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Preservation Resources

CONTENTS: | Articles & Papers | Current Awareness | Initiatives & Projects | Organizations | Policy Examples | Resources | Tools |

Articles & Papers

Linked - Council on Library and Information Resources Papers
A collection of papers available on the Web on issues relating to preservation and access.
Linked - Digital Preservation: A Time Bomb for Digital Libraries
An opinion piece by Margaret Hedstrom, an Associate Prosfessor in the School of Information and Libary Studies at the University of Michigan.
Linked - eLib Studies on Digital Preservation
From the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib) in the United Kingdom.
Linked - Long-term Management and Preservation of Publications on CD-ROMs and Floppy Disks
Report of the First National Consultative Meeting on the Management of Australian Physical-Format Digital Publications
Linked - Long Term Preservation of Electronic Materials
The report of a workshop held 27th and 28th November 1995 at the University of Warwick by the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib).
Linked - Managing Electronic Records - A Shared Responsibility
A report from the Australian Archives.
Linked - Preservation Papers at the National Library of Australia
A collection of papers and presentations on preservation issues.
Linked - Preserving Digital Information
The Final Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on Digital Archiving of the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Research Libraries Group.
Linked - Reproduction Quality Issues in a Digital Library System
"Observations on the Reproduction of Various Library and Archival Material Formats for Access and Preservation" from the Library of Congress.
Linked - Using Kodak Photo CD Technology for Preservation and Access
"A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Curators" by Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger, Cornell University.

Current Awareness

Linked - The PADI Events Page
The Preserving Access to Digital Information site maintains a useful current awareness page.
Linked - The PADI Forum
An online discussion of digital preservation issues.
Linked - Preservation and Access International Newsletter
Published from March 1998 to June 2000 - A quarterly publication on preservation and access issues from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Linked - RLG DigiNews
A bimonthly web-based newsletter on preservation, image conversion, and digital archiving.

Initiatives & Projects

Linked - The Library of Congress Preservation Digital Reformatting Program
A program to "preserve the Library's collections and offer broad public access to at-risk materials."
Linked - PRESERV: RLG Preservation Service
"A program of projects and activities that support local institutions in their efforts to preserve and thereby improve access to endangered research materials."

Organizations

Linked - Council on Library and Information Resources
CLIR Mission: "To identify the critical issues that affect the welfare and prospects of libraries and archives and the constituencies they serve, to convene individuals and organizations in the best positions to engage these issues and respond to them, and to encourage institutions to work collaboratively to achieve and manage change."
Linked - European Preservation Information Center
The Web site of the European Commission on Preservation and Access.
Linked - The Library of Congress
Preservation activities at LC.

Policy Examples

Linked - Statement of Principles for the Preservation of and Long-Term Access to Australian Digital Objects
From the National Library of Australia.
Served - Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Collection Development and Preservation Policy
The collection development and preservation policy that governs this server.
Linked - Library of Congress Selection Criteria for Preservation Digital Reformatting

Linked - National Library of Australia's Draft Policy on Preservation Microfilming
Linked - National Library of Australia's Preservation Policy

Resources

Linked - Conservation OnLine (CoOL)
A full-text database of conservation and preservation information hosted by the Stanford University Libraries Conservation Department
Linked - Digital Preservation
A Web site that points to many resources in digital preservation, from the Arts and Humanities Data Service in the UK.
Served - Information Longevity
A Web site by Howard Besser that points to many of the best resources on keeping information around for the future.
Linked - Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI)
This Web site offers a range of information in one place to assist creators/publishers, managers, researchers, and all with an interest in ensuring long-term access to important digital information.

Tools

Served - CALIPR: Preservation Planning Software
A free MS Windows program to assess the needs of book and document collections for institutional or statewide planning.

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Last update February 7, 2007. SunSITE Manager.