Organisations and Resources


Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI)

Information (documents, links to other resources, news, publications, glossary, discussion lists) useful for authors, editors, curators, researchers and those interested in the long-term availability of digital documents. (The PADI website is managed by the National Library of Australia; the PADI initiative has received support from several Australian national organisations in the libraries, archives and museums sector, and others.
http://www.nla.gov.au/dnc/tf2001/padi/

IFLA - Digital libraries : resources and projects
A list of resources on digital libraries (bibliography, list of electronic journals, conference calendar, survey of American and European projects).
http://www.ifla.org/II/diglib.htm

Digital Library Information Resources - Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
The "Preservation resources" page on this site offers information (reports, articles, links to other resources) on the preservation of digital documents.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Info/

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
The server provides information on ARL's programmes for the preservation of research library collections and digital documents in particular.
http://www.arl.org/

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Commission on Preservation & Access

Cooperation programmes with China, Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America and South Africa, documents on preservation of the film heritage and digital documents. Report on digital imaging and on microfilm preservation.
http://www.clir.org/programs/cpa/cpa.html

Research Libraries Group (RLG)
RLG manages the PRESERV programme on preventive conservation dealing notably with digital documents.
http://www.rlg.org/

Getty Information Institute : Time And Bits
The focus of this site is the long-term preservation of digital documents. It has a selection of links on the subject.
http://www.ahip.getty.edu/timeandbits/index.html

Publications of Cornell University Library
Publications notably concerning digital images in the libraries and archives, evaluation of CD Kodak use, study on microfilms / digital images.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/pub.htm

Digital Preservation : a Guide to Web Resources
The "Arts and Humanities Data Service" (UK) website provides selected links to resources and commentary on the preservation of digital documents.
http://ahds.ac.uk/resource/preserve.html

 


Reports and recommendations


Preserving Digital Information : Final Report and Recommendations

Report of a working group set up in 1994 by the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA) and the Research Libraries Group (RLG). The study aims at ensuring a long-term access to the national cultural heritage. It includes an analysis of digital information particularities and preservation sstrategy which helps to develop organisations and technical principles.
http://lyra.rlg.org/ArchTF/

Digitisation as a Method of Preservation ?
The final report of a working group of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Association).
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/publ/weber.html

Using Kodak Photo CD Technology for Preservation and Access. A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Curators
A guide written by Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger, Department of Preservation and Conservation, Cornell University Library.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/kodak/cover.htm

 


Programmes


Programme JTOR
A programme on long-term preservation of journals (notably in the humanities) initiated by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1994.
http://www.ifla.org/ifla/IV/ifla63/63genr.htm
From project to independant organisation
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july97/07guthrie.html

 


Bibliographies


Bibliographies

Recent texts (starting 1990) on the management of electronic media by Richard J. Cox (presented in alphabetical order).
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~lis389/coxbib.html

 


Online Journals


RLG DigiNews
Preservation of digital archives.
http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/edu/timeandbits/

 


Discussion Lists


DigLibns Electronic Discussion
A discussion list on digital libraries.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/DigLibns/

Electronic Archives in Europe : DLM Forum
This forum for public authorities and national archives deals with issues of management, storage, preservation and dissemination of computeised and digital data.
http://www.dlmforum.eu.org/

 

Websites last visited : 2nd August 1999