General

Old Forms, New Forms: The Challenge of Collection Developmen. in College & Research Libraries, Ross Atkinson Chicago: College & Research Libraries, September 1989.

Selection Process: Section Aids

Selection Process: Practice

What Happens in Selection

Collection Level Description: A review of existing practice. Edited by Andy Powell. Bath: UKOLN, 1999.

This study reviews existing practice for collection level description, as it exists in the library, archival, museum and Internet communities. It begins by providing a discussion on what the term 'collection' means, firstly from the perspective of libraries, museums and archives and then taking a look at the more recent meaning of the term as it is used on the World Wide Web. Finally, a detailed look is taken at some of the existing schemes that are used for collection and service description.

Digital Library SunSITE Collection and Preservation Policy. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Library, 1996.

Enduring Paradigm, New Opportunities: The Value of the Archival Perspective in the Digital Environment. Anne J. Gilliland-Swetland. Washington D.C.: CLIR, 2000.

This report examines how the archival perspective can be useful in addressing problems faced by those who design, manage, disseminate, and preserve digital information.

Selecting and Deselecting

Acquiring

Preserving

Intrinsic Value in Archival Material. National Archives and Records Administration. Washington: NARA, 2000.

Digital preservation: a time bomb for Digital Libraries. Margaret Hedstrom.

Preserving Digital Information: Final Report and Recommendations. Mountain View, California: RLG and CLIR, 1996.

Authenticity in a Digital Environment. Charles T. Cullen, Peter B. Hirtle, David Levy, Clifford A. Lynch, and Jeff Rothenberg.Washington D.C.: CLIR, 2000.

Digital Preservation Needs and Requirements in RLG Member Institutions. By Margaret Hedstrom and Sheon Montgomery. Mountain View, California: RLG, 1998.

Digital Preservation: Matching Problems, Requirements and Solutions. Margaret Hedstrom.Washington, DCNSF Workshop on Data Archival and Information Preservation , 1999.

Reality and Chimeras in the Preservation of Electronic Records. David Bearman. Washington, DC: D-Lib Magazine, April 1999.

Avoiding Technological Quicksand: Finding a Viable Technical Foundation for Digital Preservation. Rothenberg, Jeff Rothenberg, Jeff. Washington D.C.: CLIR, 1998.

The report follows up Dr. Rothenberg's 1995 article in Scientific American, "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents" by elaborating the author's proposal for emulating obsolete software/hardware systems on future, unknown systems, as a means of preserving digital information far into the future. The report, and the research agenda it proposes, will be of interest to managers of digital information resources in libraries and archives, computer scientists, and to all those concerned about the preservation of intellectual resources and records in all formats—including government records, medical records, corporate data, and environmental and scientific data.

Best Practices for Digital Archiving: An Information Life Cycle Approach. Gail M. Hodge. Washington, DC: D-Lib Magazine, January 2000.

Long-term Preservation of Electronic Publications: The NEDLIB project. Titia van der Werf-Davelaar. Washington, DC: D-Lib Magazine, September 1999.

Canonicalization: A Fundamental Tool to Facilitate Preservation and Management of Digital Information. Clifford Lynch. Washington, DC: D-Lib Magazine, September 1999.

Description and Access

Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries: Beyond Traditional Authority Files. Gail Hodge. Washington D.C.: CLIR, 2000.

This report examines the use of knowledge organization systems—schemes for organizing information and facilitating knowledge management—in a digital environment.

Technical Infrastructure