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12 March 2009
12 Digital Preservation Scholarships (New Zealand)
Category: Grants
What: Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Research Scholarships
Where: Wellington, New Zealand
Deadline: 15 May 2009
Sponsor: Victoria University of Wellington
Source: LISEA
Note: “Overseas students are encouraged to apply.”
Future Memory at Risk: Digital Preservation and Cultural Heritage
The creation of a national digital memory poses fundamental challenges for cultural heritage institutions. Libraries, archives and museums are searching for new ways to demonstrate their relevance in the digital world but these memory institutions are uncertain of the boundaries of their responsibilities which were established in a pre-digital age. Our future access to a trustworthy and meaningful national memory requires these institutions to identify, preserve and make accessible significant digital artefacts of society and also to capture the relationships of these artefacts to the contexts within which they were created and curated. People, institutions, places, events, cultural artefacts and resources are all important constituents. The purpose of this project is to investigate the varying responsibilities, as well as the potential contextual frameworks that govern a community’s diverse constituents. Outcomes will include relevant strategies for a collaborative digital preservation programme to provide the foundation for our digital national memory.
Applicants are expected to have the equivalent of a New Zealand first class honours degree and skills and research experience appropriate for the topic.
Each year, up to twelve scholarships can be awarded; each valued at $21,000 per annum for three years plus tuition fees.
Overseas students are encouraged to apply.
The deadline for applications is 15 May 2009. Further information is available at http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/admisenrol/payments/scholarships/stratresschol.aspx
Applicants for the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Research Scholarships are encouraged to also apply for a Victoria PhD Scholarship. Application forms for these scholarships are available from the scholarships’ database www.victoria.ac.nz/scholarships.
We will be very happy to take enquiries about the project, the scholarships, about living in Wellington, working as a PhD student at VUW and to attend to any other clarification needed.
Dr Chern Li Liew
Senior Lecturer
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
P O Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
email: ChernLi.Liew@vuw.ac.nz
Phone: +64 4 463 5213
Fax: +64 4 463 5446
Office: Easterfield Building EA 212, Kelburn Campus
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