Standards and Best Practices
Standards and Best Practices
The Utah State Archives believes in using nationally recognized standards and best practices for optimum quality, usability, and interoperability with other organizations and applications.
General
- NISO Framework for Building Good Digital Collections, 3rd edition, http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/framework3.pdf
- Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access, http://www.nedcc.org/digital/dman.pdf
Metadata
- Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application Profile, Version 1.1 (7 June 2010), http://mwdl.org/public/mwdl/MWDL_DC_Profile_Version_1.1.pdf
- Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms, http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Imaging
- BCR Digital Imaging Best Practices 2.0, http://mwdl.org/public/mwdl/digital-imaging-bp_2.0.pdf
- BCR Digital Audio Best Practices
- National Archives and Records Administration Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production Master Files - Raster Images, http://archives.gov/preservation/technical/guidelines.html