[PARBICA] FW: National Archives of Australia awarded the 2011 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World prize

Thu Jun 2 17:01:53 EDT 2011

Congratulations National Archives of Australia.

This is an inspiration for Pacific Islands Archives and yes Mark
something that should be highlighted in Samoa... 

Salesia

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[mailto:parbica-bounces at lists.spc.int] On Behalf Of Mark Crookston
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2011 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World prize

Yes this is excellent news, and something that could be highlighted in
the UNESCO Memory of the World sessions at the PARBICA conference in
Samoa in August.

In case you've forgotten, information about the conference is available
here: http://www.parbica.org/conf14.htm

Mark

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Subject: [PARBICA] FW: National Archives of Australia awarded the 2011
UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World prize

Congratulations, well deserved.

Karin

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CUNNINGHAM Adrian
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Subject: [archives-and-records-australia:207] National Archives of
Australia awarded the 2011 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World prize

The Director-General of UNESCO has announced that the National Archives
of Australia has been awarded the 2011 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World
prize for innovation in preserving digital records and heritage
documents. 

The prize recognises the Archives' ability to be innovative in this
area, its willingness to share the results of its research and its
professional leadership. Over the last 40 years, the Archives has become
a world leader in the archival profession, consistently sharing
professional expertise through numerous publications and open source
tools for digital preservation. The prize also recognises the Archives
for its worldwide investigation into the conservation issues of
parchment documents written in iron gall ink, which are vulnerable to
iron gall corrosion. 

 Attached is the link to the media release issued by the UNESCO/Jiki
Memory of the World Prize:

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/national_ar
chives_of_australia_to_receive_unescojikji_memory_of_the_world_prize/
<http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/national_a
rchives_of_australia_to_receive_unescojikji_memory_of_the_world_prize/> 

The Jikji is the earliest known book printed with movable metal type in
1377. The UNESCO/Jikji prize was established in 2004 in cooperation with
the South Korean government to promote the objectives of the Memory of
the World Program. The US$30,000 prize is awarded biennially. Previous
winners are the Czech Republic, Austria and Malaysia. 

The prize money will go to fund a conservation student placement at the
Archives as an investment in the future of documentary heritage
preservation. 

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