Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories

Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories

digital preservation

In August 2011, a group of 10 archivists and curators—then at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford; the British Library; the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), Emory University; and the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin—began working together to develop recommendations for the acquisition and transfer of born-digital materials to archival repositories. Our objective was to offer guidance to help ensure that digital materials are handled and documented appropriately and arrive at repositories in good condition. The target audience we had in mind included rare book and manuscript dealers, donors, repository staff, and other custodians in possession of digital media and files.

Gabriela Redwine, Megan Barnard, Kate Donovan,
Erika Farr, Michael Forstrom, Will Hansen,
Jeremy Leighton John, Nancy Kuhl, Seth Shaw, and
Susan Thomas

Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR)

October 2013

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