Archiving and Digital Collections
Table of Contents
- 1. Archiving
- 2. Cataloging
- 3. Digital Collections
- 3.1. AEP (American Environmental Photographs)
- 3.2. Automatic Age (The Automatic Age)
- 3.3. Bacon (Sir Nicholas Bacon Collection of English Court and Manorial Documents)
- 3.4. Campub (Campus Publications)
- 3.5. Century (A Century of Progress)
- 3.6. Chicagoan (The Chicagoan)
- 3.7. Chopin (Chopin Electronic Editions)
- 3.8. DMA (Digital Media Archive)
- 3.9. FAW (First American West)
- 3.10. Goodspeed (The Goodspeed Manuscript Collection)
- 3.11. Map Collection
- 3.12. MCA (Collection of Manuscripts on Cultural Anthropology)
- 3.13. MEPA (Middle East Photograph Archive)
- 3.14. OperaCat
- 3.15. Rose and Chess
- 3.16. Rosenthal Collection of Northern Italian Documents
- 3.17. Speculum (The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Digital Collection)
- 3.18. UCPA (University of Chicago Photographic Archive)
- 3.19. UNCAP (Uncovering Chicago Archives Project)
- 4. Document and File Management
- 5. Finding Aids
- 6. Metadata
- 7. Project Management
- 8. Standards and Best Practices
1 Archiving
1.1 Library Digital Repository
1.1.1 Foundational Documents
- Preserving Digital Information: Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information (Garret and Waters, 1996) [PDF]
- Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) (June 2012) [PDF]
1.1.2 Planning Documents
- Planning for a University of Chicago Digital Repository (Winter 2012) [PDF]
- Joint Library & NSIT Digital Preservation Project Proposal (September 2005) [PDF]
- Recommendation for a Library Program for Digital Archiving (February 2005) [PDF]
- Report of the Digital Archiving Task Force (August 2004) [PDF]
1.1.3 Policy Documents
- Library Digital Repository (LDR): Policy Overview (2016-03-15)
1.1.4 Presentations
- The University of Chicago Library Digital Repository (LDR) (2015-01-27) [PDF]
- Digital Repository Overview (2009-04-23)
- Digital Repository Vision (2011-03-04)
1.1.5 Historical Documents
- ARK Resolver (Charles Blair)
- Darling Reference Card (Keith Waclena / Charles Blair)
- Digital Repository Workflow (Laura Alagna)
- Digital Repository Workflow (Tyler Danstrom)
- Digital Repository Workflow: Chicago Unbound (Laura Alagna)
- LDR Processing (Charles Blair)
- Specifications for Bagging Accessions (Tyler Danstrom)
3 Digital Collections
Digital Collections are listed by their short names because that is how they are most often referrerd to.
3.1 AEP (American Environmental Photographs)
3.2 Automatic Age (The Automatic Age)
3.3 Bacon (Sir Nicholas Bacon Collection of English Court and Manorial Documents)
3.4 Campub (Campus Publications)
3.5 Century (A Century of Progress)
3.6 Chicagoan (The Chicagoan)
3.7 Chopin (Chopin Electronic Editions)
3.8 DMA (Digital Media Archive)
3.9 FAW (First American West)
3.10 Goodspeed (The Goodspeed Manuscript Collection)
3.11 Map Collection
3.12 MCA (Collection of Manuscripts on Cultural Anthropology)
3.13 MEPA (Middle East Photograph Archive)
3.14 OperaCat
3.15 Rose and Chess
3.16 Rosenthal Collection of Northern Italian Documents
3.17 Speculum (The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Digital Collection)
3.18 UCPA (University of Chicago Photographic Archive)
3.19 UNCAP (Uncovering Chicago Archives Project)
4 Document and File Management
5 Finding Aids
7 Project Management
8 Standards and Best Practices
- Audio-related Information
- Benchmark for Faithful Reproductions of Monograph and Serials, 2002 (Digital Library Federation Benchmark Working Group)
- Expanding Acceptable Transfer Requirements: Transfer Instructions for Permanent Electronic Records (NARA)
- Format Descriptions
- IU DLP Use of Digital Imaging Standards and Best Practices
- Scanning in Brief at the U of C Library
- Standards in use at the University of Chicago Library
- Sustainability of Digital Formats Planning for Library of Congress Collections