National Archives of Australia has been awarded the UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize for innovation in preserving digital records and heritage documents.
It recognises the Archives’ innovation, willingness to share research results and professional archival leadership. The prize is also for the Archives' worldwide investigation into conservation issues of parchment documents written in iron gall ink, which are vulnerable to iron gall corrosion.
The US$30,000 prize is awarded biennially. The prize money will fund a conservation student placement at the Archives as an investment in the future of documentary heritage preservation.
