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Site Index

Guide to Online Resources > Care for Collections > 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)

Digital Curation Centre Resource Centre
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

Digital 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)
Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR)

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

Collaborative Digitization Project
Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR)

Managing the Collective Collection
RLG, OCLC

 

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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