Resources
American Memory, Technical Information (Library of Congress)
The American Memory historical collections at the Library of Congress are the product of a permanent commitment to explore and establish the best practices of digitization, online presentation and access, and digital preservation of historical materials. The information on this page documents current solutions to technical challenges and solutions devised and implemented in the past. The page is updated and expanded periodically.
Digital Library Building Blocks (California Digital Library)
The California Digital Library site provides software, best practices, and other tools to facilitate digital library operations. This page includes links to best practices and standards that have been adopted by CDL.
Digital Library Standards and Practices (Digital Library Federation)
The DLF will identify, document, organizationally endorse, and promote adoption of those standards and best practices that support the effective acquisition, interchange, persistence, and assessment of digital library collections and services. These pages open out onto work in this area.
Digital Library Federation Publications, Working Papers, Reports, and Other Digital Library Information Resources
DLF maintains a searchable repository of white papers and reports on key issues in digital library work.
Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial (Cornell University)
This tutorial offers base-level information on the use of digital imaging to convert and make accessible cultural heritage materials. It also introduces some concepts advocated by Cornell University Library, in particular the value of benchmarking requirements before undertaking a digital initiative. It includes technical information, formulas, and reality checks, designed to test your level of understanding.
Digital Library standards currently in use at UCLA include:
