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AHDS Guides to Good Practice
AHDS ( Arts and Humanities Data Service) (Date Created: 1999)
These guides providing the arts and humanities research and teaching communities with practical instruction in applying recognised standards and good practice to the creation and use of digital resources. Some of the Guides focus on methods and applications relevant to humanities disciplines, such as history, archaeology, visual arts, performing arts and textual and linguistic studies. Others address those areas which cross disciplinary boundaries.
ISSN: 1463-5194
http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/guides/index.htm
Ariadne
Ariadne (Regularly Updated)
This journal describes and evaluates sources and services available on the Internet and of potential use to librarians and information professionals. It reports every two months to the library community at large on progress and developments within the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib).
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/
Arts and Humanities Data Service Newsletter (AHDS)
AHDS In: Arts and Humanities Data Service (Regularly Updated)
This is a quarterly, web-based publication that regularly contains features about projects, services, and digital resources of interest to humanities scholars. The newsletter attempts to address issues of strategic and topical concern, such as digital resource preservation, methods for locating networked information resources, and models for supporting computer-assisted humanities research and teaching.
http://ahds.ac.uk/newsletters.htm

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Historical CIDL News
, Ottawa Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (Last Updated: 13 Dec 2006) (Canada)
An electronic periodical from the Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (CIDL) included information on digital projects, training opportunities, forthcoming events and resources. CIDL was dissolved on 31 March 2007.
ISSN: 1448-2000
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/cidl-ef/2007-09-28/cidl/0
40021-200-e.html
CLIR issues
Council on Library and Information Resources (Regularly Updated)
Published by the Council on Library and Information Resources, the bimonthly CLIR Issues embraces the entire range of information resources and services, from traditional library and archival materials to emerging digital formats, and provides news and information relevant to digital preservation issues.
http://www.clir.org/pubs/issues/issues.html
Copyright and New Media Law Newsletter: for Librarians and Information Specialists
Copyrightlaws.com (Regularly Updated)
This is a print newsletter, with subscription information and contents of previous issues available from the Internet site. The subscription includes e-mail alerts and an e-letter, Copyright & New Media Legal News. There is international coverage of a range of topics relating to copyright in the digital environment. Previous issues have included articles on: Crown Copyright in Canada; WIPO Digital Treaties Update; Copyright Collectives and Libraries; Developments in the UK and EU.
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=135507
Historical Cultivate Interactive
Cultivate Editor (Regularly Updated)
Cultivate Interactive was a pan-European Web magazine which was funded under the European Commission's DIGICULT programme. It was a mechanism for promotion and discussion of the DIGICULT projects and also a discussion platform for the broader digital culture community. Cultivate Interactive was aimed at the European cultural heritage community including IT staff, information professionals, researchers, managers, policy makers, libraries, museums, archives, galleries, non-profit making organisations. Its final issue was Feb 2003. Back Issues are still available.
ISSN: 1471-3225
http://www.cultivate-int.org/
Current Cites
Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE (Regularly Updated)
This annotated bibliography of selected articles, books, and digital documents on information technology is produced monthly and emailed to the PACS-L mailing list.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/

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D-Lib magazine
D-Lib magazine (Regularly Updated)
An online journal of digital library research which includes articles, news and commentary on advanced research and implementation projects in digital libraries.
ISSN: 1082-9873
http://www.dlib.org/
DCC Digital Curation Manual
Digital Curation Centre (Regularly Updated)
This journal will comprise various instalments on topics related to digital curation. Each instalment is written (and peer reviewed) by experts in that particular field and is regularly revised to encompass new developments. The Digital Curation Manual is designed to assist data creators and curators to better understand the challenges they face and the roles they play in creating, managing and preserving digital information.
ISSN: 1747-1524
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/curation-manual/
DigiCULT.Info Newsletter
DigiCULT Consortium (Regularly Updated)
This newsletter, with its mix of news items, announcements and articles, provided a regular look into selected technology areas affecting the cultural domain, along with summarising the progress of DigiCULT Forum. Last issue no. 10 Oct 2005.
http://www.digicult.info/pages/newsletter.php
Historical Digital Citizens
Coutts, John (Date Created: 10 Jul 2003) (United Kingdom)
This article from the Guardian discusses e-government and its implications for digital preservation. Digital data integrity is discussed within the context of public records such as births and deaths, and implications for local archives are also briefly discussed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2003/jul/10/onlinesupplement.epub
lic
in, Guardian Online
Digital Curation Centre Case Studies and Interviews
Digital Curation Centre (Date Created: Dec 2005)
The purpose of this series is to disseminate examples of best practice, share experiences with digital curation issues, and to identify future digital curation requirements among our user communities.
ISSN: 1749-8767
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/case-studies/
Digital Document Quarterly
Henry Gladney (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
Digital Document Quarterly is a privately published journal that "addresses document qualities that can be managed automatically or semi-automatically - properties such as integrity, confidentiality, authenticity, trustworthiness and so on. " At least the first three numbers [DDQ1 (1), DDQ 1(2), and DDQ 1(3)] focus on digital preservation issues, challenging a number of perceived misconceptions in the digital preservation field, and proposing action based on an understanding of certain philosophical propositions.
http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq.htm
Digital Preservation : Finding Balance
Johns Hopkins University Press (Date Created: Dec 2005)
This special issue of Library Trends is devoted to digital preservation. The articles include - Exploring variety in digital collections and the implications for digital preservation by Mackenzie Smith; Web archiving methods and approaches: A comparative study by Julien Masanes; Digital archiving in the 20th century: practice at the National Library of the Netherlands by Johan Steenbakkers; What should we preserve : the question for heritage libraries in the digital world; Preservation metadata : the National Library of New Zealand experience by Steve Knight; Practical preservation : the PREMIS experience by Priscilla Caplan; Establishing a global digital format registry by Stephen Abrams; Prototype preservation environments by Reagan Moore; Building preservation partnerships : the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and preservation program by William Lefurgy.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/toc/lib54.1.html
Library Trends, Vol. 54, no. 1 (Summer 2005)
The DLF Newsletter
(United States of America)
The Digital Library Federation (DLF) Newsletter is a quarterly web-based publication which reports on the progress of DLF initiatives and those of member institutions on new digital library services, collections, projects, and challenges. This information exchange also acts as a gateway onto three registries that provide a clearinghouse of members' digital library expertise and activities.
http://www.diglib.org/pubs/newsletter.htm

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e-Culture : a newsletter on cultural content and digital heritage
CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service), European Commission (Regularly Updated)
A newsletter of the Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme of the European Commission. Includes updates of ISTactivities, project reports and news of associated events and websites.
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/digicult/newsletter.htm
Historical Exploit Interactive
UKOLN (Last Updated: Oct 2000)
Exploit Interactive was the web magazine of the Exploit project, which was designed to promote the results of European Union library projects and to facilitate their take-up by the market of library and information systems. Exploit Interactive ceased publication in October 2000.
ISSN: 1465-7511
http://www.exploit-lib.org/

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First Monday
University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago (Date Created: May 1996) (United States of America)
First Monday publishes original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. It is one of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, about the Internet.
ISSN: 1396-0466
http://www.firstmonday.dk/

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High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine
HEPLW Team; HEPLW Team; HEPLW Team (Last Updated: 12 Mar 2001)
Produced primarily by the CERN Scientific Information Service, this webzine discusses issues relevant to both information workers and clients of high energy physics libraries including document preservation and archiving.
http://library.cern.ch/HEPLW/
ISSN 1424-2729

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IASSIST Quarterly
International Association for SocialScience Information Service and Technology (Regularly Updated)
IASSIST Quarterly reports on activities related to the production, acquisition, preservation, processing, distribution and use of machine-readable data.
ISSN: 0739-1137
http://www.iassistdata.org/publications/iq/
Info@UK
Archer, Richard; Information Management Research Institute (IMRI), University of Northumbria (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
Info@UK is a monthly bulletin reporting news on Information Society developments of interest to information professionals in the UK and worldwide, and includes coverage of digital library initiatives, resources and electronic records management. Available in PDF or Word format, it is compiled by the Information Management Research Institute (IMRI) of the University of Northumbria on behalf of the British Council.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/ism-info@uk-about.htm
INFORMAA Quarterly
Records Management Association of Australia (Regularly Updated) (Australia)
INFORMAA Quarterly is the national journal of the Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA) and is only available in print. An aim of the RMAA is to provide a forum to debate and develop records management principles and record keeping techniques. The journal includes articles on the selection and preservation of digital records.
ISSN: 0816-200X
International Journal of Digital Curation
UKOLN at the University of Bath and the Digital Curation Centre (Regularly Updated)
This journal is published in electronic form twice a year. It features papers, articles and news items on curation of digital objects and related issues.
ISSN: 1746-8256
http://www.ijdc.net
International Journal on Digital Libraries
Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Regularly Updated)
The International Journal on Digital Libraries is a quarterly journal aimed at advancing the theory and practice of acquisition, definition, organisation, management, and dissemination of digital information via global networking. It emphasises issues in digital information production, management, and use; high-speed networks and connectivity; interoperability and seamless integration of information, people, profiles, tasks, and needs; security and privacy of individuals and business transactions; and effective business processes.
ISSN: 1432-1300
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00799/index.htm
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries (Regularly Updated)
This quarterly online journal publishes material of interest to science and technology librarians. Articles include present details of successful programs and services, background information and opinions on current topics, and research on issues in science and technology libraries.
http://www.istl.org/
ISSN 1092-1206

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JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing
Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan (Regularly Updated)
Published 3-4 times a year, The Journal of Electronic Publishing includes articles and case studies in the area of electronic publishing; archiving issues fall within the scope of this journal. In 2006
ISSN: 1080-2711
http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/
Journal of Digital Information
Texas Digital Library (Regularly Updated)
JoDI is a peer-reviewed Web journal originally supported by the British Computer Society and Oxford University Press. It is now hosted by the Texas Digital Library. The journal publishes papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments. It also provides scope for the online discussion of articles.
ISSN: 1368-7506
http://journals.tdl.org/jodi

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About Legacy Coding: The E-Publication for Legacy IT professionals
The Progeni Corporation (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
A bimonthly e-zine of information about and personal experiences with legacy system conversions with a particular emphasis on the COBOL computer language. There is an archive of back issues from December 1999 onwards.
http://www.aboutlegacycoding.com/
Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter
Library of Congress (Date Created: Mar 2008) (United States of America)
Monthly online newsletter containing National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) updates and news from more than 100 partners. Available by email subscription to Library of Congress updates.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/2008/20080303news_article_news
letter.html
By email subscription to http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USLOC_13

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METAe-news : the newsletter to the Metadata Engine Project
Higher Education Digitisation Service (Regularly Updated)
First issued in January 2001, METAe-news is a regular web-based newsletter reporting on the Metadata Engine Project and related activities of METAe partners.
http://heds.herts.ac.uk/METAe/news.htm

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New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia
Taylor and Francis (Regularly Updated)
Previously entitled Hypermedia (1989-94), this annual review examines developments in hypermedia and multimedia technology. In 2001 the journal will focus on digital library issues.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13614568.asp
Available via subscription

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Portal : Libraries and the Academy
Johns Hopkins University Press (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
'A journal that presents research findings and provides regular coverage of issues in technology, publishing, and periodicals, portal is written by librarians for librarians. Peer-reviewed articles address subjects such as library administration, information technology, and information policy.'
ISSN: 1530-7131
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/index.ht
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RLG DigiNews
Research Libraries Group (Regularly Updated)
RLG DigiNews was a bi-monthly newsletter from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) providing information on digital initiatives with a preservation component or rationale, on image conversion and digital archiving projects, and current announcements. RLG DigiNews ceased with last issue 15 April 2007. Back issues are now available from OCLC.
http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/newsletters/diginews.htm

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Historical ShelfLife
Research Libraries Group (Last Updated: Feb 2005) (United States of America)
ShelfLife was "a weekly executive news summary for information professionals worldwide", published by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) in collaboration with NewsScan, Inc. The list was discontinued in 2005. Archives are available from http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObjectMain.jsp;jsessionid=84ae0c5f8240990c2346856c46d6844bd134d5aaa135?fileid=0000059075:000003279874&reqid=610
ISSN: 1538-4284
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObjectMain.jsp;jsessionid=84ae0c
5f8240990c2346856c46d6844bd134d5aaa135?fileid=0000059075:000003279874&
reqid=610

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Tietolinja News
Helsinki University Library (Last Updated: 2001) (Finland)
Tietolinja News is the Electronic Newsletter of the Library Network Services [LNS], Helsinki University Library. LNS is responsible for the national co-ordination of the academic library network, the maintenance of the legal deposit services, the production of the national bibliographies, compiling the union catalogues and carrying out development activity in the fields of library information technology and new electronic services. Contains abstracts in English.
ISSN: 1239-9132
http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/tietolinja/news/

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Upgrade and Archive : the Ongoing Threat of Data Extinction
Hook, Brian R. (Date Created: 28 Aug 2003)
This news article briefly discusses some of the issues and approaches to digital preservation, including conversion of file formats and archiving of hardware as well as software.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31436.html
in E-Commerce Times, 28 August 2003

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