Digital Preservation

Created by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) this handbook identifies good practice in creating, managing, and preserving digital materials.

A free-to-access and open resource for digital preservation advocacy, the DPC’s Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Species (or Bit List for short) is a community-sourced list of at-risk digital materials which is revised every two years.

DPC Technology Watch publications provide authoritative guidance on a variety of digital preservation topics chosen by members. They are designed to inform in an accessible and easily digestible manner.

A collection of pages from the Library of Congress that goes over digital personal archiving in more detail.

The 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.

A resource from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance to help digital preservation practitioners build or assess their digital preservation program.