The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has officially announced the projects which have made the short list for the DPC awards.  The  nominees were announced at the iPres 2010 conference earlier today.   
 
I am pleased to pass on the news that Preserving Virtual Worlds, our project with the Univ. of Illinois, Univ. of Maryland, and Rochester Inst. of Technology has been put on the short list for the international Digital Preservation Award.  This award is presented in London as part of the Institute of Conservation ‘s (ICon) Conservation Awards.
 
The official news release is at http://www.dpconline.org/newsroom/latest-news/638-2010-digital-preservation-award-shortlists-press-release.
 
Speaking of PVW, we have just completed the final project report for the first two-year project funded by Library of Congress. You can find the report here: 
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/17097