"This handbook is comprised of a framework, which provides a structure for all components of a digital preservation assessment; a set of templates that are used to conduct an assessment, and a glossary of terms."

"Covering the core topics in caring for and reformatting audiovisual collections, this resource supports cultural heritage professionals in their efforts to steward audiovisual materials. "

"The Levels of Digital Preservation (LoP) is a resource for digital preservation practitioners when building or evaluating their digital preservation program. "

"The goal of this document is to provide a checklist for what you will want to do or think through before and after moving digital materials and metadata forward to new digital preservation systems/infrastructures."

"Recommended Formats Statement identifies hierarchies of the physical and technical characteristics of creative formats, both analog and digital, which will best meet the needs of all concerned, maximizing the chances for survival and continued accessibility of creative content well into the future."

"The Sustainability of Digital Formats Web site provides information about digital content formats"

"FADGI is a collaborative effort started in 2007 by federal agencies to articulate common sustainable practices and guidelines for digitized and born digital historical, archival and cultural content. Two working groups study issues specific to two major areas, Still Image and Audio-Visual."

"The Executive Guide on Digital Preservation provides practitioners with a combination of generic and specific messages and motivators designed to communicate with senior executives, legislators and budget holders, as well as decision and policy makers with a view to embedding the value of digital preservation at the core of every organization."

The official blog of the Digital Preservation Coalition.

A blog about digital preservation and practice at the Library of Congress.

A digital preservation LibGuide from Virginia Tech.

A digital preservation LibGuide from ALA.

Webinars, presentations, guides, reports, and more from the Software Preservation Network.

"The training content in this package aims to provide a complete beginner’s level training course in web archiving"

A list of resources and tools for web archiving.

Web archiving case studies from IIPC.

A bibliography of web archiving papers and reports from 2001 to 2009.

A list of AV preservation resources developed by AMIA.

A list of general AV preservation resources curated by AMIA.

An introduction to digital preservation from DPC.

A list of case studies from DPC.

"The goal of the assessment is to help an institution document digital preservation successes, recognize areas that need further growth, and identify challenges that stand in the way of that growth. It can also help an institution prioritize next steps for improved long-term access to digital collections with a digital preservation plan."

"This blog is part four of a series comprising a set of primers that address ten complex legal and ethical issues encountered when providing access to born-digital archival records. The guidance is grounded in two foundational beliefs: 1. There is a potential to harm individuals, communities, and institutions if access is not thoughtfully and strategically viewed through an ethical and legal lens; and 2. It is not ethical to restrict access unnecessarily. For more information see: https://osf.io

A study on greenhouse gas emissions of an academic library.

NARA's 2021 climate action plan policy

Report of the RBMS Climate Readiness Task Force provides recommendations of actions that RBMS should take regarding climate change and sustainability.

Grant award to support organizations conduct comprehensive organizational assessments that lead to strategic climate action and adaptation plans.

A document that demystifies disk imaging and the decisions that factor into format selection, creation, handling, and retention

Blog post by Jenny Mitcham that questions the idea of 'best practice'.

The goal of the CURATE(D) Training is to offer an introduction to applied data curation. This training is designed for those completely new to data curation, those hoping to refresh their data curation skills, or those looking to apply data curation knowledge to the management of their own research data. This training and associated CURATE(D) model are teaching and research tools that are presented and best understood sequentially.

Our community resource is intended to provide helpful one-liners and script code specifically drawn from real-life examples in archives and libraries. Take these, use them in your workflows, change them up, contribute back! Remember: you have to crawl before you walk. (See what we did there with the acronym?) This is just the beginning! Check it out on the web here: http://dd388.github.io/crals/ We plan to add documentation on how to add your own comments soon, so if you have an idea for a com

This video provides tips and guidance on personal digital archiving.