FCT launches Arquivo.pt awards

FCT launches the first edition of the Arquivo.pt Awards, a Call created to promote the use of Arquivo.pt's old website preservation service and to encourage and recognize the investigation and discovery of useful applications of the Portuguese web archive for society. 

To compete, participants must submit, by May 4, a text and a short video describing the work carried out. Individual or group work can be submitted on any topic. The 1st Prize is worth 10,000 euros, the 2nd Prize is worth 3,000 euros and the 3rd Prize is worth 2,000 euros.

THE Call will 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 web information available in the archive.

Millions of pages are published on the web every day. After a short time, the vast majority of this information is no longer available and is irretrievably lost. Arquivo.pt is a search infrastructure managed by FCT that allows you to search and access archived web pages. The main objective is the preservation of information published on the web for memory, study and research purposes.

There are several examples of possible uses of the content preserved in this infrastructure. In 2017, the FCT, as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, presented the Time Tunnel , a journey into the Foundation's digital past, using the history preserved on Arquivo.pt. Recently, TSF, in celebration of its 30th anniversary, also used Arquivo.pt for an infographic that invites you to take a trip back in time through the Radio's website , where you can follow its evolution and review important moments in Portugal and the world.

More information about the Call are available on the FCT website and at Arquivo.pt