“Keeping Memories Alive: April 10, 2014 Preserving Your Family’s Digital Legacy” Helen K. Bailey

Personal Digital Archiving Resources

Personal Archiving: Preserving Your Digital Memories

Library of Congress

http://digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/

Digital Preservation Best Practices and Guidelines

North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

http://www.nedcc.org/imaging-services/overview

Personal Digital Archiving webinar (recorded)

Hosted by the American Library Association, presented by Mike Ashenfelder

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/pres/042413

Life Cycle Management Resource Guide

MIT Libraries

http://libguides.mit.edu/lifecycle/personal

Digital Preservation Video Cartoon Series on YouTube

Digital Preservation Europe (DPE)

https://www.youtube.com/user/wepreserve

Simplified Digital Preservation Life Cycle

“Keeping Memories Alive: April 10, 2014 Preserving Your Family’s Digital Legacy” Helen K. Bailey

Resources for Specific Life Cycle Stages

Create

Sustainability of Digital File Formats

Library of Congress

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/index.shtml

Process

Digitization Guidelines for Cultural Heritage Materials

Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI)

http://digitizationguidelines.gov/

Imaging Services (Print, Audio, and Video Reformatting)

Northeast Document Conservation Center

http://www.nedcc.org/imaging-services/overview

How to Encrypt (Almost) Anything

PC World

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025462/how-to-encrypt-almost-anything.html

Digital Rights Management

Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org/issues/drm

Organize

“Tagging and Finding Your Files” Resource Guide

MIT Libraries

http://libguides.mit.edu/metadataTools

Best Practices for File Naming

North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

http://www.ncdcr.gov/Portals/26/PDF/guidelines/filenaming.pdf

Store

“Storing and Protecting Your Files” Resource Guide

MIT Libraries

http://libguides.mit.edu/lifecycle/personal/storing-protecting

How Long Will Digital Storage Media Last?

Library of Congress

http://digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/documents/media_durability.pdf