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Consultative Committee for Space
Data Systems, Reference
Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Blue
Book, January 2002. |
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Trusted
Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities, An
RLG-OCLC Report. May 2002. |
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UNESCO Guidelines
for the Preservation of Digital Heritage. Webb, Colin.
2003. |
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Jones, Maggie, and Neil Beagrie.
Preservation
Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook. 2001. |
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Preserving
Access to Digital Information (PADI), National Library of
Australia. |
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Preservation
Metadata and the OAIS Information Model, A Metadata Framework
to Support the Preservation of Digital Objects: A Report by
the OCLC-RLG Working Group on Preservation Metadata, June 2002.
Note: Final report and data dictionary
due to be released mid-2005. |
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National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), Library
of Congress. Reports
and Papers.
Note: It's
About Time, a joint
report by NSF and LC on research challenges in digital archiving. |
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Invest
to Save: Report and Recommendations of the NSF-DELOS Working
Group on Digital Archiving and Preservation (2003). |
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Preserving
Digital Information: Report of the Task Force on Archiving of
Digital Information. The Commission on Preservation and
Access and RLG. 1996. |
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Rothenberg, Jeff.
Ensuring
the Longevity of Digital Information. Scientific
American. |
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E-Journals and Blogs Covering Digital Preservation
D-Lib Magazine
First Monday
RLG
DigiNews
DPC/PADI What's New in Digital Preservation
The Ten Thousand Year Blog
Digitization 101

Additional Resources
Arts and Humanities Data Service. A
Strategic Policy Framework for Creating and Preserving Digital Collections.
Byrnes, Margaret. "Assigning
permanence levels to NLM's electronic publications."
Cornell
University Electronic Student Records Systems Project Report.
2000.
Council on
Library and Information Resources, Digital preservation
publications.
Data
Dictionary - Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images NISO
Z39.87-2002 AIIM 20-2002.
Digital Library
Federation, follow links for preservation
and publications
and resources.
Digital
Preservation Needs and Requirements in RLG Member Institutions.
RLG. 1998.
Dollar, Charles. Authentic
Electronic Records: Strategies for Long-Term Access. Cohasset
Associates. January 1999.
ERPANET: ErpaTools – Cost
Orientation Tool
Into
the Future: On The Preservation Of Knowledge In The Electronic Age.
1998.
Kelly Russell and Ellis Weinberger, Cost
Elements of Digital Preservation, (May 2000).
Metadata
Standards Framework - Preservation Metadata. National Library
of New Zealand, November 2002.
National
Historical Publications and Records Commission, Electronic Records
Projects.
National Library of Australia, "Guidelines:
Managing Web Resources for persistent access."
Preservation
Metadata for Digital Objects: A Review of the State of the Art.
White paper by the OCLC/RLG Working Group on Preservation Metadata,
March 2001.
Producer-Archive
Interface Methodology Abstract Standard (CCSDS), June 2002.
Ross, Seamus. "Changing
trains at Wigan: Digital preservation and the future of scholarship,"
February 6, 2001 Online National Preservation Office (NPO).
Selection
and Collaboration in Digital Preservation: An RLG-JISC Symposium,
March 24-25, 2003.
Submission
Information Package (SIP) Specification, Version 1.0 Draft.
Harvard E-Journal Archive. December 19, 2001.
UC-Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE, Collection
and Preservation Policy.
Waibel, Günter. Like
Russian Dolls: Nesting Standards for Digital Preservation.

Notable Digital Preservation Projects
Arts and Humanities
Data Service (AHDS) Preservation Management of Digital Materials.
Creative
Archiving at Michigan and Leeds: Emulating the Old on the New
(CAMiLEON)
CURL Exemplars
in Digital Archives (CEDARS)
Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
Digital
Preservation Coalition (DPC)
eSPIDA
Harvard University
Digital Library Initiative
InterPARES
Project (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records
in Electronic Systems)
Kulturarw
Heritage Project
Lots of Copies
Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS)
PANDORA
(Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia)
PRISM
(Preservation, Reliability, Interoperability, Security, Metadata)
National Archives
and Records Administration Electronic Records Archives
National
Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)
NEDLIB
(Networked European Deposit Library)
OAIS
(ISO Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System)
OCLC
Digital Archive System Guides: Digital Archive Metadata Elements
San Diego
Supercomputer Center and NPACI Data-Intensive Computing (DICE)
Stanford Archival
Digital Library Architecture: Archival Digital Libraries Repositories

Topical Resources
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File Formats
Arms, Caroline R. and Carl Fleischhauer, "Digital
Formats: Factors for Sustainability, Functionality, and Quality," DLF
Forum, November 17, 2003.
Brown, Adrian, Selecting
File Formats for Long-Term Preservation,
The National Archives (UK), 2003.
Recommended
Data Formats for Preservation Purposes in the FCLA Digital Archive.
LeFurgy, William G. "PDF/A:
Developing a File Format for Long-Term Preservation," RLG DigiNews, December 15, 2003.
PRONOM.
UK National Archives' online source for information about file
formats and software products.
Care and Handling of Media
Brown, Adrian, Care, Handling
and Storage of Removable Media, The
National Archives (UK), 2003.
Image Permanence Institute, Media
Storage Quick Reference. 2004.
Advice on controlled storage of analog and digital media.
Byers, Fred R., Care
and Handling for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs — A Guide
for Librarians and Archivists, National Institute of Standards
and Technology and Council on Library and Information Resources,
2003.
Protecting
and handling magnetic media, National Archives of
Australia, 2002.
Media Selection
Brown, Adrian, Selecting
Storage Media for Long-Term Preservation,
The National Archives (UK), 2003.
Disaster Avoidance and Recovery, Backup
Ross, Seamus and Ann Gow, Digital
Archaeology: Rescuing Neglected
and Damaged Data Resources Humanities Advanced Technology and Information
Institute (HATII) University of Glasgow, 1999.
Kelly Russell and Ellis Weinberger, Cost
Elements of Digital Preservation,
(May 2000).
Diane M. Zorich, A
Survey of Digital Cultural Heritage Initiatives and Their Sustainability
Concerns, June 2003.
Louis A. Pitschmann, Building
Sustainable Collections of Free Third-Party Web Resources. June 2001.
ERPANET: ErpaTools – Cost
Orientation Tool
Earth Observation Data Policy and Europe (EOPOLE): Workshop 6
Data pricing policies of participants
NEDCC
Disaster Planning Leaflets
A Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management and Response: Paper-Based
Materials
Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, and Recovery Resources
Independent Media Arts Preservation: Disaster Planning and Response
PORTALS (Portland
Area Library System): Disaster Prevention and Recovery Template
Plan
Minnesota State Archives: Disaster Resources
Cultural Heritage Resources for Disaster Preparedness, Response,
and Recovery
A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows
How ITIL Can Improve Information Security
by Steven Weil, CISSP, CISA, CBCP
last updated December 22, 2004
Information security and crime prevention
Company Checklist
Information Security Management Audit Check List
Rutgers RU
Secure
Security Checklist
Hirtle, Peter."Digital
Preservation and Copyright."
Gasaway, Laura. "America's
Cultural Record: A Thing of the Past?" 40 Hous. L. Rev.
643 (2003).
Russell, Carrie. Complete
Copyright: An everyday guide for librarians.
www.librarylaw.com
June Besek, Copyright
issues relevant to the creation of a digital archive: a preliminary
assessment (Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information
Resources and the Library of Congress, 2003).
Catherine Ayre and
Adrienne Muir, "The
Right to Preserve:
The Rights Issues of Digital Preservation" D-Lib Magazine,
March 2004, Volume 10 Number 3.
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