Digitization & Oral History
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Book | Why Digitize? by Abby Smith
Blog | Why don’t you digitize everything? by PAMA
Article | Digitization in an Archival Environment by Sally McKay
Article | Archival Digitization and the Struggle to Create Useful Digital Reproductions By Krista McCracken
Article | Digitising and handling Indigenous cultural resources in libraries, archives and museums by Alex Byrne
Directory | A Global Directory of Services and Suppliers of Audiovisual Media by AMIA
Article | Digitizing Archival Material Guidelines by G.S.O
Digitization Guides
Toolkit | Minimum Viable Workstation by XFR Collective
Toolkit | Indigitization Toolkit
Guide | Audio Cassette Digitization Workstation by Sustainable Heritage Network
Guide | Minimum Digitization Capture Recommendations by ALCTS
Guide | Guidelines on File Formats for Transferring Information Resources of Enduring Value by LAC
Guide | Digitization Best Practice by York University
Article | Capturing Analog Sound for Digital Preservation: Report of a Roundtable Discussion of Best Practices for Transferring Analog Discs and Tapes by LOC
Guide | Universal Photographic Digital Imaging: Image Reciever Guidelines by UPDIG
Guide | Universal Photographic Digital Imaging: Quick Guide by UPDIG
Guide | A Guide for Managers Planning and Implementing Digitization Projects by Government of Canada
Web | Digitizing Collection by the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Guide | Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects (web edition) by IASA
Guide | Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials Creation of Raster Image Files by FADGI
Guide | What to do Before you Digitize by Iron Mountain
Guide | Digitization and Archives by CCA
Guide | Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Decision Chart by NARA
Guide | Digitizing Video for Long-Term Preservation: An RFP Guide and Template by Barbara Goldsmith
Guide | Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production Master Files – Raster Images by NARA
Guide | Guidelines for the Preservation of Video Recordings Part B. Video Signal, Preservation Concepts, and Target Formats by IASA
Guide | Guidelines for the Preservation of Video Recordings Part C. Introduction by IASA
In the Yukon Archives: this is how we do it.
Policy | Yukon Archives Standard for Digitizing Sound Recordings: Creation of Audio Masters
Policy | Yukon Archives Metadata Standard for Image Masters Created Through Digitization
Policy | Yukon Archives File Naming Standard for Digitized Archival and Published Material
Policy | Yukon Archives Standard for Digitizing Photographs: Creation of Raster Image Masters
Storing & Maintaining digitized materials
Article | Preserving Moving Pictures and Sound By the DPC Richard Wright
Article | Long-Term Storage of Videotape by Jim Wheeler
Article | Causes and Measurement of Videotape Decay Richard Keatinge
Blog | CDs Are Not Forever: The Truth About CD/DVD Longevity, “Mold” & “Rot” by Tina Sieber
Article | Capturing Analog Sound for Digital Preservation by Library of Congress
Book | Sound Directions Best Practices For Audio Preservation By Mike Casey
Manual | Audiovisual archives: A practical reader by UNESCO
Metadata
AVI-MetaEdit | This software gives you the ability to perform various metadata editing for AVI files. You can use the tool to embed, edit, import, and export metadata.
BWF MetaEdit | A tool that supports embedding, validating, and exporting of metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files. It supports the FADGI Broadcast WAVE Metadata Embedding Guidelines.
Guide | Metadata Standards and Guidelines Relevant to Digital Audio by PARS Task Force
Web | Indigitization Toolkit for the Digitization of First Nations Knowledge
Web | Oral Traditions by Indigenous Foundation UBC
Guide | Guide to Oral History Recording by Australian War Memorial
Guide | Talking History: Oral History Guidelines by Sharon Veale and Kathleen Schilling
Book | Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research by P. Polar [Excerpt]
Web | Ethics by Concordia University Centre for Oral History & Digital Storytelling
Web | Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History by Judith Moyer
Article | Legalizing Oral History: Proving Aboriginal Claims in Canadian Courts by Kent McNeil
Article | Maintaining the Reliability of Aboriginal Oral Records and Their Material Manifestations: Implications for Archival Practice by Shauna McRanor
Web | First Nations Pedagogy Online
Web | Oral Traditions Resources by SWSLibrary
Web | Oral History Centre Programming
Some Funding Opportunities for Digitization and Equipment Resources:
Web | G.S. Broadcast Technical Services Ltd. Products Page
Web | Oral History Equipment Suggestions by NSW
Article | BASIC ORAL HISTORY RECORDING KIT: EQUIPMENT PURCHASING GUIDE by sustainableheritagenetwork.org, Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation: cdsc.libraries.wsu.edu
Web | Indigitization Project Funding