Digitization

• Minimum Digitization Capture Recommendations ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section, June 2013
  • http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/preserv/minimum-digitization-capture-recommendations
• Digitization Cost Calculator
  • http://statelibrarync.org/plstats/digitization_calculator.php
• Paper and Image Estimator
  • http://www.ilmcorp.com/tools-and-resources/estimate-the-number-of-pages-or-images
• Digitization Program (UNC)
  • http://www2.lib.unc.edu/dc/watson/archivalmassdigitization/index.html?section=digaccess&page=digitization
• Managing Digitisation Programs and Projects (NSW)
  • https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/recordkeeping/advice/digitisation
• DIY Book Scanner
  • http://www.diybookscanner.org/
• Moiré patterns
  • http://www.scantips.com/basics06.html
• Removing Moiré patterns
  • https://www.oberonplace.com/dtp/moire/index.htm

Digital Archives Links – general

• CHIN – Canadian Heritage Information Network
  • http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1443203443442
• Curation Costs Exchange
  • http://www.curationexchange.org/
• Digital Archives – Center for Research Libraries
  • http://www.crl.edu/archiving-preservation/digital-archives
• Digital Curation Centre
  • http://www.dcc.ac.uk/
• Digital Curation Exchange
  • http://digitalcurationexchange.org/
• Digital Library Federation
  • https://www.diglib.org/
• Digital Preservation & Curation – JISC
  • http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20140614001302/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/topics/digitalpreservation.aspx
• Digital Preservation Coalition
  • http://www.dpconline.org/
  • Digital Preservation Coalition wiki
    • http://wiki.dpconline.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
• Digital Preservation Handbook, 2nd ed.
  • http://handbook.dpconline.org/
    
• Digital Preservation Management Tools and Techniques
  • http://dpworkshop.org/workshops/management-tools
• DigiPres Commons
  • http://www.digipres.org/
• International Internet Preservation Consortium
  • http://netpreserve.org/
• InterPARES – International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems
  • http://www.interpares.org/
• iRODS – Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System
  • https://irods.org/
• Knowledge bank – National Archives of the Netherlands
  • http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/kennisbanken/digitaal-bewaren
• Open Preservation Foundation (formerly Open Planets Foundation)
  • http://openpreservation.org/
• National Archives Applied Research
  • http://www.archives.gov/applied-research/index.html
• National Digital Stewardship Alliance
  • http://ndsa.org/
• POWRR – Preserving (digital) Objects With Restricted Resources
  • http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/

Digital Forensics

• DFRWS – Digital Forensics Research Workshop
  • http://www.dfrws.org/
• ForensicsWiki
  • http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Forensics workstation (AIMS project)
  • http://born-digital-archives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/forensic-workstation-pt-1-draft.html
• LinuxLEO – digital forensics with Linux
  • http://linuxleo.com/
• test corpora
  • CFReDS Project
    • http://www.cfreds.nist.gov/
  • Digital Corpora
    • http://digitalcorpora.org/
    • incl. 2009 M57 Patents scenario
      • http://digitalcorpora.org/corpora/scenarios/m57-patents-scenario
  • Digital Forensics Tool Testing Images
    • http://dftt.sourceforge.net/
  • ForGE – computer forensic test image generator
    • https://articles.forensicfocus.com/2013/10/18/forge-computer-forensic-test-image-generator/
  • Browse old files by format
    • http://www.webarchive.org.uk/aadda-discovery/formats

Digital Accessioning Workflows

• Bentley Historical Library Processing Archival Collections manual: Digital Processing
  • https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/bhl-archival-curation/processing-archival-collections/08-digital-processing
• BitCurator and Archival Workflows
  • http://wiki.bitcurator.net/index.php?title=BitCurator_and_Archival_Workflows
• blog post on real world workflows
  • https://saaers.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/it-may-work-in-theory-getting-down-to-earth-with-digital-workflows/
• Born Digital Workflows links at CURATECamp (google doc)
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JlEiX0uzOGkyJ-josxRUijxl0APWltqAV1gv-jTYWDo/edit
• Gengenbach, Martin J. “‘The Way We Do It Here’: Mapping Digital Forensics Workflows in Collecting Institutions.” Master’s Paper, August 2012. (PDF)
  • http://digitalcurationexchange.org/system/files/gengenbach-forensic-workflows-2012.pdf
• Getting to Know FRED: Introducing Workflows for Born-Digital Content
  • https://practicaltechnologyforarchives.org/issue4_prael_wickner/
• Kari Smith’s blog post on her Digital Archivist’s toolbox
  • http://libraries.mit.edu/digital-archives/be-prepared-and-flexible/
• Meister, Sam, and Alexandra Chassanoff. “Integrating Digital Forensics Techniques into Curatorial Tasks: A Case Study“. International Journal of Digital Curation. Vol. 9, Iss.2, 2014: 6-16.
  • http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/325
• MIT’s Draft Digital Archives Transfer and Ingest Workflow (PDF)
  • https://libraries.mit.edu/digital-archives/files/2013/03/Digital-Archives-Workflow-Draft03.pdf
• POWRR blog post on ‘daily life’ with decision-making flowcharts
  • http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/powrr-plus/
• Princeton University Archives Born Digital Records Procedures
  • https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6NCn2bEXEBjaTJLNGJCcHhrS0E
• University of Utah Digital Preservation Decision Flowchart (PDF)
  • http://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/ld.php?content_id=5929084

Guidelines/best practices

• 20 Cost Questions for Digital Preservation
  • https://www.metaarchive.org/cost-questions
• Curation Reference Manual – DCC
  • http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-reference-manual
• Digital Curation Strategies and Procedures – Bentley Historical Library
  • http://bentley.umich.edu/about/what-we-do/digital-curation-strategies-and-procedures/
• Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections – CLIR (PDF)
  • https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub149/pub149.pdf
• Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative
  • http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/
• Formats for digital preservation – National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress (NDIIPP)
  • http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/index.shtml
• How Long Will Digital Storage Media Last? – NDIIPP (PDF)
  • http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/documents/media_durability.pdf
• Policy Development resources – Chris Prom, Practical e-records
  • http://e-records.chrisprom.com/resources/policy-templates/
• SPEC Kit 329: Managing Born-Digital Special Collections and Archival Materials (August 2012)
  • http://publications.arl.org/Managing-Born-Digital-Special-Collections-and-Archival-Materials-SPEC-Kit-329
• Scanned document quality vs. attachment file size
  • http://www.dotdom2.state.pa.us/ceea/CeEaHelp.nsf/f7cda55c11714fe685256c10005e482c/e386904a0adb371485256c670072ab4c?OpenDocument
• Ten basic principles of Digital Preservation Repositories – CRL
  • http://www.crl.edu/archiving-preservation/digital-archives/metrics-assessing-and-certifying/core-re
• Knowledge Base Digital Preservation (National Archives of the Netherlands)
  • http://en.nationaalarchief.nl/knowledge-base/digital-preservation?subject=All

Reports/whitepapers/publications/bibliographies/journals

• AIMS – Born Digital Collections: An Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship (2009-2011)
  • http://dcs.library.virginia.edu/aims/white-paper/
• Atlas of Digital Damages
  • http://www.atlasofdigitaldamages.info/v1/
  • related Flickr group
    • https://www.flickr.com/groups/2121762@N23/
• Bergin, Meghan Banach. “Sabbatical Report: Summary of Survey Results on Digital Preservation Practices at 148 Institutions.”
  • https://works.bepress.com/meghan_banach/7/
• Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories
  • http://mcpress.media-commons.org/borndigital/
    
• code4lib journal
  • http://journal.code4lib.org/
• Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography – Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
  • http://digital-scholarship.org/dcpb/toc.htm
• Digital Preservation Decision Tree Model to Establish Whether a Digital Resource Should Be Preserved
  • http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1443037720509
• Digital Preservation Plan Framework for Museums
  • http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1443106005246
• Digital Preservation Policy Framework – OSU
  • http://er.educause.edu/articles/2014/7/digital-preservation-policy-framework-a-case-study
• Getty electronic publications
  • http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/index.html
• International Journal of Digital Curation
  • http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/index
• Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
  • http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/
• Practical Technology for Archives
  • https://practicaltechnologyforarchives.org/
• Preserving.exe – list of readings on software preservation
  • http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/11/preserving-exe-a-short-list-of-readings-on-software-preservation/
• Preserving Virtual Worlds final report
  • http://hdl.handle.net/2142/17097
• State Archives, Minnesota Historical Society. Electronic Records Management Guidelines. Version 5, March 2012. (PDF)
  • http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/electronicrecords/docs_pdfs/ElectronicRecordsManagementGuidelines032012_V5_Full_001.pdf
• Preserving Digital Culture (syllabus, Pittsburgh)
  • https://github.com/jeffersonbailey/preserving_digital_culture/blob/master/lis2674_preserving_digital_culture_spring_2014.md

Metadata and vocabularies and XML

• Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe – Jenn Riley
  • http://jennriley.com/metadatamap/
• Metadata Resources: Selected Reference Documents, Web Sites, and Readings – Steven J. Miller (UWM)
  • http://people.uwm.edu/mll/metadata-resources/
• Getty vocabularies
  • http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/index.html
• Linked Data
  • http://linkeddata.org/
• MODS
  • http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
• PREMIS
  • http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/
  • PREMIS in METS toolbox
    • http://pim.fcla.edu/
• Protégé – open-source ontology editor
  • http://protege.stanford.edu/
• XForms for archives
  • http://eaditor.blogspot.com/
• Metacrap – Cory Doctorow
  • http://www.well.com/~doctorow/metacrap.htm

Metadata harvesting

• EXIFTool
  • http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
• EXIFToolGUI
  • http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/~bogdan/
• EMET – image metadata extraction tool from ARTStor
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/emet/
• Metadata Extraction Tool – National Library of New Zealand
  • http://meta-extractor.sourceforge.net/
• VRA Panel Export-Import Tool
  • http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/48025141/VRA%20Panel%20Export-Import%20Tool

Standards

• DRAMBORA (Digital Repository Audit Method Based On Risk Assessment)
  • http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/repository-audit-and-assessment/drambora
  • See also DRAMBORA interactive
    • http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/
• Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems (CCSDS) publications
  • https://public.ccsds.org/publications/MOIMS.aspx
  • CCSDS 650.0-M-2 Reference Model for an Open Archival information System (OAIS) (PDF) (also ISO14721:2012)
    • https://public.ccsds.org/pubs/650x0m2.pdf
    • ISO14721:2012 – Space data and information transfer systems — Open archival information system (OAIS) — Reference model
      • http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=57284
  • CCSDS 651.0-M-1 Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS) (PDF)
    • https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/651x0m1.pdf
  • CCSDS 651.1-B-1 Producer-Archive Interface Specification (PAIS) (PDF)
    • https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/651x1b1.pdf
  • CCSDS 652.0-M-1 Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories (PDF) (also ISO16363:2012)
    • https://public.ccsds.org/pubs/652x0m1.pdf
    • ISO16363:2012 – Space data and information transfer systems — Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories
      • http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=56510
  • CCSDS 652.1-M-2 Requirements for Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Candidate Trustworthy Digital Repositories (PDF)
    • https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/652x1m2.pdf
• Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist
  • http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/d6/attachments/pages/trac_0.pdf
• LC Recommended Formats Statement
  • http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/

Projects of interest

• ArchiveTeam
  • http://www.archiveteam.org
• Bentley Historical Library’s ArchivesSpace-Archivematica-DSpace workflow integration
  • http://archival-integration.blogspot.com/
• Chronopolis digital preservation network
  • http://libraries.ucsd.edu/chronopolis/
• InSPECT – Investigating the Significant Properties of Electronic Content Over Time
  • http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/
• LOCKSS – Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
  • https://www.lockss.org/
• Media Archaeology Lab
  • http://mediaarchaeologylab.com/
• SCAPE – Scalable Preservation Environments
  • http://scape-project.eu/
• Sustaining Digital Scholarship initiative – UVa Digital Curation Services
  • http://dcs.library.virginia.edu/sustaining-digital-scholarship/
• SPRUCE Project – funded by JISC, ended November 2013
  • http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SPR/Home
• TAPER – Tufts Accessioning Program for Electronic Records
  • http://sites.tufts.edu/dca/about-us/research-initiatives/taper-tufts-accessioning-program-for-electronic-records/

Blogs

• Digital Preservation Matters – Chris Erickson (Brigham Young University)
  • http://preservationmatters.blogspot.com/
• Engineering the Future of the Past – Kari Smith, MIT
  • https://libraries.mit.edu/digital-archives/
• futureArch – no longer updated; from the Bodleian
  • http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
• Practical e-records – Chris Prom (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
  • http://e-records.chrisprom.com/

Training

• DigCCurr
  • https://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute.html
• Exiftool tutorial series
  • https://www.avpreserve.com/exiftool-tutorial-series/

Conferences

• Archiving (ASIS&T)
  • http://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/Archiving/IST/Conferences/Archiving/Archiving_Home.aspx
• iPRES
  • http://www.ipres-conference.org/

Hardware

• Write blockers
  • http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Write_Blockers
  • UltraKit 4
    • http://www.digitalintelligence.com/products/ultrakit/
• FRED
  • http://digitalintelligence.com/products/fred/
• KryoFlux 5.25″ floppy controller
  • http://www.kryoflux.com/
• FC5025 5.25″ floppy controller
  • http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html

Retrocomputing/vintage computing

• Bitsavers
  • http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/
• Daves Old Computers Disk/Software Image Archive (retro computing resources)
  • http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm
• Vintage computing
  • http://www.vintagecomputing.com/
• Retro computing archive
  • http://www.retroarchive.org/
• Computer History Museum
  • http://www.computerhistory.org/
  • online exhibits
    • http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/
  • Babbage engine
    • http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/modernsequel/

Social Media Archiving

• Digi.me
  • https://get.digi.me/
• ArchiveSocial
  • http://archivesocial.com/
• Pagefreezer
  • https://www.pagefreezer.com/
• Smarsh
  • http://www.smarsh.com/

Directories of Software

• COPTR – Community Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry
  • http://coptr.digipres.org/
• Conversion Software Registry
  • http://isda.ncsa.uiuc.edu/NARA/CSR/php/search/conversions.php
• Digital Preservation Tools (from OPF)
  • http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SPR/Digital+Preservation+Tools
• IT for archivists – Richard Lehane’s tools
  • http://www.itforarchivists.com/
  • more on GitHub
    • https://github.com/richardlehane
• National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) Partner Tools and Services Inventory
  • http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/tools/
• POWRR tool grid – Preserving (digital) Objects With Restricted Resources
  • http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/tool-grid/

Accessioning

• dataaccessioner.org
  • http://dataaccessioner.org/
  • GitHub
    • https://github.com/seth-shaw/DataAccessioner

Checksum and verification tools

• BagIt
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BagIt
  • BagIt specification
    • https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kunze-bagit-10
  • More BagIt information from the CDL
    • https://wiki.ucop.edu/display/Curation/BagIt
• MD5 & SHA checksum utility
  • https://raylin.wordpress.com/downloads/md5-sha-1-checksum-utility/
• Checksum verification tools – blog post on Practical E-Records (June 2012)
  • http://e-records.chrisprom.com/checksum-verification-tools/

Digital Forensics tools

• BitCurator
  • https://www.bitcuratorconsortium.org/
• Bulk extractor – computer forensics tool
  • https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor
• Forensics Toolkit Imager (FTK) – FTK Imager is free
  • http://accessdata.com/product-download/digital-forensics/ftk-imager-version-3.4.2
• iredact.py – disk image redaction program
  • https://github.com/simsong/dfxml/blob/master/python/iredact.py
• MagicISO – for creating and managing virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs
  • http://www.magiciso.com/
• Mount Image Pro – allows you to mount an .E01 disk image as a drive and navigate it as a directory
  • http://www.mountimage.com
• Quick View Plus – Avantstar
  • http://www.avantstar.com/quick-view-plus-standard-edition
• TreeSize Professional – disk space management
  • https://www.jam-software.com/treesize/
• WinDIrStat – disk usage statistics viewer
  • https://windirstat.net/

Digital object management systems

• AXAEM – records life-cycle management system
  • http://www.appx.com/axaem
• Curator’s Workbench – University of North Carolina
  • https://github.com/UNC-Libraries/Curators-Workbench
• Digital Preservation Software Platform – National Archives of Australia
  • http://dpsp.sourceforge.net/
  • Xena
    • http://xena.sourceforge.net/
  • Digital Preservation Recorder
    • http://dpr.sourceforge.net/
  • Checksum Checker
    • http://checksumchecker.sourceforge.net/
  • Manifest Maker
    • http://manifestmaker.sourceforge.net/
• Invenio (digital library)
  • http://invenio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
• OpenWMS – workflow management system for digital objects, developed at Rutgers University
  • https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openwms/
• ResCarta Toolkit
  • http://www.rescarta.org/
• RODA – Repository of Authentic Digital Objects
  • http://www.roda-community.org/
• SobekCM – digital content management system developed at the University of Florida
  • http://sobekrepository.org/sobekcm/

Disk Analyzers

• Cygnus Hex Editor
  • http://www.softcircuits.com/cygnus/fe/
• DiskAnalyzer Pro – commercial software for analyzing disk usage and finding duplicates
  • http://www.diskanalyzerpro.com/windows-disk-analyzer/
• DiskFerret – commercial disk space analysis and monitoring software
  • http://www.diskferret.com/

Email

• ePADD
  • https://library.stanford.edu/projects/epadd
• Aid4mail – commercial email migration software
  • http://www.aid4mail.com/
• Email Preservation Parser – Rockefeller Archive Center
  • http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/parserdownload.htm
• Emailchemy – email conversion software
  • http://weirdkid.com/emailchemy/

Emulation

• MESS – Multi Emulator Super System
  • http://www.mess.org/
• JSMESS (JavaScript port of MESS)
  • https://github.com/jsmess/jsmess
  • Console Living Room
    • https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom
  • Historical Software Collection
    • https://archive.org/details/historicalsoftware
• Olive Executable Archive
  • https://olivearchive.org/

Format characterization and file validation

• DROID – Digital Record Object Identification
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/droid/
• FIDO – format identification for digital objects
  • https://github.com/openpreserve/fido
• FITS – File Information Tool Set
  • http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/fits
• JHOVE – file validation and characterization
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/jhove/
• JHOVE2 – format-aware characterization
  • https://bitbucket.org/jhove2/main/wiki/Home
• PRONOM – file format registry
  • https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/Default.aspx
• Siegfried – signature-based file format identification tool
  • http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried
• TrID – file identifier
  • http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html

Format-specific tools

• Audio/Video
  • FFmpeg – converting audio and video
    • https://ffmpeg.org/
• Excel
  • Excel Archival Tool
    • https://github.com/mcgrory/ExcelArchivalTool
• Images
  • Image Magick – image conversion
    • http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
  • Inkscape – graphics conversion
    • https://inkscape.org/en/
  • Irfanview – batch processing images
    • http://www.irfanview.com/
• PDF
  • Ghostscript – PDF conversion
    • http://www.ghostscript.com/
  • Adobe batch conversion to PDF/A – instructions
    • http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2007/05/batch_conversion_to_pdfa/

Planning tools

• DMP Online: The DCC Data Management Planning Tool
  • https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/
• DMP Tool – Data Management Plan Tool
  • https://dmp.cdlib.org/

Web archiving

• NetArchiveSuite – web archiving software
  • https://sbforge.org/display/NAS/NetarchiveSuite
• TimeTravel at MementoWeb – for reconstructing archived websites
  • http://timetravel.mementoweb.org/
• Wayback Machine – the Internet Archive’s web archiving access portal
  • http://archive.org/web/

Misc.

• Ceph storage architecture
  • http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/
• Exablox storage architecture
  • https://www.exablox.com/index.php
• From the Page – transcription software for using volunteers to transcribe documents
  • http://beta.fromthepage.com