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Our next set of finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards 2020 is now revealed, with another three innovative and impressive initiatives being recognised for their achievements. Finalists for the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) <https://www.software.ac.uk/> Award for Research and Innovation are (in no particular order): * Levels of Born-Digital Access<index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3309:dpa2020-levels-of-born-digital-access&catid=100:digital-preservation-awards> * DiAGRAM (the Digital Archiving Graphical Risk Assessment Model created by the Safeguarding the Nation's Digital Memory project)<index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3310:dpa2020-diagram&catid=100:digital-preservation-awards> * Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) v1.0<index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3311:dpa2020-ocfl&catid=100:digital-preservation-awards> Read more about each of the Digital Preservation Awards 2020 finalists<index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3303:dpa2020-finalists&catid=100:digital-preservation-awards> Sponsor of the Award for Research and Innovation, Neil Chue Hong of the Software Sustainability Institute said: "I am delighted that these important projects have been selected as finalists. Each one demonstrates a level of innovation and research which has the potential to benefit the entire global digital preservation community." Other finalists will be announced over the course of this week and DPC Member voting will open on Wednesday 16th September 2020. The digital preservation community will also have chance to hear about the work of the finalists, as they will be invited to form part of the #WeMissiPRES<events/wemissipres> program dedicated to showcasing 'The Best of Digital Preservation in 2020' on Wednesday 23rd September 2020. Finalists will then wait until the World Digital Preservation Day<events/world-digital-preservation-day> on 5th November 2020 when winners will be revealed as part of an online celebration with the digital preservation community, friends, family and peers from leading organisations. The DPC would like to thank sponsors<https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards/credits-and-sponsorship>: Google, The International Council on Archives, The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI), The Dutch Digital Heritage Network (DHN), The National Records of Scotland, The National Archives UK, Arkivum, Artefactual, AVP, CAE Technology Systems, Formpipe, LIBNOVA, Max Communications and Preservica for their support of the Digital Preservation Awards 2020. *Apologies for cross-posting* Sarah Middleton Head of Communications and Advocacy Digital Preservation Coalition 37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP Tel: 01904 601952 http://www.dpconline.org/ Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter: @Sarah_DPC 'In a crisis the duty to document is not diminished: on the contrary it becomes more essential.' Joint statement on record keeping and preservation in the light of COVID19<https://www.dpconline.org/news/the-duty-to-document-covid> The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent and does not constitute legal advice. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please scan all attachments. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the DPC. Registered in England No: 4492292 ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce