Digitization & Preservation

• Penn State University Libraries, Selector's Manual (staff only)
• Digital Initiatives Steering Committee (DISC ) (staff only)
• Projects, Updates and Checklist for Digitization Projects
  

Penn State

• Library policies regarding theft and mutilation of books
• Equipment used in Collections Care

Other Resources

• Three Basic Book Repair Procedures
• Dartmouth College Library, Book Repair Manual
• The Book Arts Web: Basic Book Repair Procedures
• George Eastman House, International Museum of Film and Photography Education and Research: Preserving Family Albums -
• Library of Congress Preservation Directorate Caring for Your Collections
• Rare Books and Manuscripts Section: Your Old Books

The Digital Library Federation

• Digital Library Standards and Practices -
• Guides to Quality in Visual Resource Imaging
• DLF Newsletter:Documenting the Digital Library , Section 2

RLG DigiNews

CLIR Publications & Resources: CLIR Reports

Library of Congress sites:

• LC Standards (MARC formats, Digital Library Standards, EAD, etc.)
• American Memory Project -- Building Digital Collections: Technical Information and Background Papers

Berkeley - Making of America II Project (see White Paper which includes metadata and scanning guidelines)

University of Michigan, UM Digital Library Production Service

University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center

• Standards
• Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet
• Text Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet

California State Library:

• Scanning Standards and Scanning Standards Appendix C: Specific Minimum Recommendations -- Besser, Best Practices for Image Capture
• Metadata Standards

National Information Standards Organization (NISO): Information on digital images from the NISO/CLIR/RLG Technical Metadata Elements for Images Workshop, April 18 & 19, 1999, Washington, D.C. -

Columbia: Technical Recommendations for Digital Imaging Projects, prepared by the Image Quality Working Group of ArchivesCom, a joint Libraries/AcIS committee. Last revised April 2, 1997 -

Harvard: Library Preservation at Harvard, Digitization Resources

Colorado Digitization Project Digitization Resources

National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) - NARA Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access, January 1998 -

Howard Besser's Procedures and Processes for Scanning

Howard Besser and Jennifer Trant, Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an Image Database, The Getty Art History Information Program Imaging Initiative, (c) 1995.

• Section on Data Standards and Guidelines

Kenney, Anne R. and Oya Y. Rieger, Moving Theory Into Practice, 2000.

Ayris, Paul. Guidance for Selecting Materials for Digitization. Paper presented at the Joint Research Libraries Group and National Preservation Office Preservation Conference, September 28-30, 1998, University of Warwick. -

Cartolano, Robert, Janet Gertz, and Susan Klimley. Oversized Color Images: Addressing Issues of Preservation and Access, New York State Museum Bulletins Project. New York State Museum Bulletins. 1997. -

Chapman, Stephen, Paul Conway, and Anne Kenney. "Digital Imaging and Preservation Microfilm: The Future of the Hybrid Approach for the Preservation of Brittle Books." RLG DigiNews, 3:1 (February 1999). -

Dale, Robin. "Lossy or Lossless? File Compression Strategies Discussion at ALA," RLG DigiNews, 3:1 (February 1999). -

Frey, Franziska. "Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections: Foundations for Technical Standards." RLG DigiNews, 1:3 (December 1997). -

Hazen, Dan, Jeffrey Horrell, and Jan Merrill-Oldham. Selecting Research Collections for Digitization. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources. 1998. -

Hedstrom, Margaret, and Sheon Montgomery. 1998. Digital Preservation Needs and Requirements in RLG Member Institutions. Study commissioned by the Research Libraries Group.

(You can order these books from the web sites listed)

NEDCC Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access, First Edition, (c) 2000. - http://www.nedcc.org/digital/dighome.htm

AGfa -- Digital Photo Course - http://www.agfanet.com/en/cafe/photocourse/digicourse/cont_index.php3

Conservation OnLine (CoOL) - http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

Abbey Publications - http://palimpset.stanford.edu/byorg/abbey/

• American Institute for Conservation - http://palimpset.stanford.edu/aic/
• Conservators in Private Practice - http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/cipp/index.html

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) - http://www.ccaha.org/

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) - http://www.clir.org/

Digital Library Federation (DLF) - http://www.diglib.org/

Image Permanance Institute (IPI) - http://www.rit.edu/~661www1/

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - http://www.imls.fed.us/

Kodak

• Permanence, Care, and Handling of CDs - http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/storage/pcd/techInfo/permanence.jhtml?id=0.1.18.18.13.6&lc=en
• Digital Learning Center - http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/book3

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Archives and Preservation Resources - http://www.archives.gov/

National Endowment for the Humanities - http://www.neh.fed.us/

National Fire Protection Association - http://www.nfpa.org/

National Information Standards Organization - http://www.niso.org/

Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) - http://www.nedcc.org/

Paul Messier Conservation of Photographs and Works on Paper: Video Format Identification Guide - http://paulmessier.com/videoid/HomeText.htm

Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP) - http://rap-arcc.org/

Society of American Archivists - http://www.archivists.org/

• SAA Preservation Section- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/saapreserv/prindex.htm

SOLINET - http://www.solinet.net/preservation/preservation_home.cfm

Vidipax: Magnetic Media Restoration Company - http://www.vidipax.com/

Indiana University Library - http://www.indiana.edu/~libpres

Michigan State University - http://www.lib.msu.edu/apd

Northwestern University - http://staffweb.library.northwestern.edu/preservation

University of Michigan Libraries - http://www.lib.umich.edu/preserv/        

Ohio State University - http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/preweb

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - http://www.library.uiuc.edu/preserve

University of Iowa - http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/

University of Chicago, Digital Library Activities - http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/dl/

University of Wisconsin, Digital Collections Center - http://uwdcc.library.wisc.edu

Purdue University

University of Minnesota, University Libraries, Digital Collections Unit - http://digital.lib.umn.edu/diglibs.html

Harvard University Library Preservation and Imaging Department - http://preserve.harvard.edu/index.html

Yale University Library Preservation Department - http://www.library.yale.edu/preservation/

Cornell University Library Department of Preservation and Conservation - http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation

Columbia University Libraries Preservation Division - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/services/preservation

University of Pittsburgh Preservation Department - http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/library-resource/lib_rsrc.htm

University of Maryland Libraries Preservation Department - http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/TSD/PRES/1Preshp.html

Johns Hopkins University Preservation Department - http://www.library.jhu.edu/preservation/

University of California at San Diego Preservation Department - http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/preservation/index.html

University of Washington Preservation Department - http://www.lib.washington.edu/preservation