FCT launches the 2nd edition of the Arquivo.pt Prize in 2019

FCT is launching the second edition of the Arquivo.pt Award in 2019. This Call aims to encourage and recognize research and the discovery of useful applications of the Portuguese web archive for society. Applications will be open from January 2019.

This edition will continue to reward original and innovative works that demonstrate the usefulness of the Arquivo.pt service and the importance of preserving and using information published on the web. The works must have Arquivo.pt as the main source of information, and be practical applications or complete research studies based on the information preserved on the web by Arquivo.pt.

Millions of pages are published on the web every day. However, after a short time, the vast majority of this information is no longer available and is irretrievably lost. Arquivo.pt goes against this trend. It is a research infrastructure managed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) that allows you to search and access web pages that have been archived since 1996. The main objective is to preserve information published on the web for memory, study and research purposes.

More information about the Call is available at http://arquivo.pt/premios.