Digital Projects Guide
This guide outlines the key considerations for well-planned digital library projects and provides links to pertinent web-accessible resources. The guide includes information that is specific to projects at Harvard University as well as more generalized information.
Metadata
Determine the metadata required to support discovery, use and preservation of your collection.
General
Metadata (Office for Information Systems - Harvard University Library)
Introduction to Metadata (The Getty)
Descriptive Metadata (Cataloging)
Standards and Best Practices
Descriptive Metadata (Office for Information Systems - Harvard University Library)
Harvard University Cataloging Services
Harvard College Library's Imaging Services Cataloging (Library Preservation at Harvard)
Technical Metadata
Standards and Best Practices
Harvard University Library Documentation
Digital Repository Services Documentation
Administrative Metadata for Digital Still Images (Office for Information Systems – Harvard University Library)
Administrative Metadata for Digital Audio Files (Office for Information Systems – Harvard University Library)
Structural Metadata
Standards and Best Practices
Technical Metadata (Office for Information Systems - Harvard University Library)
METS - Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (Library of Congress)
TEI - Text Encoding Initiative (the TEI Consortium)
CDL Structured Text Working Group TEI Encoding Guidelines (California Digital Library)
SMIL - Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (W3C)
Harvard University Structural Metadata Services
Preservation Metadata
Standards and Best Practices
Preservation Metadata (Office for Information Systems - Harvard University Library)
Rights Metadata
Standards and Best Practices
Rights Metadata (Office for Information Systems - Harvard University Library)


