Digital Materials
General Information
Collaboration in the Digital Age Glossary (PDF, 44KB)
Institute of Museum and Library Services and Heritage Preservation
Copyright Resources
University Committee on Copyright, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright Town Meetings
The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
Curation Reference Manual
Digital Curation Centre
Digital Preservation Coalition Handbook
Digital Preservation Coalition
Preservation Leaflet 6.8 Digital Preservation Readiness Webliography
Liz Bishoff, Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries and Head of the Office of Sponsored Programs,
University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries (April 2008)
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Preservation Leaflet 6.9 Selected Cultural Heritage Digitization Bibliography
Dr. David Green, Principal, Knowledge Culture (2007)
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Preserving Access to Digital Information
National Library of Australia
Sustainability of Digital Formats Planning for Library of Congress Collections
Library of Congress
WebWise 2007 Conference Proceedings, Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use (PDF, 2.6. MB, link to parent page)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Assessment Tools
Curation Manual, "Appraisal and Selection" (PDF, 270 KB, link to parent page)
Ross Harvey, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University (Australia), 2007
Digital Curation Centre
Risk Management of Digital Information: A File Format Investigation (PDF, 211KB, link to parent page)
Council on Library and Information Resources
Surveying Digital Preservation Readiness: Toolkit for Cultural Organizations
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Best Practices and Standards
BCR’s CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices Version 2.0 (PDF, 1 MB, link to parent page)
Lyrasis
Digital Best Practices
Washington State Library
Digital Library Standards and Practices
Digital Library Federation
A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections (PDF, 1.5 MB, link to parent page)
National Information Standards Organization
The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, University of Glasgow, and the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage
Open Archives Initiative
Understanding PREMIS (PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies)
(PDF, 543K, link to parent page)
by Priscilla Caplan for the Library of Congress
Care of Digital Materials
Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
(PDF, 822KB, link to parent page)
Council on Library and Information Resources
Caring for CDs and DVDs (PDF, 205KB, link to parent page)
National Preservation Office, The British Library
Conserve O Gram 19/19 Care of Archival Compact Discs (PDF, 1MB, link to parent page)
National Park Service
Conserve O Gram 19/20 Care of Archival Digital and Magnetic Media (PDF, 1MB, link to parent page)
National Park Service
Collaboration
Collaborative Digitization Discussion List
DigiStates
Collaborative Digitization Programs in the United States
Middle Tennessee State University
Managing the Collective Collection
RLG, OCLC
Mass Digitization Collaborative
Lyrasis
Funding
Business Planning for Cultural Heritage Institutions: A framework and resource guide to assist cultural heritage institutions with business planning for sustainability of digital asset management programs
Liz Bishoff and Nancy Allen, 2004
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Building a New Research Environment
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Digitizing Historical Records and Electronic Records Projects
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PDF, 20MB, link to parent page)
Library of Congress
Grants for Digital Collections/Tools
Institute for Museum and Library Services
Office of Digital Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
Office of Preservation and Access
National Endowment for the Humanities
Seeking Sustainability, Ricky Erway, RLG Program Officer, OCLC Programs and Research
(PDF, 87 KB, link to parent page)
RLG, OCLC
Training
Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems (tutorial)
Cornell University Library
Some organizations that offer digital preservation workshops and training programs:
American Association for State and Local History
Image Permanence Institute
Museum Computer Network
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Society of American Archivists
OCLC Western Service Center
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