In 2006, the Library of the ARTIUM Centre-Museum received the National SEDIC prize for the best contribution to the quality and innovation of art museum libraries, documentation centres and archives, awarded by the Spanish Scientific Documentation and Information Society (SEDIC). The prize was conferred by unanimous decision in recognition of the fact that, among other values, "innovation is a constant in its approach to its work and in the products and services it offers". The jury was made up of members of the National Library, SEDIC, professors from universities of Madrid and Valladolid and the directors of museums such as the National Roman Art Museum and Oteiza Museum in Alzuza.
The jury took into account “the excellent quality of the report presented by the library and documentation centre of ARTIUM, in which it set out its objectives and the way it pursues these with enormous clarity, basing itself on a preliminary study of the information needs of the museum itself and the requirements of researchers in contemporary art”. The jury's decision also highlighted the services provided by the Centre-Museum through its website: “the easy accessibility of the catalogue, which combines hard-copy bibliographical records of art works with electronic documents” as well as the "comprehensive information on artists, including bibliographies, newspaper articles, artworks in ARTIUM and other institutions, as well as links to many of these in the section "Guide to contemporary art".
The SEDIC award also attested to “the ARTIUM Centre-Museum’s work in the digitisation of posters, comics and its own production of digital material", as well as the organisation of exhibitions and other activities and workshops. The jury "was clearly aware that innovation is a constant aspect of its work strategy and of the products and services it offers".
More information about the award at SEDIC's website