Shoestring Digital Preservation

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Archival Loans: Procedures, Paperwork, and Protection

Metadata 101: Making Archives and Digital Collections Discoverable

Accession, Acquisition, & Appraisal: How Materials Enter an Archive

Record Lifecycle: How Records Move From Creation to the Archives

Archives Basics: Where to Start in an Archival Collection

Disaster Planning for Archives and Museums: How to Create a Usable Plan

More Product, Less Process: Streamlining Archival Processing with MPLP

OAIS Explained: The Open Archival Information System for Digital Preservation

Understanding DACS | Describing Archives: A Content Standard

How to Use Fixity and BagIt for Digital Preservation

Sanborn Maps: Using Fire Insurance Maps for Archival and Historical Research

MODS Metadata Object Description Schema

Archival Hierarchy: Fonds, Series, Subseries, File, Item

Provenance & Original Order: Archival Principles in Practice

PREMIS: Preservation Metadata and the FAIR Principles

Email Archiving: Preserving Digital Correspondence for the Long Term

Archival Arrangement & Description: Processing Collections Step by Step

Omeka Tutorial: Part 3, How to Create Item Sets or Collections

Omeka Tutorials: Part 2, How to Add an Item to Your Omeka

Omeka Tutorial: Part 1 Overview

What's Your Damage? Identifying Damage in Archives and Museum Collections.

Working with an Archival Consultant | Archival Needs Assessment Explained

How To Share Your Ancestry Tree

Encoded Archival Description (EAD): Standardizing Archival Description with XML

Researching with Web Archives: Using the Wayback Machine and Beyond

Web Archiving: How-To Start Capturing and Preserving the Web

Controlled Vocabularies in Archives, Museums & Libraries

Archives and Museum Digitization Projects

Web Archiving: An Introduction to Preserving the Web

Revealing Your Family's Location: Genealogy through City Directories

Revolutions in Nineteenth-Century Handwriting

Demystifying Archival Supplies: Acid-Free, Mylar, & pH-Stable Materials

Researching History Between the Lines: Mexican St. Louis – A Case Study

Archives, Libraries & Museums | Understanding Special Collections & Cultural Heritage Professions

Protecting Archives from Disasters | Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in a Changing Climate

Digital Inheritance: Managing Online Accounts After Death

Managing Students in Archives | Internships, University Archives & Student Projects

Preserving Early Digital Photographs: Organizing, Converting, and Storing Your Memories

Inclusive Metadata & Archival Description | Addressing Bias in Archives

Deciphering Handwriting and Print: Strategies for Reading the Past

Military Genealogy: Discovering Your Ancestors' Service

Finding Aid Basics: How to Read and Create Archival Finding Aids

Found in Collection: Managing Undocumented Items in Museums, Archives & Historical Societies

Dublin Core for Omeka: Understanding and Utilizing Metadata in Digital Collections

Unlock Your Irish Ancestry: Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy

Land of Lincoln Genealogy: Abe's Papers

Building a Community Archive: Collecting, Organizing, and Preserving Community History

Land of Lincoln Genealogy: Kaskaskia Manuscripts

How to Preserve Film, VHS, and Audio Recordings

Preserving the Bound Volume: Caring for Rare and Historic Books

Preserving Photographs: Archival Care for Photographic Prints and Negatives

Preserving Paper: Archival Strategies for Long-Term Survival