Decreasing Environmental Impact of Digital Libraries at Virginia Tech‘ by Alex Kinnaman and Alan Munshower of Virginia Tech. Special thanks to nestor for sponsoring this award!
- The Best Poster Prize (a trophy, a certificate and £500) goes to: ‘The CO2 Emissions of Storage and Use of Digital Objects and Data‘ by Tamara van Zwol, Lotte Wijsman, Robert Gillesse and Arie Groen of the Dutch Digital Heritage Network. Special thanks to the Digital Repository of Ireland for sponsoring this award!
- The Best First Time Contribution Award (a trophy, a certificate, and registration and a travel contribution to attend iPres at some point in the next three years – Champaign-Urbana 2023, Ghent 2024 or Wellington 2025) goes to Elisa Rodenburg of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the game “The Data Horror and Open Science Escape Rooms”. Special thanks to the Digital Preservation Coalition for sponsoring this award!
- The Angela Dappert Memorial Prize (a trophy, a certificate, and £500) goes to Andrew Jackson of the British Library for his work on ‘Design Patterns in Digital Preservation – Understanding Information Flows.‘ Special thanks to Adam Farquhar for sponsoring this award!
The prizes were awarded during the Conference Prizes session in the Main Hall on 15 September.
The Best Paper Prize
Prize: a trophy, a certificate and £ 500
Sponsored by nestor
In order to recognize papers that stand out for their quality, iPres awards a prize to the author(s) of the Best Paper with commendations for up to two more. The top three papers are selected following a procedure based on the review scores and scores assigned by the Best Paper Prize Jury, using the following set of criteria:
- Does the work significantly advance knowledge in digital preservation?
- Does the work adequately build on or contextualize previous work?
- Is there sufficient evidence for claims presented by the authors?
- Are there outcomes that other researchers or practitioners can benefit from?
- Is the work original and has it been published/presented in some form before?
The winner will be announced and presented with their prize on Thursday 15 September during the iPres Community Session (2:00-3.30pm) in the Main Hall.
The Best Poster Prize
Prize: a trophy, a certificate and £ 500
Sponsored by the Digital Repository of Ireland
In order to recognize posters that stand out for their quality, iPres awards a prize to the author(s) of the Best Poster with commendation for two more. The top three posters are selected following a procedure based on the review scores and scores assigned by the Best Poster Prize Jury, using the following set of criteria:
- Does the work significantly advance knowledge in digital preservation?
- Does the work adequately build on or contextualize previous work?
- Is there sufficient evidence for claims presented by the authors?
The winner will be announced and presented with their prize on Thursday 15 September during the iPres Community Session (2:00-3.30pm) in the Main Hall.
The Best First Time Contribution Prize
Prize: a trophy, a certificate and registration and a contribution travel to attend iPres at some point in the next three years
Sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition
This prize encourages participation from newcomers, whether early in their career, or new converts to the digital preservation cause. It is a small part of ongoing efforts to make iPres an inclusive and supportive forum. The prize is for first time attendees. Any contribution will be considered, whether a paper or poster, a presentation at the Ad Hoc programme or at a panel, or contribution to the games room. That also includes contributions that respond to the conference programme, such as tweets, comments or killer questions ‘from the floor’ during the conference.
The winner is selected from a long list of nominations given by the members of the iPres 2022 Program Committee, to be considered by a smaller group of judges, based on the following criteria:
- The contribution has to be clearly expressed
- Relevant to the themes of the conference
- Contain sufficient insight to be worthy of further exploration
- Because the prize seeks to encourage participants who might not normally attend iPres, bonus points will be given for the extent to which a contribution brings new perspectives on digital preservation. Consequently, perspectives from sectors, disciplines, countries and industries not normally well represented will have a marginal advantage.
The Angela Dappert Memorial Prize
Prize: a trophy, a certificate and £ 500
Sponsored by Adam Farquhar
Angela Dappert was an inspiring leader in digital preservation and a valued member of our community, sharing practical applications and contributing important research up to her death in 2021.
The Angela Dappert Memorial Prize recognizes the contribution to the conference which best combines research and practice in digital preservation. All accepted conference contributions will be eligible for this prize, and will be judged against the following criteria:
- Does the contribution represent original innovative research?
- Is this research founded in a practical application?
- Can the community benefit from the learning presented through this contribution?
An independent selection committee will present a shortlist of 3-5 contributions that meet the criteria – along with comments to explain why they were selected – to Adam Farquhar, Angela’s husband, who will make the final decision. In the event of a conflict of interest, Adam Farquhar will nominate a member of the selection committee to make the final decision.
The winner will be announced and presented with their prize on Thursday 15 September during the iPres Community Session (2:00-3.30pm) in the Main Hall.