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Finalists Announced: DRI Award for Research & Innovation

Submitted on 11th June 2024

The finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Award 2024 for Research and Innovation, proudly sponsored by the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), have been announced! Four innovative and impressive initiatives are being recognised for their achievements.

Finalists for the Digital Repository of Ireland Award for Research and Innovation are (in no particular order):

  • Digital Archiving: Storage media prioritization methodology and tool
  • Disentangling Digital Preservation Risk with CHARM
  • Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
  • Play It Again: Preserving Australian Videogame History of the 1990s

Read more about each of the Digital Preservation Awards 2024 finalists in this category.

DRI Director Lisa Griffith said:

I am so encouraged to see representations of both practical innovations and groundbreaking research in the nominations this year. The standard was just so high this year, and each of the finalists definitely has potential to bring about significant impact to the digital preservation community.

Created by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) to raise awareness about digital preservation, the Digital Preservation Awards celebrate the work of the global digital preservation community, which works together to bring about a sustainable future for our digital assets. As sponsors of the Digital Preservation Award 2024 for Research and Innovation, DRI is proud to work with our long-time collaborators, the DPC, to recognise excellence in practical research and innovation activities.

Read more about the Digital Preservation Awards on the DPC website.


DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC).

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