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Documenting the Digital Library
Section 2
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Collection development policies and practices
Collection development policies and practices (general)
- Acquisitions, Cataloging, and Collection Development Policies for Electronic Resources
- Links to policies pertaining to acquisitions, cataloging, and development of digital library collections. Indiana University. 2000. http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/policies/e-policies.html
- Committee for Digital General Resources (CoDGeR)
- Policies pertaining to the development of digital library collections and resources developed by the Committee for Digital General Resources (CoDGeR). Includes documents pertaining to e-resource evaluation checkllists, criteria for cataloging selected remote access electronic resources, usage statistics and other related topics. Yale University Library. 2000. http://www.library.yale.edu/CDC/public/subcommittees/codger/index.html
- Reference and User Services Association: Collection Development & Evaluation Section (CODES) Collection Development Policies Committee
- Under the leadership of Kathleen Sullivan and Suzanne Fedunok, the Committee during the past four years has collected and analyzed collection policy statements for electronic formats. The complete archive of policy statements, listing of Core Policy Elements, and Bibliography assembled by the Committee have been deposited in the ALA Library in Chicago. Selected policy statements from the archive are available from this web-site. Reference and User Services Association. http://academic.uofs.edu/organization/codes/begin.html
- Electronic Collections Development
- Okerson, Ann. Lists policy documents from research libraries regarding the development of collections in an environment increasingly marked by the challenge of electronic resources. Yale University Library. 1999. http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/ecd.html
Collection development policies and practices (institutional)
- California Digital Library. Planning and Advisory Information. Planning for Collections
- Policies and guidelines governing CDL's collection development activities and including Collection Framework, Collection Development Matrix, Business Considerations, and Licensing Guidelines. California Digital Library. 2000. http://www.cdlib.org/about/planning/index.html#collections
- Collections Policy Statements: Electronic Resource
- Guidelines for the selection of electronic resources at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. 1999. http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/devpol/electron.html
- University of Pennsylvania Collection Development Policy: Digital Information Resources
- Covers networked academic digital information resources purchased or leased by the Library on behalf of Penn faculty, students and staff in all schools and libraries except Law (although members of the Law School have access to our digitized information). These resources may be locally loaded or accessed remotely. All are available through the Penn Library web page to authorized users. University of Pennsylvania. 1999. http://www.library.upenn.edu/services/collections/policies/diginfot.html
- Digital Acquisitions
- Anderson, Ivy. For information about issues of licensing, contracting, and vendor relations. Harvard University. 2000. http://hul.harvard.edu/ldi/html/acquisitions.html
- Collection and Preservation Policy
- Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE. Collection and preservation policy of this gateway site which links to third-party public domain Internet resources in the areas of digital library development and information University of California at Berkeley. 1996. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Admin/collection.html
- Managing Electronic Resources
- Parker, Kimberly. Guidelines for managing electronic resources at Yale University Library. Yale University Library. 2000. http://www.library.yale.edu/ecollections/eresmanage.html
Copyright and intellectual property
- Copyright & You - A Symposium on Intellectual Property in the Electronic Age
- Proceedings of a 1996 symposium centered on the issues of intellectual property, copyright, and electronic information. The forum provided for university-wide discussion among faculty, administrators, and others concerned with providing or gaining access to electronic information to meet teaching and research needs. The site links to suggested readings, copyright information, and full papers prepared for the symposium by Sanford G. Thatcher (Fair Use: A Double-Edged Sword), Karen Wagner (Intellectual Property: Copyright Implications for Higher Education), Ann Deden (Copyright Issues for University Web and Software Developers), and Andrew Walls (Intellectual Property, Copyright, and the Internet: Is it worth the effort?). Pennsylvania State University. 1996. http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/copyrt/copyrt.htm
- Learning Page--American Memory at the Library of Congress
- Research tools regarding the American Memory project including useful information about citing electronic resources and copyright. Library of Congress. 1999. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/research.html
- Licensing Electronic Resources at Harvard University Guidelines for Vendors
- Licensing guidelines developed by Harvard University Library based upon current best Harvard University Library. 2000. http://hul.harvard.edu/ldi/vendor_guidelines.pdf
- Privacy and Publicity Rights
- Issues pertaining to privacy and publicity that may arise when a researcher contemplates the use of letters, diary entries, or reportage found in library collections. (May 1995). Library of Congress. 1995. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/copothr.html
- United States Copyright Office at The Library of Congress
- Home of copyright information. Library of Congress. 2000. http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
- Copyright Resources on Line
- Okerson, Ann. Lists resources for those interested in copyright and intellectual property and incorporating work of Eileen Gifford and Janet Erickson. Yale University Library. 1999. http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/copyproj.html
Digital library directions and project reports
- Collections, Content, and the Web
- The report explores how the World Wide Web is affecting collections-based institutions. It is based on a conference organized by CLIR and the Chicago Historical Society in October 1999, with financial support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. CLIR. 2000. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub88abst.html
- Historical Collections for the National Digital Library: Lessons and Challenges at the Library of Congress, in DLib Magazine
- A two-part article in the April and May 1996 issues of D-Lib magazine. Touches briefly on a wide range of issues associated with building a library of digitized historical collections. 1996. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/dlib-2part.html
- Report of a workshop on social science data archives
- Explore common needs, as felt by social science data managers and other experts, into the discovery and retrieval of databases, the evaluation and interpretation of alternative data sources, and data extraction for analysis and presentation. DLF. 1999. http://www.diglib.org/collections/ssda/ssdaresults.htm
- Reviews of significant digital library undertakings at various institutions
- Reviews digital library undertakings at 11 institutions grouping them according to those that are collection-focused, technology focused, and balanced between technologies and collections. review of significant digital library undertakings at various institutions. North Carolina State University. 2000. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/reviews/index.html
- Getting the Picture: Observations from the Library of Congress on Providing Online Access to Pictorial Images
- Arms, Caroline R.. Describes selected aspects of the Library's practical experience and current practices from digital capture through interactions with users, with an emphasis on the integration on access to pictorial images online with other services and activities at the Library. Published in Library Trends (Fall 1999). Library Trends and Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/techdocs/libt1999/libt1999.html
- Building A Digital Library: The Stories of the Making of America
- Bonn, Maria S.. Reports on the University of Michigan's Making of America (MoA) project - a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The effort aimed to preserve and make accessible through digital technology a significant body of primary sources in United States history. MoA also seeks to develop protocols for the selection, conversion, storage, retrieval, and use of digitized materials on a University of Michigan. 2000. http://www.umdl.umich.edu/mbonn-saunders.html
- Digital Star Dust. The Hoagy Carmichael Collection at Indiana Univesity
- Brancolini, Kristine R. and Jon W. Dunn and John A Walsh. Reports on the challenges and accomplishments of a project funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Indiana University Digital Library Program and Archives of Traditional Music to preserve and digitize the university's extensive Hoagy Carmichael collections. When the Project ends in September 2000, the Project team will have preserved thousands of items, including sound recordings, photographs, sheet music, lyric sheets, and more, pertaining to the life and work of this master of the American popular song. Much of this content is already accessible to the public through a multimedia Web site. More digital content and improved search capabilities will be added in the coming months. While the Project builds upon previous experience and expertise, the complexity of the Project has presented numerous challenges which are addressed in this report. Indiana University. 2000. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_6/brancolini/
- SGML Creation and Delivery The Humanities Text Initiative, in DLib Magazine
- Kelleher Powell, Christina and Nigel Kerrl. Describes the Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) - an SGML creation and support unit at the University of Michigan and is part of the university's Digital Library Production Service (DLPS). The HTI's origins are in the University Library's efforts to create an Internet based "textual analysis" and has evolved as an umbrella organization for the creation and maintenance of online text, and as a mechanism for furthering the University's capabilities 1997. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july97/humanities/07powell.html
- Frameworks for Digital Libraries and Collaboration
- Lougee, Wendy and John Price-Wilkin. Talk given at a CIC Conference on the Virtual Electronic Library, Northwestern University, December 1999. University of Michigan. 1999. http://jpw.umdl.umich.edu/pubs/cic-199912/sld001.htm
- Digitizing Historical Pictorial Collections for the Internet
- Ostrow, Stephen. Describes the nature and uses of large historical pictorial collections in a both the reading room and online, analyzing the advantages and the disadvantages of digital access to images. CLIR. 1998. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub71.html
- Managing the Digital Future of Libraries
- Spencer, Andy. Reports on challenges encountered in all aspects of a Russian language digitization projects based a 20-year run of serial publication that indexes Soviet periodicals from 1926 to the Indiana University. http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/letopis/Moscow_Conference_paper.html
Digital preservation
Digital preservation (general)
- Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
- This film (and accompanying discussion guide and a compendium of other resources) was produced by CLIR to inform a variety of publics about issues of preservation in the electronic age, to articulate what might be at stake for our society, and to point to ways that individuals and groups can work together to find solutions to the challenges posed. CLIR. http://www.clir.org/pubs/film/film.html
- Preservation in the Digital World
- Conway, Paul. Links the historical context and concepts of preservation practice and management to a new framework for effective leadership in the digital environment. CLIR. 1996. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub62.html
Digital preservation (institutional practice)
- Preservation Digital Reformatting Program
- Outlines the high-level strategic goals of preservation reformatting at the Library of Library of Congress. 1999. http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/prd/presdig/presintro.html
- Preserving Cornell's Digital Image Collections: Implementing an Archival Strategy
- A web site under development, includes various reports and documents and will include recommendations for archival policies for digital projects. Cornell University Library. http://www.library.cornell.edu/imls/
- Standards for Archival File Formats
- Standards and related documentation are noted for audio and electronic still photography file formats relevant to Harvard library digital iniatives. President and Fellows of Harvard College. 2000. http://preserve.harvard.edu/standards/fileformats.html
- Keeping Memory Alive: Practices for Preserving Digital content at the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress
- Arms, Caroline R.. Describes current practices by the Library to ensure the long-term retention of digital resources. Published in RLG DigiNews (June 2000). Library of Congress and RLG. 2000. http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/diginews4-3.html#feature1
- University of Michigan Polices and Practice for the Long Term Retention of Locally Produced Digital Projects and Materials: A Report Prepared for the Joint RLG/TASK Force on Digital Preservation
- Bonn, Maria. Report on digital preservation policies and practices at the University of Michigan Library, based on the experience of its Digital Library Initiative. University of Michigan Library. 1999. http://www.umdl.umich.edu/um-rlg.html
Digital preservation (strategies)
- Preserving the Whole: A Two-Track Approach to Rescuing Social Science Data and Metadata
- Green, Ann and JoAnn Dionne and Martin This publication is a meticulously detailed study of migration as a preservation strategy. CLIR. 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub83abst.html
- Digital to Microfilm Conversion: A Demonstration Project 1994-1996. Final Report to the National Endowment for the Humanities. PS-20781-94
- Kenney, Anne R.. Report of a study funded in 1994 by the NEH to test and evaluate the interrelationship between microfilm and digital imagery. A follow-up study in some respects to that by Don Willis, commissioned in 1992 by the Commission on Preservation and Access (A Hybrid Systems Approach to Preservation of Printed Materials) that argues convincingly for the creation of microfilm for preservation and digital images for access. Cornell University Library. http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/com/comfin.html
- HELIOS II: The Making of DIVA: Data Migration Strategies for Archival Electronic Records
- Michalek, Gabrielle V.. Paper presented at MARAC Conference, 12 November 1999 reporting on a project to migrate archival electronic records into a new software environment. Carnegie Mellon University. 1999. http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/LIT/Projects/MARAC_files/v3_document.htm
- Avoiding Technological Quicksand: Finding a Viable Technical Foundation for Digital Preservation
- Rothernberg, Jeff. The report documents and assesses existing models of digital archiving and develops a theory of software emulation. CLIR. 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub77.html
- Preserving Digital Information, Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information
- Waters, Donald and John Garrett. This report recommends specific actions that the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Research Libraries Group, Inc., and other organizations could undertake to help develop reliable systems for preserving access to digital information. CLIR. 1996. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub63.html
- Digitization as a Method of Preservation?
- Weber, Hartmut and Marianne Dörr. Acknowledging that the digital medium is unstable, and therefore risky as a preservation medium, the report investigates how digitizing and microfilming can be combined to achieve both optimal access and maximum preservation. CLIR. 1997. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub69.html
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