025.8 AIM25
Provides electronic access to collection level descriptions of
archives of London based higher education institutions and learned
societies. Descriptions can be searched by repository, using freetext or
targeted strategies, or by thesaurus or name index. Also features links
to participating institutions.
025.8 Archaeology Data
Service GIS Guide to Good Practice
Guidance for the creation, maintenance, use and long-term
preservation of GIS based digital resources, with an emphasis on
archaeological data.
025.8 Archives Hub
Keyword searchable descriptions of archive collections held in UK
universities and colleges. Offers bibliographic details of collections,
an indication of their scope and content, administrative information,
and a listing of access points for each entry.
025.84 Building a
National Strategy for Preservation: Issues in Digital Media
Archiving
US Library of Congress report discussing efforts to develop a
national strategy for the preservation of digital information. The
report is based on consultations between federal, scholarly, and
non-profit organisations, and is presented in html format and as a PDF
file.
025.8 Canadian
Archival Resources
Collection of links to Canadian archives and related material on the
Internet. Features an alphabetical listing, with additional divisions by
region and type of resource.
025.8 CEDARS: CURL Exemplars
for Digital Archives
Project aiming to address strategic, methodological, and practical
issues associated with digital preservation and provide subsequent
guidance for libraries. It intends to deliver guidelines for developing
digital collection management policies which may ensure the long-term
viability of any digital resources included in a collection, provide
demonstrator projects to test and promote the technical and
organisational feasibility of the chosen strategy, and an analysis of
the cost implications of digital preservation.
025.8 Council on Library
and Information Resources Publications
Access to issues of several newsletters focusing on activities
intended to ensure the preservation of published and documentary records
in all formats and enhanced access to scholarly information, including
the Preservation and Access International Newsletter. Aimed at
university administrators, academics, library and archives professionals
and preservation specialists.
025.84 Environmental
Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records
Technical report discussing environmental parameters that influence
the preservation of paper-based records in libraries and archives.
Storage issues addressed include temperature, relative humidity,
exposure to light, gaseous contaminants, and particulates, and
associated recommendations are given. An appendix provides information
germane to the development of environmental guidelines for storage with
a technical summary of information in the literature. A glossary is
provided.
025.84 EPIC: European Preservation
Information Center
Information on work concerning the preservation of the documentary
heritage in Europe focusing on paper-based materials, as well as sound,
film, photographs, and digital archives. Concentrates on preservation as
an integral element in collection management and issues like mass
conservation and conversion or substitution, rather than traditional
restoration techniques.
025.84 European Commission on
Preservation and Access: Gateway for Resources and Information on
Preservation
Offers a fully searchable database of information relating to the
preservation of documentary and multimedia materials. Also contains two
online publications outlining recent developments in the preservation of
analogue library and archival materials, and the preservation of
documentary materials in tropical climates. Available in pdf only.
025.8 HMC
Survey of Archive Cataloguing Problems
Examines the problems associated with archive cataloguing in the UK,
concluding that large quantities of archives in public repositories are
uncatalogued or inadequately catalogued, and that a major injection of
funds into a concentrated cataloguing programme is the only way to
reduce or solve the problem. Presented as a PDF document.
025.84 Investigation
into the Digital Preservation Needs of Universities and Research
Funders
Report of a study carried out by staff of the UK Data Archive to
explore the extent to which electronic materials being generated within
the university sector, or with funding from the main research councils,
were subject to preservation policies, and to discover the views of key
people in universities and funding agencies on their future needs with
respect to digital preservation.
025.84 Iron Gall Ink
Corrosion
Information about iron gall ink and its tendency to slow corrosion.
Provides detailed coverage of the ink’s history and ingredients,
research into conservation, and an Ink Corrosion Show of Horrors.
025.84 Practical
Advice for Preserving Publications on Disc
Conference paper (January 1999) which provides guidance based on
practical experience for those who wish to manage collections on
computer disk. Appropriate materials, identification, metadata,
copyright, preservation, and access considerations are dealt with in
practical terms, to aid understanding and to show how this can be
applied. Floppy disks, optical disks, CD-ROM, CD-R, and DVD-ROM are all
considered, along with general principles and guidelines.
025.84 Preservation
101
Online course offering information on collection deterioration and
the need for preservation. Provides advice and instruction on how best
to preserve print material, online resources, and photographs, and also
how to monitor and control temperature, relative humidity, and light. A
glossary of terms is included.
025.8 Preservation
Equipment
Company providing materials and equipment for the conservation and
preservation of archives and works of art. Includes information on
products, new developments and contacts.
025.84 Preservation of
Library and Archival Materials: A Manual
Report detailing practical aspects of preserving library materials.
Includes information on planning and prioritising, environmental issues
such as humidity, temperature and air quality, emergency management,
storage and handling, and reformatting of resources.
025.84 Preservation of
the Integrity of Electronic Records
Project which aims to define the requirements for creating,
handling, and preserving reliable and authentic electronic records.
025.84 Preserving Digital
Information: Final Report and Recommendations
At the end of 1994 the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA)
and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) created a Task Force on Archiving
of Digital Information charged with investigating and recommending means
to ensure ‘continued access indefinitely into the future of electronic
records stored in digital electronic form’. This is the final report of
the task force.
025.8 Preserving
Library Materials
Guidelines and advice on the preservation of electronic and paper
media in libraries. Describes the steps involved in preservation,
answers FAQs, presents a self assessment quiz, and gives instructions on
how to create your own book snake.
025.84 Responsibility
for Digital Archiving and Long Term Access to Digital Data
Report proposing that a publicly funded, permanent archive of
digital materials produced in the UK and Ireland should be established,
and that legal deposit legislation should be amended to cover electronic
publications and other digital material.
025.8 Save Our Sounds
A preservation program established to restore and make available
collections of historical recordings of spoken word and music. Provides
access to inspirational music, songs, poems, and speeches from countries
around the world, as well as recordings from every US state. RealPlayer
is required for some material.
025.8 Society of
Archivists
Society concerned with the care and preservation of archives and
related research and promotion. Includes information on membership,
special groups, conferences, training and publications.
025.8 United Kingdom Institute for
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Body representing professional conservators and restorers working in
disciplines including applied art, archaeology, archives, botany,
industrial archaeology, paintings, paper, sculpture and zoology in the
UK. Offers information on publications, events, specialist sections, and
membership.
025.8 Using
Kodak Photo CD Technology for Preservation and Access: A Guide for
Librarians, Archivists, and Curators
Report summarising the findings of a study that evaluated Kodak
Photo CD technology as a tool for preserving and making research
materials available electronically.
