RESOURCES
As stated on other pages on this site, the area of digital archiving is multi-dimensional, with many ramifications. The following provides a selected list of references to literature and the web on digital archiving. Please contact us if you are looking for further information.
Articles and Stories
Jeff Rothenberg, RAND Organisation: Two good introductory papers are:
Scientific American, January 1995 and
http://www.kb.nl/kb/ict/dea/download/dig-info-paper.rothenberg.pdf
Domesday Project: How a well known digital resource was rescued: http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,661093,00.html
Digital photographs: Yes, these are at risk too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2143979.stm
US 1960 Census: Was data lost? http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/winter_2000_1960_census.html#nt7
Preservation
The Digital Preservation Coalition's Preservation Management of Digital Materials Workbook. http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/handbook/index.html
A report on Digital Archaeology by Seamus Ross and Ann Dow See: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/#blric/
http://heds.herts.ac.uk/
The National Preservation Office site
http://www.bl.uk/services/preservation/national.html
Research Initiatives
CAMiLEON. (Creative Archiving at Michigan and Leeds: Emulating the
Old on the New).
http://www.si.umich.edu/CAMILEON/
InterPares: An international effort based at the University of British
Columbia.
http://www.interpares.org/
CEDARS. This project explored practical issues and provides guidance
in best practice for digital preservation.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cedars/
ERPANET:
http://www.erpanet.org/
Open Archives Initiative (OAI).
http://www.openarchives.org/
D-Space, a library initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://web.mit.edu/dspace/www/home.html
University of Glasgow Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/projects/ead/default.html
Digital Archiving standards and Frameworks
SeCCSDS 650.0-B-1: Reference Model for an Open Archival Information
System (OAIS). Blue Book. Issue 1. January 2002.
This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 14721:2002
http://wwwclassic.ccsds.org/documents/pdf/CCSDS-650.0-B-1.pdf
http://www.rlg.org/longterm/oais.html
National Archives
The Public Record Office in the UK (now called the National Archives).
http://www.pro.gov.uk/
US National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/
National Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/
The Netherlands
http://www.en.nationaalarchief.nl/default2.asp
Archiving Organisations and Professional Bodies
British Library, National Preservation Office.
http://www.bl.uk/services/preservation/national.html
Networked European Libraries (NEDLIB)
http://www.kb.nl/coop/nedlib/
Business Archives Council (UK).
http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/bac/default.html
International Council on Archives
http://www.ica.org/
The Records Management Society (UK).
http://www.rms-gb.org.uk/
The Society of American Archivists
http://www.archivists.org/
The Society of Archivists (UK)
http://www.archives.org.uk/index.asp
Records Management Standards
Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records (MoReq) published
by INSAR and sponsored by the European Union
http://www.cornwell.co.uk/moreq
United States Department of Defense (DoD) Standard 5015.2:
http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/recmgt/standards.htm
United Kingdom Public Record Office's Functional Requirements for Electronic
Records Management Systems
http://www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/eros/invest/default.htm
Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (VERS)
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/vers/welcome.htm
Pharmaceuticals
Food and Drug Administration, 1997. "Electronic records; electronic Signatures" Federal Register; Vol. 62, No. 54, 13430 - 13466.
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