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.
Planning and Management
Engage in early planning to assess preservation and access goals and to determine the resource requirements for your project.
General
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Planning Digitization Projects: A Brief Bibliography (Library Preservation at Harvard)
Project Planning (Library Preservation at Harvard)
Best Practice Guidelines for Digital Collections (University of Maryland Libraries)
NEDCC Selected Cultural Heritage Digitization Bibliography (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
Handbook for Digital Projects (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
Funding Sources (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
NDLP Project Planning Checklist (Library of Congress, National Digital Library Program)
Preservation Management of Digital Material Handbook (Digital Preservation Coalition)
Planning and Infrastructure for Analog to Digital Preservation Projects (National Archives Preservation Conference 2007)
Managing Digitization Projects (Technical Advisory Service for Images – TASI)
Digital Library Building Blocks (California Digital Library)
Digital Library Construction Tools: How-To Manuals (British Columbia International Digital Library)
Digitization Resources (State Library of Queensland)
A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections (NISO)
Best Practices for Digital Archiving (Gail M.Hodge, D-Lib Magazine, 2000)
The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials (HATII and NINCH)
- Preservation
- Harvard University Library Digital Preservation (Library Preservation at Harvard)
Digital Preservation: A Brief Resource List (Library Preservation at Harvard)
Digital Preservation (Office for Information Systems – Harvard University Library)
Guidance for Management & Preservation of E-Records (Harvard University Archives)
NEDCC Reformatting Leaflet (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
NEDCC Digital Preservation Readiness Webliography (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
Cornell University Digital Preservation Management Tutorial (Cornell University)
Library of Congress Digital Preservation Web Site (Library of Congress)
Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) -- subject gateway to international digital preservation resources (National Library of Australia)
Sustainability of Digital Formats (Library of Congress)
Managing the Intangible (National Archives Preservation Conference 2007)
NEDCC The Relevance of Preservation in a Digital World (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
Access