Digital library archiving and D Guide - Resources and Review

A collaborative organisation which aims to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK, and to promote related standards on a global scale. Provides access to a practical guide covering the management of digital resources over time and sustaining access to them. Also offers a quarterly publication jointly operated by the coalition and the Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) Gateway informing the community of recent developments.
 
Report of a study aiming to develop a framework for long
term preservation of digital material.
 
CURL is a group of UK research libraries whose mission is to promote, maintain and improve library resources for research in universities. The CURL database supports a record retrieval and reference service for library staff.
 
Proceedings of an international workshop organised by the Academia Europaea and the Wenner
Gren Foundation, Stockholm, 1997. Focuses on electronic publishing from three viewpoints: the preservation of academic material, past, current and future, access to such material in digital form, and quality issues including peer refereeing and authentication.
 
Project to develop digitised versions of the archival records and manuscript collections from five western Massachusetts colleges, relating primarily to women's history and education. Browse or search by college or keyword.
 
A collaborative organisation which aims to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK, and to promote related standards on a global scale. Provides access to a practical guide covering the management of digital resources over time and sustaining access to them. Also offers a quarterly publication jointly operated by the coalition and the Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) Gateway informing the community of recent developments.
 
Report summarising the findings of a study that evaluated Kodak Photo CD technology as a tool for preserving and making research materials available electronically.
 
At the end of 1994 the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA) and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) created a Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information charged with investigating and recommending means to ensure 'continued access indefinitely into the future of electronic records stored in digital electronic form'. This is the final report of the task force.
 
Information on work concerning the preservation of the documentary heritage in Europe focusing on paper
based materials, as well as sound, film, photographs, and digital archives. Concentrates on preservation as an integral element in collection management and issues like mass conservation and conversion or substitution, rather than traditional restoration techniques.
 
Report proposing that a publicly funded, permanent archive of digital materials produced in the UK and Ireland should be established, and that legal deposit legislation should be amended to cover electronic publications and other digital material.
 
Project aiming to address strategic, methodological, and practical issues associated with digital preservation and provide subsequent guidance for libraries. It intends to deliver guidelines for developing digital collection management policies which may ensure the long
term viability of any digital resources included in a collection, provide demonstrator projects to test and promote the technical and organisational feasibility of the chosen strategy, and an analysis of the cost implications of digital preservation.
 
Good practice report to documenting and organising aerial photography, remote sensing, archaeological, and digital data.
 
Part of the UKOLN server carrying a selection of British Library Reports. Includes reports on Digital Libraries, the Impact of Electronic Publishing on Library Services, Long
Term Preservation of Electronic Materials and Networked Information in an International Context.
 
US Library of Congress report discussing efforts to develop a national strategy for the preservation of digital information. The report is based on consultations between federal, scholarly, and non
profit organisations, and is presented in html format and as a PDF file.
 
Project which aims to define the requirements for creating, handling, and preserving reliable and authentic electronic records.
 
Report of a study carried out by staff of the UK Data Archive to explore the extent to which electronic materials being generated within the university sector, or with funding from the main research councils, were subject to preservation policies, and to discover the views of key people in universities and funding agencies on their future needs with respect to digital preservation.
 
Conference paper (January 1999) which provides guidance based on practical experience for those who wish to manage collections on computer disk. Appropriate materials, identification, metadata, copyright, preservation, and access considerations are dealt with in practical terms, to aid understanding and to show how this can be applied. Floppy disks, optical disks, CD
ROM, CD-R, and DVD-ROM are all considered, along with general principles and guidelines.
 
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