During the research phase of History Detectives investigations, we rely on one tool more than any other: the digital image. We email them to experts, we enlarge them for details, and we use them to avoid handling originals any more than we must. Digital images are also used by the hundreds to illustrate the stories we tell. (Next time you watch an episode, count how many archival photos fly across the screen.) Over the course of eight seasons we’ve compiled a hulking digital archive. It’s invaluable to us, and it can be equally useful to anybody with a collection of old family photos.
Creator
The History Detectives Team
Publisher
PBS
Date
2010
Contributor
Johnson, Richard
Type
Web
Bibliographic Citation
The History Detectives Team. "DIY: Creating a Digital Archive." PBS. Accessed April 22, 2016.
Building Digital Archives, Descriptions, and Displays: A how-to-Do-It Manual for Archivists and Librarians (How-to-Do-It Manuals for Libraries)
Subject
Digital humanities
Description
Noted archivist and library educator Frederick Stielow provides a comprehensive guide to efficiently adding content to the Web - and to creating Web-based descriptions and finding aids that will draw surfers to the library's, museum's, or other repository's Web site that houses them. All major digital approaches and languages - SGML, XML, and EAD (Encoded Archival Description) - as well as established descriptive standards such as the Dublin Core and Open URL are covered. Options for capturing images, sounds, and video resources and automated techniques for converting optical characters are explained step-by-step. As he did is his earlier critically acclaimed "Creating Virtual Libraries", Stielow provides much more than just technical guidance: he also discusses how to integrate digital archives (and their associated records) with turnkey library automation systems and provides a thorough discussion of policies regarding what to digitize and post. Here is the ideal primer for project management and the perfect general guide for managing digital archives.
Stielow, Frederick J. Building Digital Archives, Descriptions, and Displays: A How-to-do-it Manual for Archivists and Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2003.
This book assembles contributions from computer scientists and librarians that altogether encompass the complete range of tools, tasks and processes needed to successfully preserve the cultural heritage of the Web. It combines the librarian’s application knowledge with the computer scientist’s implementation knowledge, and serves as a standard introduction for everyone involved in keeping alive the immense amount of online information.
Web Archives Long Term Access and Interoperability: The International Internet Preservation Consortium Activity
Subject
Web Archiving
Description
The International Internet Preservation Consortium was created in July 2003 by twelve pioneer institutions already involved in Web archiving and including eleven national libraries. The objectives of the consortium are to provide a forum for sharing knowledge about Internet content archiving and to develop interoperable tools, methods and standards to acquire, archive and provide access to the archived web sites. At the end of the first three years of IIPC a full set of open source free tools for the whole processing chain will be released. The IIPC standardization activity covers the web archives format, the preservation metadata, and the permanent identification aspects focussing on very large archive specificity. (Provided by author)
Creator
Lupovici, Catherine
Publisher
IFLA
Date
2005-11
Contributor
Eaddy, Brionna
Type
Journal article
Bibliographic Citation
Lupovici, Catherine. "Web archives long term access and interoperability: the International Internet Preservation consortium activity." IFLA Conference Proceedings (November 2005): 1-8. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, EBSCOhost (accessed April 22, 2016).
When the Present Web is Later the Past: Web Historiography, Digital History, and Internet Studies
Subject
Web Archiving
Description
This article argues for focus on preservation of the World Wide Web for future use by digital humanists and historians. It discusses the methods used to create web archives, as well as the limitations and problematic results of these methods. Its focus is not on providing preservation solutions, but on discussing the importance of web archiving and its methodological issues to incentivize improvement within the field.
Creator
Brügger, Niels
Publisher
Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Center for Historical Social Research
Date
2012
Contributor
Wolf, Casey
Type
Journal Article
Bibliographic Citation
Brügger, Niels. “When the Present Web Is Later the Past: Web Historiography, Digital History, and Internet Studies.” Historical Social Research 37, no. 4 (2012): 102–17. Accessed April 22, 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41756477.
How to Archive Family Photos: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize and Share Your Photos Digitally
Subject
Curation
Description
A how to guide on how to collect photos, physical or digital, into an online archive that will allow the consumer to preserve and maintain their beloved photos.
Creator
Levenick, Denise May
Publisher
Family Tree Books
Date
2015
Contributor
Van Dresar, Megan
Type
Book
Identifier
ISBN: 9781440340963
Bibliographic Citation
Levenick, Denise May. "How to Archive Family Photos
Digital Archives looks over the rapid technological changes and the push to digitize people's cultural heritages are changing the landscape of archives. The book also features contributions that offer state of the art solutions in building and maintaining digital archives.
Weller takes a look into the current history of the digital age in a way that it is palpable to both the traditional historian and the modern historian. The book takes a look into how the transition from traditional archives to digital archives is affecting the field of history for both scholars and students
Ross Harvey's latest guide takes readers through the step by step process of creating their own digital archive. The book contains online resources, tutorials, and references that hep the reader learn the latest techniques in creating a digital archive.
Creator
Harvey, Ross
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Date
2010 July 31
Type
Book
Identifier
ISBN: 9781555706944
Bibliographic Citation
Harvey, Ross. "Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual (How-To-Do-It Manuals (Numbered))". Digital Archiving Resources. Accessed April 21, 2016. http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Curation-How---Do--Numbered/dp/1555706940/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461292692&sr=1-3
Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works
Subject
Curation
Description
In order to see where we are going sometimes it becomes necessary to look back and review the steps we took to get to the place that we have landed today. The same thing goes for digital preservation. Charles Bailey notes and narrates previous curation methods used in over 600 English text restoration.
Creator
Bailey, Charles W.
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date
2012
Contributor
Faucette, Thomas
Type
Book
Identifier
ISBN:1477497692, 9781477497692
Bibliographic Citation
Bailey, Charles W. Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly WorksCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.2012. https://books.google.com/books?id=XcRhAwAAQBAJ&dq=archive+preservation&source=gbs_navlinks_s