Editorial Notes... Spanning 45 Years / Regarding the 7th Digital Archive Society Award
artscape celebrated its 30th anniversary and received the 7th Digital Archive Society Award for its contributions.Summary
This editorial note begins with New Year greetings and reflects on 2025, which marked the 30th anniversary of the artscape website launch. The editorial team spent the year reflecting on the complex history embedded in the site and media's evolution over the past three decades. The 30th-anniversary projects included looking toward the future of web media and focusing on local activities, which will continue until March. Furthermore, the author joyfully announces that artscape received the 7th Digital Archive Society Award (Merit Award). The award recognizes artscape's 30 years of continuous dissemination of museum and exhibition information since its 1995 launch, highlighting the significant value of its accumulated resources like the 'Museum Database' and 'Artwords®' as crucial records from the dawn of digital archiving in Japan. The author attended the award ceremony and felt honored to be recognized among distinguished recipients.
(Source：artscape)