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aDORe Archive
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library (Date Created: 18 May 2006) (United States of America)
The aDORe Archive is a write-once/read-many storage approach for Digital Object datastreams. The archive uses a combination of two file based storage systems- XML based files and ARC files. The aDORe software was developed by the LANL (Los Almos National Laboratory) Digital Library Research & Prototyping Team and was partly funded by an NDIIP grant from the Library of Congress. The website includes a tutorial and links to articles on the aDORe archive software.
http://african.lanl.gov/aDORe/projects/adoreArchive/
AktiveArchive
AktiveArchive (Regularly Updated) (Switzerland)
This is the website of AktiveArchives a research project begun in 2004 by the Hochschule der Künste, Bern (Berne University of the Arts) and the Schweizerischen Instituts für Kunstwissenschaft (Swiss Institute for Art Research). The project aims to research, document and preserve electronic artworks.
http://www.aktivearchive.ch/
Archive of the Czech Web
National Library of the Czech Republic (Regularly Updated) (Czech Republic)
The Archive of Czech web resources, known as WebArchiv, was established to selectively archive the Czech domain based on a voluntary deposit agreement with authors and publishers. There are links to documentation (mainly in Czech) and selection criteria.
http://en.webarchiv.cz
Archive-it
Internet Archive (Regularly Updated)
Archive-it is a subscription service established by the Internet Archive together with various partners from state archives and university libraries. It allows subscribers to build, manage and search their own unique web archive containing only the content they are interested in harvesting. This allows these collections to be more in depth and focussed on a particular area than the general Web archive. Archive-It collections have more functionality as they can be searched in full text, whereas the Internet Archive via the Wayback Machine, cannot be searched in this way. The website provides tours of the user interface and applications, an extensive list of FAQs and access to the archived collections of the pilot partners.
http://www.archiveit.org
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Archivierung Digitaler Medien
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Regularly Updated) (Austria)
The Austrian National Library's electronic archiving web page. The text emphasises that permanent archiving of electronic publications is dependent on the enactment of effective legal deposit legislation. Links are made to the 2000 amendment to legal deposit law (the Novelle zum Mediengesetz), which extended the scope of the legislation to include offline media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs. The complications associated with the deposit and control of online publications are also addressed.
http://www.onb.ac.at/about/lza/
Archiving and Interchange DTD
National Centre for Biotechnology Information (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
A suite of XML Document Type Definitions created by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information. This DTD suite is intended to preserve the intellectual content of journals independent of the form in which the content was originally delivered. It provides a common format by which publishers and archives can exchange journal content. Complete documentation is available at the site and the suite of modules is available for download by FTP.
http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/
Archiving the Web Sites of Political Parties in Germany : a Joint Project of the Archives of Political Foundations Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft : Politisches Internet Archiv
Archiv de sozialen Demokratie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Date Created: 2006) (Germany)
Although this site is mostly in German there are some links to English reosources and similar projects.
http://www.fes.de/archiv/spiegelung/default.htm
Historical ARL digital initiatives database
Association of Research Libraries (Last Updated: 2006)
This web-based registry contained descriptions of digital initiatives in or involving libraries. The database was developed in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and included links to project websites. The database was archived in late 2006.
http://www.arl.org/did/
For copy of database as at late 2006 email webmgr@arl.org.
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica (Austria)
This organisation has several purposes, including the Ars Electronica Center, which is a Museum of the Future, a research and development facility, Ars Electronica Futurelab, a Laboratory for Future Innovations, and the Ars Electronica archive. The Ars Electronica archive features 25 years of digital media art.
http://www.aec.at/en/index.asp
Arts and Humanities Data Service
Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
AHDS is a national service to collect, describe and preserve the electronic resources which result from research and teaching in the humanities. One of its aims is to develop strategies for preserving digital cultural heritage.
http://ahds.ac.uk/
Audio Preservation
PARS Recording and Photographic Media Committee. Contributing Editor: Hannah Frost In: CoOL Conservation OnLine : Resources for Conservation Professionals (Regularly Updated)
A bibliography of resources on the preservation of sound recordings maintained on the Conservation Online (CoOL) website. The bibliography includes resources on care, handling and restoration of recorded materials, and best practice guidelines and standards for their preservation, including creation and preservation of digital audio recordings.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/audio/
Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS)
National Archives of Australia (Regularly Updated) (Australia)
This metadata standard is a set of 17 descriptive elements which government departments and agencies can use to improve the visibility and accessibility of their services and information over the Internet.
http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/publications/AGLS-Element.asp
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Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR)
Scholarly Technology Services, Australian National University (Regularly Updated) (Australia)
This project, funded by the Australian Dept. of Education, Science and Training, has five partners - the Australian National University, National Library of Australia, University of Queensland, University of Sydney and the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing. The aim of the project is to act as a centre of excellence for the management of scholarly assets in digital format. The project consists of four interlinked programs - digital continuity and sustainability, International linkages program, National Services Program and Practices and Testbed.
http://www.apsr.edu.au/index.html

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BCR's CDP Digital Toolbox
Collaborative Digitization Program (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
The Digital Toolbox is designed to guide administrators through the range of questions to ask in the initial planning stages of a digital project. It provides links to general information on digital projects and information on the technical aspects of digitisation. The Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP originally the Colorado Digitization Project) merged with BCR in April 2007.
http://www.bcr.org/cdp/digitaltb/index.html
Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
University of California Berkeley Library and Sun Microsystems Inc. (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This site builds digital collections and services, as well as providing information and support to digital library developers worldwide. It includes links to: information for digital library developers on topics such as copyright, metadata, preservation and standards; digital library projects; tools for building digital libraries; and training for digital librarians.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
Historical Beyond Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web
McKiernan, Gerry (Last Updated: 22 Mar 2001)
Beyond Bookmarks is a clearinghouse of World Wide Web sites that have applied or adopted standard classification schemes or controlled vocabularies to organise or provide enhanced access to Internet resources.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/CTW.htm
BRICKS Community
(Date Created: 2004)
The BRICKS community is a worldwide federation of chultural heritage institutions, research organisations, technological and digital library service providers and digital co-operating to to create the BRICKS Cultural Heritage Network to foster European digital memory through the BRICKS project. The BRICKS project was funded 1 June 2004 to 30 June 2007.
http://www.brickscommunity.org/

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CACHe : Recovering Computer Arts Histories
University of London (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
CACHe is a 3-year research project founded in 2002 based at the School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media at Birkbeck, University of London and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The purpose of this project is to document, collect and provide access to digital arts from the 1960s and 1970s.
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hosted/cache/index.htm
California Digital Library - standards documents
California Digital Library (Last Updated: 04 Oct 2007) (United States of America)
This site, the publications page of the California Digital Library, contains links to guidelines for metadata, content and encoding, digital image formats and image capture, as used by the CDL. Other guidelines and activities are also listed.
http://www.cdlib.org/about/publications/
Historical Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries
Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (Regularly Updated) (Canada)
The Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (CIDL) was an alliance of Canadian libraries which promoted, coordinated and facilitated the development of Canadian digital collections and services in order to optimise national interoperability and long-term access to Canadian digital library resources. CIDL was dissolved on 31 March 2007 and was a forerunner of AlouetteCanada.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/cidl-ef/2007-09-28/cidl/i
ndex-e.html
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Capturing Unstable Media
V2_ Organisation (Date Created: 2003) (Netherlands)
Developed by the V2_ Organisation, this project used two electronic art projects as case studies to focus on ways to capture and preserve electronic art independent of medium, including documentation, metadata and interoperability aspects. The project has resulted in a series of recommendations, including documentation guidelines and a formal model (ontology). The results of the project were added to the website in March 2004.
http://capturing.projects.v2.nl/
CD Information Center
The CD-Info Company (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This site has information and links provided by the CD-Info Company and includes a glossary and a "technology overview".
http://www.cd-info.com/
CD-Recordable FAQ
McFadden, Andy (Regularly Updated)
This comprehensive document attempts to answer Frequently Asked Questions about CD-Recordable technology. It is updated regularly, and covers a broad range of issues.
http://www.cdrfaq.org/
Clearinghouse of Image Databases and the IMAGELIB listserv archives
Glogoff, S.; The University of Arizona Library (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This website gathers technical and descriptive information about imaging projects as information resources. It includes brief descriptions of the projects and provides contact details for further information.
http://elearn.arizona.edu/imagelib/
CODATA/ICSTI Prototype Portal on Permanent Access to Scientific Data and Information
CODATA; ICSTI (International Council on Scientific and Technical Information) (Regularly Updated)
This website is a portal to resources on managing and preserving geospatial data and related electronic records. It contains links to a Guide to Managing Geospatial Electronic Records; a Data Model for Managing and Preserving Geospatial Electronic Records; categorized references to related resources; project presentations; and materials from, Extending the Boundaries: A workshop on Managing and Preserving Geospatial Electronic Records.
http://stills.nap.edu/shelves/codata/index.html
Collecting, Archiving and Exhibiting Digital Design Data
Art Institute of Chicago (Date Created: Oct 2005) (United States of America)
Initiated by the Department of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago and undertaken by Karen Fallon and Associates, the purpose of the study was to examine the collection, archiving, and uses of digital design data produced by architects and industrial designers. The results of the study are extensive and are divided into 25 files. Section two is of most relevance as it deals with archiving digital design data: practices and technology, including preparing, collecting, and processing the data and its cataloguing, storage, and preservation. The study's final recommendations cover the life cycle of a digital work of art, including: types and classification of data appropriate for collection; indexing and metadata; data formats (archival, native, and derivative); format registration; storage; long-term maintenance; periodic migration; format updates and disaster recovery provisions for digital originals; and techniques for and opportunities to provide digital archive access to a broader community.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/depts/architecture/ddd.html
Commonwealth Records Management Web Pages
National Archives of Australia (Last Updated: 2007) (Australia)
The Records Management web pages provide information on the National Archives of Australia's policy and procedures for appraising, sentencing, transferring and disposing of Commonwealth government records. They also give advice on records management procedures, preservation issues and outsourcing work for all record formats including digital.
http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/index.aspx
Computer Game Museum : Das Computerspiele Museum
Das Computerspiele Museum (Regularly Updated) (Germany)
This is the website of the Computer Game Museum in Berlin, which is a museum of computer game hardware and software. The Web site is predominately in German, but there are links to articles in English.
http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/
Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)
CURL (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
CURL is a group of UK research libraries whose collective mission is "to promote, maintain and improve library resources for research, learning and teaching in research-led universities." CURL's objectives are: (1) to develop cooperative solutions to the tasks faced in the acquisition, processing, storage, preservation, exploitation, dissemination and delivery of information and library materials"; and (2) to assist member libraries to pursue and achieve their own institutional objectives. CURL's CEDARS project has focussed on digital preservation issues.
http://www.curl.ac.uk/
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Historical Consultation on Online Publications
National Library of Canada (Last Updated: 2004) (Canada)
Consultation on Online Publications is an initiative of the National Library of Canada to bring together experts from various sectors of the Canadian publishing community with National Library staff, to discuss key issues that the National Library must address when collecting and providing access to online publications. This is a new website that will be updated as more information is available.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/consultation_online_publi
cations-ef/8/7/index-e.html
CoOL Conservation OnLine : Resources for Conservation Professionals
Stanford University Libraries (Date Created: Feb 1993) (United States of America)
CoOL, a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials. It includes sections on electronic media and records.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
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Copyright and Licensing for Digital Preservation Home Page : CLDP Project
Loughborough University (Last Updated: 10 Mar 2004) (United Kingdom)
"The aim of the Copyright and Licensing for Digital Preservation (CLDP) research project is to investigate whether copyright legislation and licensed access to digital content threaten the ability of libraries to provide long-term access to that content and to suggest ways in which the problems can be overcome." The web site also provides links to the discussion paper "Copyright and Licensing for Digital Preservation project" and questionnaires which will be used to gauge the awareness of stakeholders of digital preservation issues and detail and identify any problems in this area.
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/CLDP/index.htm
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
The Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) is a not-for-profit organisation which undertakes, fosters, and promotes research in the public interest. Its activities centre around strategic development of network-based information technologies.
http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Council on Library and Information Resources (Regularly Updated)
CLIR embraces the entire range of information resources and services, from traditional library and archival materials to emerging digital formats, and the entire network of organisations that gather, catalogue, store, preserve, distribute, and provide access to information. The CLIR Board of Directors has identified six areas, all focused on the long-term accessibility of scholarly resources, that deserve immediate attention: preservation awareness, resources for scholarship, digital libraries, economics of information, leadership and international developments.
http://www.clir.org/
Historical Creating a European Library Space; Telematics for Libraries - home page
European Commission (Last Updated: 28 Jan 2000)
The Telematics Programme aimed to facilitate access to knowledge held in libraries throughout the European Union while reducing disparities between national systems and practices. Topics covered included networking (OSI, Web), cataloguing (OPACs), resource discovery, imaging, multimedia (CD-ROM), distance learning, public libraries, music information, standards, copyright and policy coordination. Information on opportunities for libraries, museums, archives and related partners in connection with the Fifth Framework Programme is available from the Digital Heritage and Cultural Content site: http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult/
http://www.cordis.lu/libraries/
Creating and Managing Digital Content
Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) (Date Created: 27 Apr 2002) (Canada)
This web site, maintained by the Canadian Heritage Information Network, provides guidance on creating and managing digital resources for heritage projects, including an overview of issues and resources in preservation of digital materials.
http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/index.html
CRiB : Conversion and Recommendation of Digital Object Formats
Universidade do Minho. Dept. of Information Systems (Regularly Updated) (Portugal)
CRiB is a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) designed to assist cultural heritage institutions in the implementation of migration-based preservation interventions. Functionalty includes recommending optimal migration alternatives that take into consideration the preservation requirements of the client institution; conversion of digital objects to up-to-date encodings; evaluating the migration outcomes by comparing the original digital object with its converted counterparts and identifying the significant properties that have not been correctly preserved; and the generation of migration reports for inclusion in the preservation metadata of migrated objects. The web site also has links to demonstrators, evaluation taxonomies and related articles.
http://crib.dsi.uminho.pt
CRUMB : Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss
University of Sutherland (Regularly Updated)
Sponsored by the AHRB (Art and Humanities Research Board), this site has resources on many aspects of variable media art, including preservation and archiving. It includes a new media discussion list, curatorial resources, seminars, bibliographies and interviews.
http://www.crumbweb.org
CyberCemetery
Government Documents Dept., University of North Texas Libraries (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This website was established in 2000 as a partnership between the University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office. It aims to provide permanent public online access to the web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. The site is arranged alphabetically and by category.
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/

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Da Blog (ULCC Digital Archives Blog)
University of London Computer Centre Digital Archives Department (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
This blog by the University of London Computer Centre Digital Archives Department includes discussion on recent developments and events and thoughts on digital preservation and archiving.
http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/
Daniel Langlois Foundation : Le Fondation Daniel Langlois
Daniel Langlois Foundation (Canada)
The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology is leading a new five year research alliance project that will focus on important issues regarding the preservation and documentation of media art. To address these issues, this research alliance plans to pool numerous fields of expertise, including art preservation, art documentation, art history, technology history, information sciences, archival management, engineering and computer processing. The research will focus on three principal areas, and each will produce tools, guides and methodologies essential to preserving this new cultural heritage.
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/
DANS : Data Archiving and Networked Services
DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) (Regularly Updated) (Netherlands)
DANS is a Dutch national organisation which is responsible for the long term storing and access to data in the humanities and social sciences. Established in 2005, DANS is a joint initiative of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
http://www.dans.knaw.nl/en/
Historical DAREnet (en) - Digital Academic Repositories
Digital Academic Repositories (Last Updated: 2008) (Netherlands)
This website provided information relating to the Digital Academic Repositories (DARE) program - a joint initiative between the Dutch Universities, as well as the National Library of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research. Initiated to preserve and provide access to the results of Dutch academic research from a range of institutions, this website included information on DARE, provided a list of participants and included the latest news relating to the project. In April 2008 DAREnet was incorporated into NARCIS and its records have became a subset.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070619040506/www.darenet.nl/en/page/langu
age.view/search.page
Data Exchange Tools (DExT)
UK Data Archive. University of Essex. (Date Created: Dec 2006) (United Kingdom)
This one year project led by the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex aimed to "develop, refine and test models for data exchange for both survey data and qualitiative research data based on XML/RDF schema and will develop tools for data import and export." Data formats included are SPSS, STATA, XML, Atlas-ti, MaxQDA and Nvivo.
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/dext/
Data Preservation Program : Convergent Information Systems Division
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) (Date Created: 08 May 2001) (United States of America)
The Convergent Information Systems Division (CISD), is part of NIST's (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Information Technology Laboratory. The goals of the Digital Preservation Program include working with government and industry to improve the interoperability and reliability with optical discs and library systems. This also includes research into using optical discs as a preservation medium. Focussing on CDs and DVDs, the Program is divided into several areas including optical disc reliability testbed, data preservation and life expectancy of optical discs, high density storage, and DVD compatibility testing.
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/isis/datastorage.html
Database of Virtual Art
Humboldt University, Berlin
This database, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF), has been developed to document and provide access to digital installation art. Its documentation system focuses on information about technical requirements, installation settings, software and hardware configurations. The web interface also allows artists to input this information themselves. Although mostly in German, this database represents an important development in ensuring continuing access to this art.
http://www.virtualart.at/common/recentWork.do
DAVA : Digital Audiovisual Archiving
Media Matters (Regularly Updated)
This weblog, maintained by Media Matters, is updated weekly and will feature news and announcements on topics related to the digital transformation and preservation of audiovisual materials. The blog will also list upcoming conferences and workshops pertinent to archives and digital libraries, as well as links to metadata resource sites and other digital archiving resources.
http://av-archive.blogspot.com/
Historical DC-ANZ Conference 2003 : conference papers
Dublin Core Australia New Zealand Group (Date Created: Feb 2003) (Australia; New Zealand)
The Dublin Core ANZ committee had an inaugural metadata conference in Canberra, Australia on the 26th, 27th and 28th February 2003. Most of the conference papers are available in .pdf.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070222200844/www.dc-anz.org/conf2003/DC-A
NZAgenda.html
DCC: Digital Curation Centre
Digital Curation Centre (DCC) (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
Consisting of four partner institutions - the University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, UKOLN at the University of Bath, and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils - the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) aims to support UK institutions to store, manage and preserve digital data for long-term access. The website includes links to information about the Digital Curation Centre, a definition of digital curation, DCC aims and objectives, and an overview of the DCC research agenda.
http://www.dcc.ac.uk
Decision Tree for Selection of Digital Materials for Long-term Retention
Digital Preservation Coalition (Date Created: 08 Mar 2006)
Part of The Preservation Management of Digital Material Handbook, this online interactive decision-making tree is designed to assist organisations develop and test a selection policy for digital preservation. A hierarchy of structured questions provides a basis to decide if an item should be selected for preservation. A guidance section provides a bibliography of resources to developing a selection policy.
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/handbook/dec-tree.html
Also available in pdf.
DELOS Network of Excellence (NoE) on Digital Libraries
(Regularly Updated)
The DELOS Network of Excellence (NoE) was established in 2000 to facilitate the development of an open agenda for digital libraries research. The group is a reference point for all 5th Framework Programme projects funded by the Information Societies Technologies (IST) Programme.
http://www.ercim.org/delos/
DigiCULT Resources
DigiCULT (Last Updated: 2005)
An aggregated resource with many links to various digital preservation related issues. The resource is broken down into themes, forums and topics. Part of the DigiCULT project which operated for 30 months.
http://www.digicult.info/pages/resources.php
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Historical Digital Continuity Forum: Presentations
Swinburne University of Technology (Last Updated: 05 Dec 2001) (Australia)
This web page provides links to 6 presentations given at the Digital Continuity Forum at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, on November 19, 2001 (see http://www.swin.edu.au/lib/DigCon2001.htm )
http://www.swin.edu.au/lib/digcontforum/presentations.htm
Digital Curation at the Wellcome Library
Wellcome Library (Date Created: 2007) (United Kingdom)
These web pages are for those interested in "born digital" material collected by, or wanting to donate such material to the Wellcome Library. Included are links to the Digital Curation Toolbox, glossary and the Library's Strategy. Other policies including the Preservation policy and e-strategy can be accessed from "Useful links".
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/node288.html
Digital Curation Tools
Digital Curation Centre (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
This is an extensive list of digital curation tools. It lists functionalities, level of expertise and purpose for various tools. Categories include identification, data description tools, management software, preservation, data storage, digital repository and library models, documentation and standards, strategy tools and guidelines, web archiving tools and relevant projects.
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/tools/digital-curation-tools/
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Digital Curation: Digital Archives, Libraries and E-Science
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) (Date Created: 07 Nov 2001) Reviewed by: Digital Curation: digital archives, libraries and e-science seminar
This web page contains links to the Meeting Report and individual presentations given at an invitational seminar sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition and the British National Space Centre on October 19, 2001. Sessions included the OAIS Reference Model and digital archive certification, data curation and the grid, and curation of digital collections.
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/digitalarchives.html
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Digital Formats for Library of Congress Collections
Arms, Caroline R.; Fleischhauer, Carl (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This website provides information on the suitability of various formats for preserving the Library of Congress's digital collections. Formats are examined for still images, sound recordings, textual content, and moving images, although it is planned to examine more complex digital works such as web sites. Formats are examined using several factors including tranperancy, technical protection, patents, self-documentation and external dependencies.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/index.shtml
Digital Game Archive
DiGA (Digital Game Archive) (Regularly Updated) (Germany)
The DiGA (Digital Game Archive) aims to preserve computer and video games and make them available and accessible in the long term. The site includes description of the Archive's aims and proposed strategies and provides links to related resources.
http://www.digitalgamearchive.org/home.php
Digital Heritage in Austria
Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (Regularly Updated) (Austria)
This website provides an overview of Austrian cultural heritage digitisation initiatives, activities and programs. It includes a database of Austrian digitisation projects, activities and organisations and links to good practice guidelines and examples and annual status reports on the state of digitisation of cultural and scientific content in Austria.
http://www.digital-heritage.at/index_e.html
Available in English and German Language versions
Historical Digital Imaging and Preservation Policy Research (DIPPR)
Cornell University Library (Last Updated: 22 May 2002) (United States of America)
The Digital Imaging and Preservation Policy Research team (DIPPR) drews its members from the Department of Preservation and Conservation at the Cornell University Library and was involved in research, implementation, publication and training, with an emphasis on digital preservation and on mainstreaming the results of ongoing research projects into the Cornell University Library. Among the team's activities were research on technical aspects of digital imaging and preservation, digital preservation research through Project Prism, and publication of RLG DigiNews. The Department was disbanded in June 2002 and functions transferrred to the Research Department of IRIS.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/research/dippr.html
Digital Legal Deposit
National Library of Singapore (Date Created: 2007) (Singapore)
These web pages encourage and provide guidelines for Singapore publishers to deposit online, digital and internet publications in line with this voluntary digital legal deposit scheme.
http://deposit.nl.sg/LDNet-web/faces/voluntaryDeposit.jsp;jsessionid=F
881B709F700BDDEDA897B4FE9C43A5F
Digital Libraries Initiative
European Union (Regularly Updated)
The Digital Libraries Initiative is part of the European Commission's i2010 European Information Society for growth and employment strategy. The Digital Libraries Initiative aims to make Europe's diverse cultural and scientific heritage accessible in the long term. The Digital Libraries initiative concentrates on three areas, online accessibility, digitisation of analogue collections, and preservation and storage to ensure long term access to digital content.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/
index_en.htm
Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (Last Updated: 24 Oct 2005)
This site is maintained by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) and links to a large number of articles and sites relating to data documentation and standards. The metadata links are grouped into common types for ease of navigation.
http://www.ifla.org/II/metadata.htm
Digital Libraries: Metadata resources
IFLANet (Regularly Updated)
An IFLANet sponsored extensive list of links to metadata standards, selected papers and listings of topical events. The metadata links are grouped into common types for ease of navigation.
http://www.ifla.org/II/metadata.htm
Digital Library Documents
Digital Library Federation (Regularly Updated)
A web-searchable database of policies, strategies, working papers, standards and other application guidelines, and technical documentation developed by Digital Library Federation members to inform or reflect upon their digital library development activities.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=dlf
Digital Library Federation (DLF)
CLIR (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
The Digital Library Federation (DLF) was founded in 1995 to establish the conditions for creating, maintaining, expanding, and preserving a distributed collection of digital materials accessible to scholars, students, and a wider public. These pages provide information about the origins of the Federation, its organisation, and the strategic plan which informs its current initiatives. These pages also serve to identify useful reference materials about the development of digital libraries and to provide a record of DLF presentations (including meetings) and publications.
http://www.diglib.org/dlfhomepage.htm
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Historical Digital Millennium Copyright Act Study
United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress (Date Created: 12 Sep 2001) (United States of America)
This web page provides links to the executive summary and full report of the US Copyright Office, Library of Congress, regarding the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Other links also include public and reply comments and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_study.html
Digital Preservation Coalition
JISC Digital Preservation Focus (Last Updated: 14 Feb 2001) (United Kingdom)
Established in 2001, the Digital Preservation Coalition has its origins in the Warwick II Digital Preservation Workshop (1999). Implementation of the new body has been co-ordinated by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Digital Preservation Focus, which is supported by a wide range of UK institutions. The Coalition's aim is to develop and pursue a UK digital preservation agenda within an international context.
http://www.dpconline.org/
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Digital Preservation in the Context of Edinburgh University
Semple, Najla (Date Created: 09 Oct 2001) (United Kingdom)
This web site summarises presentations by speakers representing the main digital preservation projects in the United Kingdom at a seminar at the University of Edinburgh on September 24, 2001. Speakers outlined the work of JISC and the Digital Preservation Coalition, the British Library, the UK National Digital Archive of Datasets and the CEDARS project.
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/sites/digpres/seminarday.shtml
Digital Production Centre
Digital Production Centre (Regularly Updated) (Netherlands)
Established at the University of Amsterdam, the Digital Production Centre assists scientists and organisations create, access and archive their online publications. The Centre builds on the outcomes of EUDUBA sponsored projects, and collaborates with the Digital Library Production Service at the University of Michigan and Amsterdam University Press.
http://www.uba.uva.nl/digital_production_centre/home.cfm
DigitalKoans
Bailey, Charles R. (Regularly Updated)
This Weblog, created and maintained by Charles W. Bailey, provides commentary on scholarly electronic publishing and digital culture issues.
http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/
DigitalPreservationEurope
DigitalPreservationEurope (Regularly Updated)
This EU project aims to collaborate, develop, promote and coordinate digital preservation initiatives in Europe, including standards, training and research activities. The website includes links to the Digital Preservation Europe (DPE) forum and information on partners.
http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/
Digitization & Preservation Online Resource Center
OCLC (Date Created: 2003)
This web site contains a collection of resources relating to digital preservation issues and initiatives, particularly on those relevant to digitisation projects, including links to copyright, preservation (both traditional and digital) and digitisation workshops and international activities in these areas.
http://digitalcooperative.oclc.org
digitizationblog
Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University Library (Regularly Updated)
This blog is a news source and an idea sharing forum for people involved with digitization and related activities in libraries, archives, and museums. There is a category on preservation.
http://digitizationblog.interoperating.info/
Dioscuri - the Modular Emulator for Digital Preservation
(Date Created: 2006) (Netherlands)
Dioscuri is durable and flexible x86 computer hardware emulator written in Java. Dioscuri is being developed jointly by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands and PLANETS. News about the the project and documentation is available from this web site.
http://dioscuri.sourceforge.net/
DLM Forum 2005 Conference Proceedings : Electronic Records Supporting e-Government and Digital Archives
05 - 07 Oct 2005 , Budapest, Hungary (Date Created: Dec 2005)
Includes papers and presentations at various sessions including e-government and e-governance, standards and interchange, preservation and digital archives, education and cost benefits and impacts and demands on records management. Papers presented at the preservation and digital archives session include Keeping electronic records accessible - How the Federal Archives of Germany is preserving the digital heritage of the East German Republic; a case study ; A Digital Repository for the Rotterdam Municipal Archives: learning by experience ; Towards a National Digital Repository ; The PRONOM service: a technical registry to support long-term preservation ; The eDAVID digital preservation strategy: motivation and implementation ; The ArchiSafe Project - legally secure and scalable long-term record keeping.
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/archival_policy/dlm_forum/proceed2005
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Papers are in pdf format. Individual papers from the preservation and digital archives session are also catalogued individually in PADI.
DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage)
DOCAM (Date Created: 2005)
This five year project is funded by La Fondation Daniel Langlois. The project will research the conservation of the heritage of variable media arts and use case studies to help develop strategies and methodologies for the long term preservation of these works. The site also contains links and bibliographies to related works.
http://www.docam.ca/spip/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=2
Documenting Internet2 : a Collaborative Model for Developing Electronic Records Capabilities in the Small Archival Repository
Charles Babbage Institute
This 18 month project, which began in January 2004, is administered by the Charles Babbage Institue (CBI) in conjunction with the University of Minnesota (UMN) and supported by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the funding arm of the National Archives. The purpose of the project is to develop feasible methods for selection, description, and long term preservation of historically significant born-digital records in the subject area of history of information technology. Internet2 is a non-profit consortium of over 200 universities working with industry and government to provide high speed networking capabilities to the research community, and relies heavily on electronic media.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/documentinginternet2/index.html
DOI System: Developed by The International DOI Foundation (IDF)
International DOI Foundation (Regularly Updated)
This is the website of the International Digital Object Identifier Foundation.The DOI is an identification system for intellectual property in the digital environment. Developed by the International DOI Foundation on behalf of the publishing industry, its goals are to provide a framework for managing intellectual content, link customers with publishers, facilitate electronic commerce, and enable automated copyright management. The website includes factsheets, news, publications including the DOI handbook.
http://www.doi.org/
DRAMBORA Interactive : Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment
Digital Curation Centre; DigitalPreservationEurope (Regularly Updated)
This website describes the DRAMBORA toolkit and allows download of the toolkit which was released by the Digital Curation Centre and DigitalPreservationEurope. The toolkit allows repository administrators to self assess their capabilities, identify weaknesses and strengths based on risk assessments. A flyer is available for download in JPEG or PDF formats.
http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/
DSpace
Hewlett-Packard Company; MIT Libraries (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
Purpose : The purpose of the DSpace digital repository system is to capture, store, index, preserve, and distribute digital research material. Version 1.3.2 of DSpace is available for download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/ . Originally, the MIT Dspace initiative was established with Hewlett-Packard to create a web-based electronic archive of the intellectual output of MIT and other federated partners.
Documentation : The DSpace wiki http://wiki.dspace.org/ provides documentation on resources, other collaboration tools and obtaining the source code.
http://www.dspace.org//
DSpace@Cambridge Repository
University of Cambridge (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
The University of Cambridge Digital Repository became a strategic service on 1 July 2006. It is managed jointly by Cambridge University Library and the University Computing Service.
http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Has papers: Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1: Reference Description
This is the official home page for the Dublin Core and is the formal repository for information about the workshop series, working group activities, standards activities, and related information. The Dublin Core is a metadata element set intended to facilitate discovery of electronic resources. Originally conceived for author-generated description of Web resources, it has attracted the attention of formal resource description communities such as museums, libraries, government agencies, and commercial organisations.
http://purl.org/DC/
DVD Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers)
Taylor, Jim (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This extensive list, which is updated regularly, covers both general and technical topics including software and hardware, standards, compatibility issues and new developments.
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
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Dépôt Légal
Bibliotheque nationale de France (Regularly Updated) (France)
Updated version of the Bibliotheque nationale de France's legal deposit web pages. As well as providing background information to the mandatory deposit scheme, links are provided to current legislation, and to the recommendations of the Conseil scientifique du dépôt légal (the French legal deposit advisory body) that deposit be extended to include online publications.
http://www.bnf.fr/pages/infopro/depotleg/depotleg.htm

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EAI Online Resource Guide for Exhibiting, Collecting & Preserving Media Art
Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) (Date Created: 2006) (United States of America)
This resource guide addresses issues and draws together information on current practices relating to single channel video, computer based art and media installation. The preservation section was created by IMAP (Independent Media Arts Preservation).
http://resourceguide.eai.org/
ECURE Archives
ECURE. Arizona State University. (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This website presents speakers' presentations given at ECURE (Preservation and Access for Electronic College and University Records) conferences 1999 to 2005.
http://www.asu.edu/ecure/archives.html
Electronic Media Group. a specialty group of the American Institute for Conservation
Electronic Media Group (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
The mission of the Electronic Media Group (EMG) is twofold: (1) preservation of electronic art, electronic-based cultural materials and tools of creation; and (2) to provide a means for conservators and related professionals to develop and maintain knowledge of relevant new media and emerging technologies. Their website provides links to related resources which are available on the Internet.
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/emg/
Electronic Records
Public Record Office, UK (Regularly Updated) (United Kingdom)
This website describes and provides links to documents describing the UK Public Record Office's activities in the area of electronic records management.
http://www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/erecords/default.htm
Electronic Records Online
National Archives (UK) (Date Created: 2005) (United Kingdom)
This website gives public access to presentation copies of original records from the National Archives digital archive. The records are accessible via a browse facility and present a range of government material in a number fo different formats.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ero/
Electronic Storage Media
In: CoOL Conservation OnLine : Resources for Conservation Professionals (Regularly Updated)
This is the electronic storage media page on the Conservation Online (CoOL) website and deals with videotape, optical disks (CD-ROM, etc.) and holographic media.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/electronic-records/electronic-s
torage-media/
ELPUB Digital Repository
Vienna University of Technology (Regularly Updated)
This is a free searchable database that provides access to all the conference papers presented at the ELPUB (Electronic Publishing) conferences dating from the first conference in 1997. There are several search and browse options and access to advanced features such as ratings, reviews and the discussion forum is via registration.
http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Home
Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Usability of Digital Information
National Diet Library (Japan) (Date Created: 2008) (Japan)
This web page describes requirements for long term preservation and has links to studies conducted by the National Diet Library and introduction to the NDL Digital Archiving System.
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/preservation.html
ERPAAdvisory
ERPANET (Last Updated: Aug 2004)
The ERPAAdvisory service allowed access to digital preservation professionals through a discussion list and question archive.It was a service available through ERPANET which was funded 2001-1004. Access to ERPAAdvisory was only available to registered users. However previous questions and answers are available from a link.
http://www.erpanet.org/advisory/index.php
ERPAAssesments
ERPANET (Last Updated: 2004) (United Kingdom)
ERPAAssesment was an online information service on digital preservation provided by ERPANET. The ERPANET project was funded until end of 2004. Access to ERPAAssesment was originally only available to registered users, and was found through selecting "products" on the ERPANET home page. The resource to 200 commentaries on articles, monographs and projects relevant to digital preservation (2002-2004) is now openly available.
http://www.erpanet.org/assessments/index.php
ERPANET Eprints Service
ERPANET (Date Created: 2003)
ERPANET, in collaboration with Project Daedalus, has developed an open archives eprint service to allow authors and creators to make their work available at a central access point. The goal is to enable long term access to the full text of the research output of experts, scholars and researchers in the field of digital preservation.
http://eprints.erpanet.org/
European Archive
European Archive
The European Archive is a non profit initiative. It is a digital library of Eurpean material such as sound, motion pictures and web pages. It provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. The Eurpean Archive will develop a large-scale archiving architecture and infrastructure for the storage, access and preservation of digital objects. The European Archive has a partnership with the Internet Archive.
http://www.europarchive.org/
European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) (Regularly Updated)
The European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) "acts as a European platform for discussion and cooperation of heritage organisations in areas of preservation and access". Its website contains news and information about projects, activities, publications and other resources related to the preservation of documentary heritage (including digital material) in Europe.
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/about.html

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FCLA Digital Archive
Florida Center for Library Automation (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
The purpose of the FCLA (Florida Center for Library Automation) digital archive is to provide a long-term preservation repository for digital materials in support of teaching and learning, scholarship, and research in the state of Florida. The website has links to extensive documentation on various file formats for which the Archive has developed a preservation strategy. Other documentation includes the digital object deposit agreement, definitions, procedures and policies.
http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/index.htm
Federal Web Harvests
U.S. National Archives & Records Adminstration (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
This site currently has links to the web harvests of the 109th Congress (2006) and the U.S. Presidential Term 2004. NARA's intention is to harvest Federal web sites at the end of each presidential term (4 years) and each Congress (2 years).
http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/
Fedora
Fedora (Date Created: 2003)
This web site provides access to version 2.0 of the Fedora (Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture) open-source digital object repository management system. The site describes the main features of the system and also provides links to publications and workshops.
Documentation : The system documentation, technical specifications, FAQs and tuturials are available from http://www.fedora.info/documentation/
http://www.fedora.info/
File Formats Blog
McGath, Gary (Regularly Updated)
Gary McGath is a software Engineer at Harvard University Libraries. His blog features 'news and comments about technical issues relating to file formats, file validation, and archival software.'
http://fileformats.blogspot.com/
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FRED : a Format Registry Demonstration
University of Pennsylvania Library (Regularly Updated) (United States of America)
FRED (Format REgistry Demonstrator) is a proof-of-concept prototype format registry demonstrator developed from the Mellon-funded TOM (Typed Object Model) project. It's purpose is to provide some idea of the requirements that developing a global registry would entail. It can be used to demonstate how file format information can be presented and how it can be used, maintained and managed. There are links to the data model, a list of registered formats, and a discussion list.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tom.library.upenn.edu/fred/

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Geospatial Electronic Records
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University) (Date Created: 2004) (United States of America)
This website, developed through the Managing and Preserving Geospatial Electronic Records project and funded by NARA (United States National Archives and Records Administration), aims to identify and disseminate practical policies, techniques, standards, and procedures to manage, preserve, and provide access to electronic records that have significant geospatial components, especially those generated by a Geographic Information System (GIS).
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/ger/
Getting to Disk-based Loss-less Digital Video Preservation
National Library of Medicine
This website includes the presentations and summary notes from an event held on 1 August, 2005, at Maryland (U.S.). Sessions include prospects and challenges of migrating to digital moving image archives, video preservation workflows, motion JPEG 2000 and video archiving.
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/VideoArchivists2005/
Conference held at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland (US) on 1 August, 2005.
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Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR)
Harvard University Library (Regularly Updated)
In development since 2002, the GDFR (Global Digital Format Registry) is an ongoing international initiative. The GDFR working group comprises national and academic research libraries and archives. The GDFR was developed as a mechanism to provide trustworthy, sustainable and authoratitive information about data formats. This website also has information on data and service models, use cases and the GDFR mission statement.
http://hul.harvard.edu/gdfr/
GRADE : Scoping a Geospatial Repository for Academic Deposit and Extraction
EDINA National Data Centre (Date Created: 2006) (United Kingdom)
The GRADE project is developed by a consortia headed by EDINA with primary partners the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. GRADE is a demonstrator repository and is part of a scoping exercise for the establishment of a sustainable infrastructure for geospatial data reuse.
http://edina.ac.uk/projects/grade/index.html
Guide to Electronic Theses & Dissertations
UNESCO (Regularly Updated)
This website is a collaborative service that is updated regularly and features a series of essays on best practice, standards and intellectual property rights. The website is designed for authors, e-publishers and academic institutions to provide assistance on issues such as researching, writing, and preserving ETDs, including sections on markup languages and metadata.
http://www.etdguide.org/
Guidelines for Digitization : Digital Preservation
North Carolina ECHO (Project) (Date Created: 2005)
This chapter of the North Carolina Echo's Guidelines for Digitization presents the basic principles, issues, processes and strategies of digital preservation. There is also a discussion of storage media, including optimising the lifespan of physical format storage material.
http://www.ncecho.org/Guide/preservation.htm
2005 ed.

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