Webography of Resources for Records for Professionals

PRESERVATION

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Basic Conservation of Archival Materials (various publications)  (Canadian Council of Archives)
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Conserve O Grams (Museum Management Program, National Park Service)
• Control of security and storage of holdings (D L Thomas, UNESCO RAMP reader)
• CoOL (Conservation Online) (Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation)
• Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds (George Boston and Milton Keynes, UNESCO Memory of the World Project, 1998)
• Guidelines for Microfilming Records of Archival Value (Library and Archives Canada)
• Holdings Maintenance (National Archives and Records Administration)
• IPI Media Storage Quick Reference (Peter Z. Adelstein, Image Permanence Institute)
• Library Preservation at Harvard  (Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University Library) 
• National Park Service Museum Handbook (National Park Service, Department of the Interior)
• Preservation (Library of Congress)
• Preservation and Archives Professionals (National Archives and Records Administration)
• Preservation Leaflets (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
• Preservation of Archival Records: Holdings Maintenance at the National Archives (Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, National Archives and Records Administration, Technical Information Paper Number 6, 1990)
• Preserving Records  (from Managing Public Sector Records: A Study Programme, International Council on Archives & International Records Management Trust, 1999)
• Principles for the Care & Handling of Library Materials (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, International Preservation Issues No. 1)
• reCollections:  Caring for Collections Across Australia (Collections Australia Network, 2005)
• Study on Integrated Pest Management for Libraries and Archives  (UNESCO RAMP study, Thomas A Parker, 1998)
• Washington State Standards for the Production and Use of Microfilm (Washington State Archives, 2008)

PRESERVATION OF AUDIO/VISUAL RECORDS

General Information

• Audiovisual Archives:  A Practical Reader (UNESCO)
• Audiovisual archiving: philosophy and principles (UNESCO, 2004)
•  Audiovisual Research  Collections and their Preservation (Dietrich Schüller, European Commission on Preservation and Access, 2008)
• Care and Handling of Alternative Media (UC Davis University Library, The Margaret B. Harrison Preservation Department)
• Foundations of Visual Literacy: Historic  Preservation and Image Management (Margot Note)
• Guidelines for Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials in Libraries and other Institutions (IFLA International Federation of Library Associations, 2004)
• International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
• IPI’s Media Storage Quick Reference: Negative, Prints, Tapes, CDs, DVDs  (Image Permanence Institute)
• Managing Cartographic, Architectural and Engineering Records in the Government of Canada (Library and Archives Canada)
• Managing Documentary Art Records in the Government of Canada (Library and Archives Canada)
• Message from Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura,Director-General of UNESCO on the Occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage “Fading Heritage – we can save it” (2009)
• Photographic and Audiovisual Archives Working Group (International Council on Archives)
• Primer on Codex for Moving Image and Sound Archives (Chris Lacinak, AVPS – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions, 2010)
• Publications for archivists managing photograph and film collections (ICA International Council on Archives)
• Race Against Time: Preserving AV Media (Video Series) (Conservation Center of Art and Historic Artifacts, 2010)
• Special Issue on Cartographic Archives (Archivaria 13, Winter 1981-82)
• Still images, moving images and sound advice  (JISC Digital Media)
• Washington State Film Preservation Manual: Low-cost & No-cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film (Nicolette Bromberg & Hannah Palin with Libby Burke, Washington Preservation Initiative and the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division)

Audio Materials

• Association for Recorded Sound Collections
• Audio Preservation Resources (PARS Recording and Photographic Media Committee of the American Library Association)
•  Audio Procedures and Workflow for the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (Jessica Williams, Sandra Paske, and Steven Dast, 2004)
• Best Practices for Audio Preservation
  (Sound Directions:  Digital Preservation & Access for Global Audio Heritage, Indiana University Digital Library Program)
• Capturing Analog Sound for Digital Preservation: Report of a Roundtable Discussion of Best Practices for Transferring Analog Discs and Tapes (The National Recording Preservation Board, Library of Congress, 2006)
• Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials (Gilles St-Laurent, National Library of Canada, 1996)
• Cylinder, Disc, and Tape Care in a Nutshell (Library of Congress)
• Safeguarding the Audio Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy (IASA TC03)(International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives  Technical Committee, 2005)
• Sound Savings Preserving Audio Collections (Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by University of Texas at Austin, Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board, and the Association of Research Libraries, 2003)

Moving Images

• Archival Appraisal of Moving Images (UNESCO) (Sam Kula, 1983)
• Association of Moving Image Archivists
• Care, Handling and Storage of Motion Picture Film (Library of Congress)
• Center for Magnetic Recording Research
• Disaster Recovery for Films in Flooded Areas  (Mick Newnham, National Film and Sound Archive, Australian Film Commission)
• Film Forever – The Home Film Preservation Guide  (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
• Film Preservation Guide (National Film Preservation Foundation)
• How to Care for Video Tapes (Canadian Conservation Institute)
• Identifying and Handling Nitrate Film (Association of Moving Image Archivists, 2008)
• International Federation of Film Archives
• Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling: A Guide for Libraries and Archives  (Dr. John W.C. Van Bogart, National Media Laboratory, 1995)
• National Film Preservation Foundation
• Preservation Recording, Copying, and Storage Guidelines for Audio Tape Collections (Lyrasis)
• Salvaging Flooded Videotapes (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
• Storage Guide for Acetate Film (Image Permanence Institute)
• Video Preservation Handbook (Jim Wheeler, Association of Moving Image Archivists, 2002)
• Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide  (Texas Commission on the Arts, 2004)
• Videotape Preservation Factsheets (Association of Moving Image Archivists)

Still Images

• Archival appraisal of photographs (UNESCO RAMP study ,William H. Leary)
• Care and Preservation of Photographic Prints  (Mary Fahey, Benson Ford Research Center, 2011)
• Care of Photographic Materials: Prints (Tech Talk: Photographs Part II, Bonnie Wilson, Minnesota Historical Society)
• Care of Photographs (Northeast Document Conservation Center, rev. 2011)
• Caring for Audio-Visual and Photographic Materials (Smithsonian Museum and Conservation Institute)
• Caring for Cellulose Nitrate Film (Conserve O Gram 14/8, National Park Service, 2004)
• Caring for Color Photographs  (Conserve O Gram 14/6, National Park Service, 1998)
• Caring for Photographs: General Guidelines (Conserve O Gram 14/4, National Park Service, 1997)
• Caring for Photographs: Special Formats (Conserve O Gram 14/5, National Park Service, 1997)
• Caring For Photographs: Special Monochrome Processes (Conserve 0 Gram 14/7, 1998)
• Chronology of Photographic Processes (Conserve O Gram 14/3, National Park Service, 1993)
• Cold Storage: A Long-Term Preservation Strategy for Film-Based Photographic Materials
  (National Park Service)
• Creating Long-Lasting Inkjet Prints (Monique Fischer, Northeast Document Conservation  Center, rev. 2011)
• Dating Photographs By Format and Technology (Nicolette Bromberg, University of Washington Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Achives)
• Digital Photographic Images Guidelines (University of Michigan Archives and Records Program)
• Digital Photography: Annotated Bibliography and Literature Summary (InterPARES 2 Project)
• Digital Print Preservation Portal (Image Permanence Institute)
• Disposal of Cellulose Nitrate Film (Conserve O Gram 2/22, National Park Service, 2004)
• Early Mounted Photographs (David Rudd)
• Expanding Acceptable Transfer Requirements: Transfer Requirements for Permanent Electronic Records – Digital Photographic Records (National Archives and Records Administration, 2003)
• Graphics Atlas: print identification and characteristics (Image Permanence Institute)
• He Shoots, He Stores: New Photographic Practice in the Digital Age (Jessica Bushey, Archivaria 65, Spring 2008)
• Identification of Film-Based Photographic Materials (Conserve O Gram 14/9, National Park Service, 1999)
• IPI’s Media Storage Quick Reference  (Peter Z. Adelstein, Image Permanence Institute)
• Methodology for Dating Photographs Relative to 1950 (Paul Messier, Boston Art Conservation)
• Photo Preservation Bibliography  (Image Permanence Institute)
• Photo Preservation Glossary (Image Permanence Institute, 2012)
• Photographic Materials Group  (AIC – American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works)
• Photographs from the 19th Century: A Process Identification Guide (William E. Leyshon, 1984-2001)
• Preservation and restoration of photographic materials in archives and libraries (Klaus B Hendriks, UNESCO RAMP study, 1984)
• Short Guide to Film Base Photographic Materials: Identification, Care, and Duplication (Northeast Document Conservation Leaflet 5.1, Monique Fischer, rev. 2011)
• Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials (Gary Albright , Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2007)
•  Visual Literacy (Michael Lesy, The Journal of American History, 2007)
• You Won’t Believe Your Eyes: Digital Photographs as Legal Evidence (Roderick McCarvel, 1995)

PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC/DIGITAL MEDIA

• An Approach to the Preservation of Digital Records (Helen Heslop, Simon Davis, and Andrew Wilson, National Archives of Australia, 2002)
• Bibliography: Preservation File Formats for Video & Associated Metadata (rev 2005)
• Born Digital Images as Reliable and Authentic Records (Jessica Bushey, 2005)
• Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists  (Fred R. Byers, Council on Library and Information Resources, 2003)
• Care of Archival Compact Discs (Conserve O Gram19/19, National Park Service, 1996)
• Care of Archival Digital and Magnetic Media (Conserve O Gram 19/20, National Park Service, 1996)
• Caring for CDs and DVDs (The British Library, National Preservation Office, 2008)
• Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage  (UNESCO, 2003)
• Core criteria for digital preservation repositories (Center for  Research Libraries, Global Resources Network, 2007)
• Cornell University Electronic Student Records Systems Project Report (Cornell University Library)
• Cost Orientation of Digital Preservation (Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network, 2003)
• Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works (Charles W. Bailey, Jr., 2012)
• Digital Formats: Factors for Sustainability, Functionality, and Quality (Carolyn R. Arms and Carl Fleischhauer, DLF Forum, 2003)
• Digital Preservation Cost Centers (Yale University Library, Digital Preservation Committee, 2006)
• Digital Preservation Publications (Council  on Library and Information Resources (CLIR))
• Digital Preservation Readiness Webliography (Liz Bishoff, Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2007)
• Digital signatures and electronic records (Filip Boudrez, Expertisecentrum DAVID, 2005)
• Electronic Resource Management: The Report of the DLF Initiative (Digital Library Federation Electronic Resource Management, 2004)
• Evaluating Your File Formats (National Archives UK, 2011)
• File Format Conversion (National Archives UK, 2011)
• File Format Guidelines for Preservation and Long-term Access (Library and Archives Canada, 2010)
• File format registry PRENOM (National Archives UK)
• File Formats & Guidelines (Harvard University Information Technology, 2008)
• File Formats for Preservation  (DPC Technology Watch Series Report, Malcolm Todd, 2009)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Digital Audio and Video Records (National Archives and Records Administration)
• Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation (Katherine Skinner and Matt Schultz, eds., 2010)
• Guidelines for the Preservation of Digital Heritage (National Library of Australia, 2003)
• How to Preserve Authentic Electronic Records (InterPARES 1 Project)
• Ingest and Maintenance of Electronic Records: Moving Theory to Practice (TCDL Bulletin)
• Knowledge Base Digital Preservation (National Archives of the Netherlands)
• Media Type Preservation Plan (Artefactual Systems, 2012)
• Meeting the challenges of digital preservation: The OAIS reference model (Brian Lavoie, OCLC Newsletter, No. 243:26-30, 2000)
• Memory of the Information Society  (Jean Michel Rodes, Geneviève Piejut, and Emmanuèle Plas, UNESCO Publications for the World Summit on the Information Society, 2003)
• Metadata Standards Framework – Preservation Metadata (Revised) (National Library of New Zealand, 2003)
• Open Repositories 2011 (Journal of Digital Information, Vol 13, No 1, 2012)
• Presentation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook (Neil Beagrie and Maggie Jones, National Archives of New Zealand, 2008)
• Preservation in the Age of Large-Scale Digitization: A White Paper (Oya Y. Rieger, Council on Library and Information Resources, 2008)
• PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies (PREMIS)  (Library of Congress)
• Preservation of modern cartographic products (László Zentai, e-Perimetron, Vol.1, No. 4, 2006)
• Preserving Access to Digital Information (National Library of Australia)
• Preserving Access to Digital Information:  Digitization (National Library of Australia)
• Recommended Data Formats for Preservation Purposes in the Florida Digital Archive (Florida University)
• Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for LOC Collections  (Library of Congress)
• Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long Term Access to Digital Information  (The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, 2010)
• Trusted Digital Repositories Attributes & Responsibilities (Research Libraries Group, OCLC, 2010)
• Understanding Faculty to Improve Content Recruitment for Institutional Repositories (Nancy Foster and Susan Gibbons, D-Lib Magazine, Volume 11 Number 1, 2005)
• Web Archives: The Future(s) (Eric T. Meyer, Arthur Thomas, and Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 2011)
• Web Archiving (Alex Ball, Digital Curation Centre, UKOLN, University of Bath, 2010)
• Will Today’s Internet Maps be Available Tomorrow? The Preservation and Archiving of the Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica through Action Research (Tracey P. Lauriault, D. R. Fraser Taylor, Peter L. Pulsifer, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Canada)

PRESERVATION OF PAPER BASED MATERIALS

• Advice for Framing Art, Documents, Letters, Photographs, and other Paper Items (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Care and Preservation of Documents and Works of Art on Paper (Mary Fahey, 2002)
• Environmental Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records, NISO TR01-1995 (William K. Wilson, National Information Standard Organization, 1995)
• Flattening Maps (CoOL, Conservation DistList, January 9, 1995)
• How To Preserve Acidic Wood Pulp Paper (Conserve O Gram 19/24,National Park Service, 2001)
• Managing Cartographic, Architectural and Engineering Records in the Government of Canada (Library and Archives Canada)
• Matting and Framing for Art and Artifacts on Paper (Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2007)
• Planning equipping and staffing a document reprographic service (UNESCO RAMP study with guidelines) (James A Keene and Michael Roper)
• Practical Considerations for Humidifying and Flattening Paper (Stephanie Watkins,  The Book and Paper Group Annual 21, 2002)
• Preservation and restoration of paper records and books (Carmen Crespo and Vicente Vinas, UNESCO RAMP Study)
• Preserving Newspapers (Library of Congress)
• Preserving Works on Paper: Manuscripts, Drawings, Prints, Posters, Maps, Documents (Library of Congress)
• Preventive Care of Graphic Art on Paper (Cornell University Library, Department of Preservation and Conservation, 2001)
• Removal of Damaging Fasteners from Historic Documents (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
• Repairing Paper Artifacts (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
• Storage Solutions for Oversized Paper Artifacts (Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2007)