Publications & Resources
Publications
- Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda. "Swinging in the Archives: In-house File Transfer of DATs." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2011.
- Shahmohammadi, Andrea. "Born Digital Video Preservation: A Final Report." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2011.
- Eldridge, Susan. "Digital Audio Tapes: Their Preservation and Conversion." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2010.
- Henson, Pamela. "The Smithsonian Institution." In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 3rd edition, edited by M. J. Bates and M. N. Maack. London: Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, London, 2010.
- Ferrante, Riccardo and Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig. "Digital Preservation: Using the Email Account XML Schema." In Archiving 2009: Final Program and Proceedings, conference proceedings edited by William LeFurgy. Springfield, Virginia: 2009.
- Henson, Pamela. "From Analog to Digital: The Smithsonian Institution Archives Digital Preservation Initiative." Oral History Association Newsletter XLIII, no. 3 (Winter 2009): pp. 1, 4, 6.
- Kalfatovic, Martin, Effie Kapsalis, Katherine Spiess, Anne Van Camp and Michael Edson. "Smithsonian Team Flickr: a library, archives, and museums collaboration in web 2.0 space." Archival Science 8, no. 4 (2009): 267–277.
- Henson, Pamela. "Nineteenth Century Smithsonian Anthropologists: Creating a Discipline and a Profession." AnthroNotes 29, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 12–18.
- Henson, Pamela. "Legal and Ethical Issues in Oral History for the Federal Historian." The Federalist 18 (Summer 2008): 7–8.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. "Responsible Recordkeeping: Email Records." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2007.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Rockefeller Archive Center. Collaborative Electronic Records Project: 2005-2008. See project site for papers and resources.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. "Recommendations for Preservation Formats." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, November, 2004.
Presentations
- Bruno, Elena. "The Smithsonian Institution's Crowdsourcing Tradition, Since 1847." Presentation completed as part of Smithsonian Mobile Internship, Washington, DC, 2011.
- Kapsalis, Effie. "Rethinking Evaluation Metrics in Light of Flickr Commons." Presentation at the Museums & the Web Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011.
- Ferrante, Riccardo. "Put Away and Not Forgotten." Presentation at the Smithsonian Institution Archives Fair, Washington, DC, October, 2010.
- Ferrante, Riccardo. "The Evolution and Management of Email Records." Presentation given at the Association of Catholic Diocesan Archivists Biennial Conference, Mundelein, Illinois, July, 2010.
- Kapsalis, Effie. "OneWeek|OneTool: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary, Rapid, Open Source Software Development." Presentation at the Museum Computer Network Conference, Austin, Texas, 2010.
- Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda and Jennifer Wright. "Accessioning 2.0: Documenting Institutional Outreach in the 21st Century." Poster presentation at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 10–15, 2010.
- Wright, Jennifer. "The Art of Archival Judgment: Applying More Product Less Process (MPLP).” Paper presentation at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 10–15, 2010.
- Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda. "Preserving Digital Materials at the Smithsonian Institution Archives." Presentation at the Smithsonian Institution Digitization Fair, Washington, DC, 2010.
- Stauderman, Sarah. "Magnetic Videotape Recordings: Preservation, Assessment, and Migration." Presentation at Digital Directions, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Arizona, August 18, 2010.
- Peters, Tammy, Jennifer Wright, and Ginger Yowell. "Doing It Yourself (Almost): The Dreaded Move." Poster presentation at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, 2009.
- Ferrante, Riccardo. "Capturing the E-Tiger: New Tools for Email Preservation." Paper presented at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2008.
Resources
Conservation & Preservation of Documents, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials
- American Institute for Conservation
- Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
- International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
- Library of Congress Preservation Directorate
- National Archives and Records Administration, Preservation and Archives Professionals
- Northeast Document Conservation Center
- Smithsonian Directive 502: Cellulose Nitrate Still Picture and Motion Picture Film (April, 2005)
- Smithsonian Institution Archives' blog, THE BIGGER PICTURE, for case studies and tips on conservation
Digital Curation & Preservation
- Center for Research Libraries, TRAC (Trustworthy Repository Audit and Certification checklist)
- Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, OAIS (Open Archival Information System) Reference Model
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Digital Preservation Management Tutorial
- The Library of Congress METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)
- National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program, Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections
- National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Electronic Mail Collaboration Initiative
- Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Rockefeller Archive Center, Collaborative Electronic Records Project – Focus: Email Preservation. Content: Papers, Software, Preservation Format Schema
- Smithsonian Institution Archives' blog, THE BIGGER PICTURE, for case studies and tips on digital preservation and preserving collections.
Digitization
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, "Digitization Standards for Images"
- Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative
Medical Sciences Scholarship
Metadata and Descriptive Standards
- Christensen, Stephanie and Doug Dunlop. "The Case for Implementing Core Descriptive Embedded Metadata at the Smithsonian." From the Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, 2010
- The Library of Congress and The Society of American Archivists, EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
- The Library of Congress, MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloging)
- The Library of Congress, Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Guidelines
- Society of American Archivists, Encoded Archival Context (EAC) Guidelines for Corporate bodies, Persons, and Families
- Society of American Archivists, Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Guidelines
Preservation Tools
- Smithsonian Institution Archives and Rockefeller Archive Center, Email Preservation Parser
- The National Archives (UK), DROID (Digital Record Object IDentification)
- JHOVE (JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment)
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, JHOVE-DROID (combined JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment and Digital Record Object Identification)
- Harvard University Library Office for Information Systems, FITS (File Information Tool Set)
- Duke University, Data Accessioner
Records and Information Management
- Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)
- ARMA International
- Society of American Archivists
Archived Publications and Resources
Publications
- Ferrante, Riccardo. "Conservation of Digital Records." Paper given at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Providence, Rhode Island, 2006.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. "Recommendations for Preservation Formats." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, November 2004.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Records Management Team. "Archiving Smithsonian Websites: An Evaluation and Recommendation for a Smithsonian Institution Archives Pilot Project." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2003.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives and Dollar Consulting. "Archival Preservation of Web Resources: Digital Quality Assurance Tools - Technical Evaluation and Recommendations." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2002.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives and Dollar Consulting. "Archival Preservation of Web Resources: HTML to XHTML Migration Test Technical Considerations, Evaluation, and Recommendations." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2002.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives and Dollar Consulting. "Archival Preservation of Smithsonian Web Resources: Strategies, Principles, and Best Practices." Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2001.
Resources
Digitization
- ARL Preservation of Research Library Materials Committee. "Recognizing Digitization as a Preservation Reformatting Method." Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, June 2004.
- US General Printing Office. "Report from the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation." Washington, DC, March 12, 2004.
Digital Records Management and Preservation
- Electronic Records Policy Working Group. "Barriers to the Effective Management of Government Information on the Internet and Other Electronic Records." Report to the Interagency Committee on Government Information, Chief Information Officers Council, Washington, DC: June 28, 2004.
- Byers, Fred R. "How to Handle and Care for CD & DVD." Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2003.
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. "It's About Time. Research Challenges in Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation." Washington, DC: Library of Congress and National Science Foundation, August 2003.
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. "Version 0.2 of the Technical Architecture for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program." Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2003.
- Sanett, Shelby. "The Cost to Preserve Authentic Electronic Records in Perpetuity: Comparing Costs across Cost Models and Cost Frameworks." RLG DigiNews 7, no. 4 (2003).
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. "Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program." Washington, DC: Library of Congress, October 2002.
Digital Rights Management
- Coyle, Karen. "Rights Expression Languages." Washington, DC: Library of Congress, February 2004.
