Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Considerations for Digital Archival Projects
Archivists must have a flexible policy framework with clear, documented digital archives processes reflecting legal, ethical and cultural considerations.
Archives: Values to Consider During Selection for Digitization
Selection criteria for archives digitization projects must include informational, intrinsic, artifactual and aesthetic values.
Archives: Digital Imaging and Resolution Recommendations
Archives digital imaging takes planning; image quality choices made when files are created have a profound effect on cost, research value, and usefulness.
Image Description Practices for Digital Archives Projects
Standards for describing archival materials exist but many archives use descriptive methods suited only to their holdings; description remains idiosyncratic.
In-house and Outsourced Archives Digitization
Archives digitization can be done either in-house or outsourced; both alternatives should be considered when starting a digital archives project.
Staffing and Collaboration for Digital Archival Projects
Digital archives projects require new skills and collaboration is increasingly a factor in archives, bringing a need for training in a hybrid environment.
Digital Archives & The American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons uses Eloquent Archives to manage their ~400 linear feet of multimedia materials and make them available for research.
The Intersection of Libraries, Archives & Museums
Libraries, archives & museums (LAMs) may be physically separate but digitally aligned. Collections management systems enable sharing & collaboration.
Keys to Developing a Comprehensive Archives Collection Development Policy
This post describes elements of a formal archives collection development policy and guidance on strategic issues of advocacy, planning and measurement.
How to Determine the Feasibility of Digital Archives Projects
Planning a digital archives project involves serious considerations and questions which can be used to determine feasibility and likelihood of success.
Three Fundamental Digital Preservation Strategies
Ensuring longevity of digital data is complicated and costly; they need routine preservation to survive; archivists must adopt 3 preservation strategies.
Copyright Fundamentals for Cultural Heritage Institutions
Most people don’t understand copyright complexity. Archivists must educate users, colleagues, leadership teams about copyright as applied to collections.
Why Digital Archives Expand Access and Awareness
Author, archivist, and records manager Margot Note describes how and why digital archives collections management expands access to archives holdings.