Standards and Best Practices
SENYLRC staff and the Digital Advisory Committee created the following guidelines and recommendations for HRVH contributors:
HRVH Collection Selection
Criteria: What to Digitize
HRVH Digital Imaging Best Practices
HRVH
Metadata Style Guide Version 2.3 (October, 2008) 
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Below are links to additional information and resources that will help you plan and develop your digital collections.
Guidelines for Digitization
NC ECHOGetting Started with Digital Projects
BCR's Collaborative Digitization ProgramHandbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access
Northeast Document Conservation CenterManaging Digitisation Projects
TASI: Technical Advisory Services for Images
Chapter IV: Selection of Materials for Scanning
Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Chapter 2: Selection
Guidelines for Digitization
North Carolina ECHO
Copyright
United States Copyright OfficeCopyright and Fair Use
Stanford University LibrariesLibrary Digitization Projects and Copyright
Library Digitization Projects: U.S. Copyrighted Works that have Expired into the Public Domain (chart)
Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S.When U.S. Works Pass into the Public Domain
Lolly Gasaway, University of North CarolinaCopyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (1 January 2006)
Peter Hirtle, Cornell UniversityLegal Issues to Consider when Digitizing Collections
BCR's Collaborative Digitization Program
Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information
The Getty Research InstituteMetadata Overview
TASI: Technical Advisory Service for ImagesUnderstanding Metadata
NISO: National Information Standards OrganizationDCMI Metadata Terms
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
CDP Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices
BCR's Collaborative Digitization Program
Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices
BCR's Collaborative Digitization ProgramIntroduction to Imaging
Howard Besser
The Getty Research InstituteMoving Theory into Practice Online Tutorial
Cornell University LibraryWhat to Look for in a Scanner
Prints & Photographs Division, Library of CongressTechnical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production Master Files - Raster Images
National Archives and Records Administration
Digital Audio
BCR's Collaborative Digitization Program
Official Encoded Archival Description Web Site
Library of Congress
EAD Help Pages
Society of American Archivists
D-Lib Magazine
Online magazine focusing on research and development of digital libraries, published 11 times per year.
