NDSA:Individual Content Resources

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Preservation By Format

It is useful to have separate sections of guidance for specific content types such as photographs, audio, video, electronic mail, personal documents and web archives because people are often focused on preserving specific types of content of personal interest. Each content type is represented by a selection of resources, including videos, handouts, urls, photographs of archaic devices, slides, etc.

• Handouts and tutorials (Transferring Photos from Camera to Computer, Media Durability)

• Report: UK National Archives Digital Preservation Guidance Note 1: Selecting File Formats for Long-Term Preservation (PDF)

Photographs

• Handout: Keeping Personal Digital Photographs (PDF, 213 Kb). A single page printable handout that discusses the Personal Archiving lifecycle for Digital Photographs

• Website: dpBestflow. An NDIIPP-sponsored guide to best practices and workflow in digital photography.

• Video: NDIIPP Archiving Digital Photos. Phil Michel, Digital Conversion Coordinator at the Library of Congress's Prints & Photographs division, offers practical advice on archiving digital photos from the May 10, 2010 Library of Congress Personal Archiving Day.

Audio

• Handout: Keeping Personal Digital Audio Handout (PDF, 171 Kb).A single page printable handout that discusses the Personal Archiving lifecycle for Digital Audio.

• Video: NDIIPP Archiving Digital Audio. Peter Alyea, digital conservation specialist, Preservation Reformatting in the Library of Congress's Music, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound division, offers practical advice on archiving digital audio from the May 10, 2010 Library of Congress Personal Archiving Day.

Video

• Handout: Keeping Personal Digital Video Handout http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/you/docs/PA_video.pdf (PDF, 291 Kb)

A single page printable handout that discusses the Personal Archiving lifecycle for Digital Video

• AMIAnet.org http://www.amianet.org/
• Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: http://www.archives.gov/preservation/technical/guidelines.html

Electronic mail

• Handout: Keeping Personal Electronic Mail Handout (PDF, 534 Kb). A single page printable handout that discusses the Personal Archiving lifecycle for Electronic Mail.

Personal documents

• Keeping Personal Digital Records Handout http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/you/docs/PA_records.pdf (PDF, 246 Kb)

A single page printable handout that discusses the Personal Archiving lifecycle for Digital Records

Web archives

• Handout: Keeping Keeping Personal Websites, Blogs and Social Media Handout (PDF, 291 Kb). A single page printable handout that discusses the Personal Archiving lifecycle for Personal Websites, Blogs and Social Media

• Video: NDIIPP Web Archiving
• Video: NDIIPP Preserving Personal Web content. Abigail Grotke, web archiving team lead and Gina Jones, digital media project coordinator, both from the Office of Strategic Initiatives' Web Archiving team at the Library of Congress, offer practical advice on preserving web content from the May 10, 2010 Library of Congress Personal Archiving Day.

• Web Page: Guidance for downloading your personal information from Facebook

• Web Page: Mashable tips on backing up social media, including Facebook, Twitter and blogs

• Web Page: Google's "Data Liberation Front" -- "a central location for information on how to move your data in and out of Google products"