Appendix 1: Standards and Documentation Used for Reference

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1. Appendix 1: Standards and Documentation Used for Reference
   1. Archival Processing
      1. General principles and specific case studies
   2. Metadata Creation
      1. Finding aids
      2. Digitized materials
   3. Digitization and Preservation
      1. Still images, document, and object digitization
      2. Audiovisual digitization
      3. Recommended file formats for digital materials for long-term use
      4. Digital preservation frameworks and standards

Archival Processing

General principles and specific case studies

University of California, “Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries”

Smithsonian Archives of American Art, “Guidelines for Processing Collections with Audiovisual Material”

University at Buffalo, “Digital Records in Special Collections: Processing Born Digital Records”

University at Buffalo, “Processing and Description”

Metadata Creation

Finding aids

Society of American Archivists, “Describing Archives: A Content Standard”

Society of American Archivists, “Encoded Archival Description (EAD)”

Digitized materials

Digital Public Library of America, “Metadata Application Profile”

Digitization and Preservation

Still images, document, and object digitization

Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative, “Guidelines: Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials”

Audiovisual digitization

Indiana University Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, “White Paper: Encoding and Wrapper Decisions and Implementation for Video Preservation Master Files”

Barbara Goldsmith, Preservation & Conservation Department New York University Libraries, “Digitizing Video for Long-Term Preservation: An RFP Guide and Template”

Association for Recorded Sound Collections, “ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation”

Recommended file formats for digital materials for long-term use

National Archives and Records Administration, “Appendix A: Tables of File Formats”

Digital preservation frameworks and standards

National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA), “Levels of Digital Preservation”

Digital Preservation Coalition Rapid Assessment Model

“Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)”

“Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories”

The Center for Research Libraries, “Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist”