VANCOUVER Oct 27, 2016 —The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) famous Bronwen Sprout of a University of British Columbia Library with a 2016 Outstanding Contribution Award. This award, that might be given annually to an sold or group operative in a member library, recognizes model contributions to a consortium. These contributions should raise use in mixed COPPUL libraries and have an impact via a region. Ms. Sprout was awarded for her contributions in a area of digital preservation, in sold for her care purpose in a growth of Archivematica-as-a-service. Archivematica now serves as COPPUL’s common digital refuge platform, charity scaled and upheld entrance to high peculiarity digital refuge services. Ms. Sprout has served as co-chair of a Digital Preservation Working Group given 2012 and also sits on a Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Management Committee. It is a covenant to a impact of Ms. Sprout’s contributions that she was in fact nominated for this endowment twice, by apart groups. Both nominations spoke of her vision, collaborative proceed and many accomplishments that directly advantage a members of COPPUL.
DPN Manager Corey Davis said, “Providing entrance to vicious digital resources over time presents a formidable set of hurdles to libraries of all sizes, and Ms. Sprout’s prophesy and efforts to rise and muster a real-world resolution continues to make a genuine impact on COPPUL members’ ability to commence effective digital refuge on their campuses.”
Board Chair Mary-Jo Romaniuk stated, “Ms. Sprout’s care and joining have been instrumental in relocating COPPUL’s digital refuge bulletin forward, positioning COPPUL for destiny collaborative initiatives in this critical area.”
For some-more information on a Digital Preservation Network, greatfully visit http://www.coppul.ca/dpn-project.
